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You said "No, but at the very least you can stop making allowances for their past lack of ethics?".
I said "I never attempted to justify the ethics of tyrants. The rest of the paragraph is obsolete by this fact.".
You said "Haha. "Ethics of Tyrants". OK that's some cute wordplay dipshit but that's not what's up for discussion.".
I meant "I never attempted to justify the lack of ethics of tyrants.".
You said "A quote from you is not even NESSACARY because your statement"...
1+1=3
Therefore stating something doesn't make it true and evidence is needed. A quote from me is NECESSARY otherwise you will have inadequate
proof of your assertions.
..."already implied by your unwillingness to admonish these bahaviors (past and present) for what they are: The behaviors of an undemocratic
tyrannical republic.".
What country and period in history are you referring to?
You said "You already know of the crimes that have been committed. (Slavery, Colonization, Western Foreign policy, etc)".
Who remains unpunished?
You said "Again: We're not arguing if these crimes that Democracy has committed, actually exist. History tells us they do. What we are discussing
here is your ability to give Democracy a "pass" when they, for instance....institutionalize inequality and inspire terrorism and other atrocities-
direct or indirectly- through their foreign policy.".
You are free to report them to the police and post/link what you believe proves that these crimes are taking place and which perpetrators remain
unpunished on this message board.
You said ""Tyranny makes it astronomically easier for criminals to enter positions of power and commit devastating crimes, therefore democracy
is more desirable."
Proof? There were always be a criminal element in government. Because there's always malice in hearts of men. The idea that one idealogy or
another has this market cornered is laughable.".
The rest of the paragraph you responded to answers your question, I said "Democracy is not perfect and does not solve all crime. Tyranny makes
it astronomically easier for criminals to enter positions of power and commit devastating crimes, therefore democracy is more desirable. I do not
claim democracy is 100%perfect or that crimes committed by those in a democracy are justified.".
"Proof?"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democide