Democracy takes time to establish :: Reader comments at Daniel Pipes

Submitted by Joe Six-Pack (United States), Feb 8, 2011 at 12:31

Once established, democracies are hard to kill. However, they take a long time to establish. One year is a political view. In politics, a week is a long time. Political views can be very short sighted.

Well functioning democracies take generations to establish. The French President once said that democracies are cultural in nature. Islamic culture is far from being friendly to democratic ideals.

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	Democracy in Egypt [40 words]	Lujack Skylark	Feb 11, 2011 23:36	182561
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