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Thursday, August 03, 2006

Democracy

I live in a democracy

I live in a democracy where
the majority of people did not support
a war in Iraq and
went on the streets to show so

I live in a democracy

I live in a democracy where
the majority of people want
the prime minister to call for an
immediate cessation of Israel's cruel and disproportionate attack on Lebanon

I live in a democracy

I live in a democracy where
the majority of people want
the prime minister to call for a
condemnation of Israel's attacks on Gaza

I live in a democracy

I live in a democracy where
the parliamentary party of the prime minister
want him to convince his friend George W Bush to
call for an immediate cessation of Israel's attack on Lebanon

I live in a democracy

I live in a democracy where
the prime minister
instead of listening to his party or his electorate
listens to some strange voice in the sky
and
ignores everyone else

I live in a democracy

I keep telling myself that
I live in a democracy but
I am not so sure I believe it anymore

Do I live in a democracy?

How do we get rid of this arrogant ignorant knee bending "leader"?

If I live in a democracy?

Is this the democracy that our soldiers are fighting to bring to the middle east?
Or is it George W Bush's version of democracy that doesn't include the UN?

Do I live in a democracy?
Do you?

Posted by Unknown at 5:47:00 pm

2 comments:

  1. Liam O'Cionnfhaolaidh9:43 pm, August 03, 2006

    I live in a lunatic asylum where the madmen have taken over control; I live in Megalomaniac Blair's Britain!

    Incidentally, have you noticed that El Loco Blair has announced that 'identity cards will form a "major plank" of the Labour Party manifesto at the next General Election' according to the BBC (see report here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/5242300.stm) despite all the opposition, both ideological and practical to his mad scheme?

    So, to answer your question: No, I do not live in a democracy.

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  2. Liam O'Cionnfhaolaidh10:05 am, August 08, 2006

    Seems like the State Censors have stopped anyone else responding to this fine post by Papalazarou. Failing that, his readership is mainly comprised of dolts. Either way it's a shame and an indictment.

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