So was Hitler.

"Democracy" is not necessarily a guarantee of decency or even of sanity, although it is still preferable to most (or all?) of the available alternatives. If a population is not morally or emotionally mature enough to make proper use of the possibilities that democracy puts in front of them, then grave trouble lies ahead. That is why we must all strive to raise our consciousness enough so that we can learn to live with and share with people whose cultural ideas may differ from our own...rather than live merely by survival of the most well-armed, rich, and ruthless over the rest...even when it is clothed in the name of "democracy"...which rhymes fairly nicely with "hypocrisy".

Blessed are the peacemakers. Merry Christmas.

- LH