28 Aug
2001
28 Aug
'01
6:15 p.m.
Stephen Date wrote:
The term democracy covers a multitude of sins. Broadly speaking it should include an elected government, the rule of law, some kind of constitutional basis whether written (as in most cases) or based on common law (as in the UK), respect for the persons and property of the governed (human rights) and freedom of speech.
Well, no. You can have any or all of those in a 'democratic form of government', but none of them are intrinsic to a democracy. There is an enormous difference.
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