Originally Posted by
Lauren
I agree that I simplified the situation but no too much as I see it and other people that have dedicate a lot of time researching the evolution of the regimes in Iraq and in the Arab countries in the middle east agree with me that democracy can't succeed without the maturity of the people and the agreement to compromise, the attempt to have a semi democratic elections in the the Palestinian Authority has resulted in the Hamas take over the Gaza strip.
If the values of dialog, compromise, the importance of the process etc are not accepted and the getting what one wants is more important then the way or the price then the minute one feels that he can't get what he want he start using terror internally and externally.
We teach children fair play from the age they are infants and still they would turn to violence many times when they don't like the situation, with families, tribes, ethnic groups and other section it is not very different.
Violence is rising when people are expected to accept a change to their status quo because someone else want it to change.
Democracy is all about shared values at least the value that the game is more important then the result, when you don't have it you don't have democracy
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