New Rul's for Tuesday, June 17th 2008


Talking is not the essence of democracy


Voting is. John McCain was criticizing Barack Obama for failing to say if he will participate in 10 town-hall meetings with him. McCain ended by saying "The American people deserve to hear us debate, that is the essence of democracy". But I hear people talking and even debating in places with no democracy, like Iran, Russia and even Iraq! Just being able to talk doesn't make up a democracy, voting is what makes up a democracy. But in a country where less than half the citizens vote, democracy says democracy isn't very important.