On 10 Mar 2003 at 8:47, Alberto Monteiro wrote: > Doug Pensinger wrote: > > > > I think if you read a little bit about Iran you'll find > > that they have the potential to form a democratic nation. > > > I thought so. Now I am a little bit skeptic. > > The recent iranian election had an absent rate of > _90%_. > > This means something. Either people don't want democracy, > or the candidates are so biased that people don't > care to vote.
#2, by the looks of things. Iran is...partly...democratic, and the people are fed up with their inability to make reforms in many areas because of (in part) religious resistance, also corruption, etc. Andy Dawn Falcon _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
