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    unknownuser
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    peace, ming-lo,

    As long as I can be the DICTATOR then I love DICTATORSHIP

    and then what, ignore your people, lousy dictator P.

    peace, rifat

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      peace, ming-lo,

      As long as I can be the DICTATOR then I love DICTATORSHIP

      and then what, ignore your people, lousy dictator P

      peace, rifat

      You could be sent to a gulag for your comment above and have your goolies grinded between two stones! D

      Regards,

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        unknownuser
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        quote from ming lo,

        You could be sent to a gulag for your comment above and have your goolies grinded between two stones!

        my inquiry is ming-lo, we are having a misunderstanding here. if a single ruler is open-minded, liberal, understanding and fair to his subjects, then is he even a dictator anymore?

        i don't take offense to your comment due to a simple misunderstanding.
        peace, rifat

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          alpha97
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          Peace,

          When the dictator in power goes stray then the opression story will be repeated! It does not matter how it begins. but the end of baving no democracy is still the same

          peace

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            unknownuser
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            quote from ming lo,

            You could be sent to a gulag for your comment above and have your goolies grinded between two stones!

            my inquiry is ming-lo, we are having a misunderstanding here. if a single ruler is open-minded, liberal, understanding and fair to his subjects, then is he even a dictator anymore?

            i don't take offense to your comment due to a simple misunderstanding.
            peace, rifat

            I am not Ming Lo Rifat. I am Lote Tree.

            And my comments to you was not meant to offend but to amuse.

            You said "lousy dictator" and I said a dictator can send you to the gulag for comment like that...and you can do nothing about it...that is Dictatorship...

            Regards,

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              stillearning
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              salaam

              Democracy as simply being 'vote of the majority' is a very bad idea.

              The solution is to have a constitution based on the framework of God's guidance and then within such a framework you can have democracy.

              Slightly contradictory

              ?And if you obey the majority of those on Earth they will lead you astray; that is because they follow conjecture, and that is because they only guess.? (The Message 6116).

              I dont think that is referring to a form of a goverment. However let us assume your implication are excepted and we should not have goverment or a system based on majority wishes (correct me if I am wrong) therefore logically it must on the minority. Obviousouly in large gathering of population we would have to measure their opinion-hence what ever method we choose we simply ignore the vast majority and go along with the minority.

              This bit is for Lotree-since it is unlikely that minority will be less than 1 then I with 1 vote only am declared the loser hence the winner therefore the ruler I mean the Dictator. It all makes sence to me now
              regards

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                salaam
                This bit is for Lotree-since it is unlikely that minority will be less than 1 then I with 1 vote only am declared the loser hence the winner therefore the ruler I mean the Dictator. It all makes sence to me now
                regards

                I did not understand above. Can you elaborate...thannks.

                Regards,

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                  stillearning
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                  salaam

                  I did not understand above. Can you elaborate...thannks.

                  It was bit of tongue in cheek-since there are those who feel that rule by majority is a bad idea then it implies that that rule by minority is the way forward and you felt that dictators are fine as long you are the dictator-i simply put in my claim on the basis f the smallest minority i.e no one is likely to be for me!!.
                  regards

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                    salaam

                    I did not understand above. Can you elaborate...thannks.

                    It was bit of tongue in cheek-since there are those who feel that rule by majority is a bad idea then it implies that that rule by minority is the way forward and you felt that dictators are fine as long you are the dictator-i simply put in my claim on the basis f the smallest minority i.e no one is likely to be for me!!.
                    regards

                    I meant it in tongue and cheek too wink D

                    Regards,

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                      bmbmm
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                      Can you people stop talking rubbish!

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                        alpha97
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                        Peace Layth ,

                        Democracy is the only way to prevent dictatorship!
                        If we want a GOD-based law , then we (the faithfulls) have to manage to increase ourselves in numbers.

                        peace,

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