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I think Mr. Abdul Ali has failed to understand the difference between B&B democracy and the democracy we dream of. Never ever think about the opinion of other people, just do WHATEVER you LIKE to do -- this is the definition of B&B democracy. It is sad to see that many people don't even notice that democracy is dead now. Actually, it died many times that we cannot possibly count. Democracy died when the US did not care for a UN resolution to attack Iraq and the UK supported the US-led war . People of the US indeed supported Bush for war in Iraq but people in the rest of the world did oppose this war. Yet the voice of the majority was disregarded and the minority was upheld. Is this the meaning of democracy we care for? Bush had public support to go to war but what about Blair? He did not even have the public support to go to war in Iraq. Is it the democracy that we would like to embrace?

Democracy died innumerable times when permanent members of the Security Council dishonoured the opinion of the majority by showing their muscle power through exercising VETO. The Security Council was thought to be the last resort for the peace loving people to resolve conflicts but thanks to Mr. Bush and Blair and their allies, their so called democracy turned the Security Council into a slaughter house of democracy. So why should we not dump B&B democracy?

Forget B&B democracy, for many years the US and the UK is practising democracy in domestic politics but not necessarily in foreign politics. This trend/tradition or hypocrisy, whatever we call it, is turning this world into a more divided, dangerous and inhabitable place to live in than ever.

Lastly, I want to say that throughout the history of mankind many theories, thoughts and ideologies have evolved and existed as long as those served our necessities. Many of those theories and ideologies perished when those were no longer able to serve mankind. For example, once upon a time communism was thriving, and now it exists almost nowhere except in the pages of books. The same can happen to democracy. It is a painful reality. I think we should not get obsessed with democracy rather we should keep our mind and thinking process clear and open , so that we can try every option.