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Stratos · 05-14-2003, 01:05 PM

I voted on #5 as I didn´t know what to vote. And that requires some explanation:

I value some peronal freedom and my "loyalties" are more to the well-being of the population than to a specific political idea or a means to run a country. I believe in democracy because it mostly gives people some freedom and safety, but on the other hand I don´t think of dictatorship as something innately evil it´s just another way to run a nation even if it´s not, IMHO, as flexible as a democracy.

Since I come from a country that have a long tradition of democracy and we´re not in some kind of national crisis it´s a bit hard to imagine my people to vote for a dictatorship but I suppose I would have to accept the people´s idea even if I would monitor the new goverment closely if possible. Dictatorships is good for giving security to a nation´s people but if you already have that it´s not that appealing.

When it´s comes to voting my nation have the same problem and it´s a problem for demoracy in it self. The right to vote is your right to make your voice heard. If no one votes we already have a sort of a dictatorship already since someone is always in power anyway and no one raises their voice against him so he have some degree of freedom to do as he plesases.

05-14-2003, 01:05 PM	#3
Stratos Vampire Join Date: January 29, 2003 Location: Sweden Age: 44 Posts: 3,888	I voted on #5 as I didn´t know what to vote. And that requires some explanation: I value some peronal freedom and my "loyalties" are more to the well-being of the population than to a specific political idea or a means to run a country. I believe in democracy because it mostly gives people some freedom and safety, but on the other hand I don´t think of dictatorship as something innately evil it´s just another way to run a nation even if it´s not, IMHO, as flexible as a democracy. Since I come from a country that have a long tradition of democracy and we´re not in some kind of national crisis it´s a bit hard to imagine my people to vote for a dictatorship but I suppose I would have to accept the people´s idea even if I would monitor the new goverment closely if possible. Dictatorships is good for giving security to a nation´s people but if you already have that it´s not that appealing. When it´s comes to voting my nation have the same problem and it´s a problem for demoracy in it self. The right to vote is your right to make your voice heard. If no one votes we already have a sort of a dictatorship already since someone is always in power anyway and no one raises their voice against him so he have some degree of freedom to do as he plesases. __________________ Nothing is impossible, it's just a matter of probability.