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  7. Date:         Thu, 21 Jan 1993 19:04:26 -0500
  8. Sender:       International Intercultural Newsletter <XCULT-L@PSUVM.BITNET>
  9. From:         "Douglass St. Christian" <stchri@MCMAIL.CIS.MCMASTER.CA>
  10. Subject:      Re: Democracy or no
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  14. I think Zahir's requirement that democracy obligates equal opportunity to
  15. be heard is a valuable one.
  16.  
  17. Can anyone become one of Jon's much vaunted representatives?? Not likely.
  18.  
  19. Where election is bought with airtime and all the other trappings of mass
  20. electioneering, the possibility of real representation is negated.
  21.  
  22. Totally negated.
  23.  
  24. Germaine Greer once commented that 'Americans need to beleive they live in
  25. a democracy, otherwise they would not be able to get out of  bed in the
  26. morning...."
  27.  
  28. Dougl....
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