tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post5635869128309218547..comments2024-03-18T22:21:33.261-07:00Comments on The Debate Link: Quick Eats RoundupDavid Schraubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04946653376744012423noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post-64911172547189903472010-02-05T02:21:25.004-08:002010-02-05T02:21:25.004-08:00Ah, now I see it.
With every nation and its uncl...Ah, now I see it. <br /><br />With every nation and its uncle proclaiming itself a "Democratic Republic" or something I missed what was right under my nose.joenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post-40019630712329754422010-02-04T18:31:35.188-08:002010-02-04T18:31:35.188-08:00Okay, let's spell this out.
Egypt is an autoc...Okay, let's spell this out.<br /><br />Egypt is an <i>autocracy</i>. It runs a newspaper called <i>democracy</i>. This is <i>irony</i>.David Schraubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04946653376744012423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post-10197235452513120352010-02-04T15:26:58.465-08:002010-02-04T15:26:58.465-08:00I dunno, isn't any form of government state-ru...I dunno, isn't any form of government state-run by definition?joenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post-49291597802078271492010-02-04T07:08:13.173-08:002010-02-04T07:08:13.173-08:00It wasn't the censorship I found ironic, it wa...It wasn't the censorship I found ironic, it was the "state-run".David Schraubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04946653376744012423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post-13176741279608548132010-02-04T05:01:08.847-08:002010-02-04T05:01:08.847-08:00I know I'm doing that thing where I nitpick bu...I know I'm doing that thing where I nitpick but censorship, as bad as it is, in the broad sense isn't incompatible with democracy. (Of course, we could argue that freedom of speech is necessary for the informed decision-making necessary in a functioning democracy or else we essentially vote ourselves into a hole we can't get out of. But the same holds for any kind of supermajority requirement. Either way, that inquiry is well beyond the broad sense. What I'm really going on about here is how democracy has practically become a synonym for everything a given speaker likes and opposed to everything he or she dislikes.)joenoreply@blogger.com