Comments on: A Challenging Democracy http://medhatblog.com/a-challenging-democracy/ Passionate and Shamelessly Biased Opinions on Medicine Hat Thu, 21 Apr 2011 15:20:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Spider http://medhatblog.com/a-challenging-democracy/comment-page-1/#comment-244 Spider Sat, 19 Feb 2011 08:18:16 +0000 http://medhatblog.com/?p=131#comment-244 I am beginning to wonder when we should start our own day's of anger. I used to be a fan of PC. Now. not so much. Jim the difference between our democracy and places like North Korea. You really do not want to call your boss a jerk in those places. PS being a history buff Jim. Have you ever heard of the Mirbat Gun? it has some relevance to what is going on in the middle east. I am beginning to wonder when we should start our own day’s of anger. I used to be a fan of PC. Now. not so much.

Jim the difference between our democracy and places like North Korea. You really do not want to call your boss a jerk in those places.

PS being a history buff Jim. Have you ever heard of the Mirbat Gun? it has some relevance to what is going on in the middle east.

]]> By: JimO http://medhatblog.com/a-challenging-democracy/comment-page-1/#comment-238 JimO Mon, 07 Feb 2011 22:26:37 +0000 http://medhatblog.com/?p=131#comment-238 Democracy is a double edged sword. Free speech is not free if it caused someone harm. To run into a building and shout fire and cause panic and injury is not acceptable. But when is political correctness not so correct. Are we forced to dismiss history for correctness? It is illegal to show a swastika in Germany even in a museum. In the Army there is an old adage we used..We protect democracy we do not practice it. Telling a superior he/she is a jerk gets you jail time, in public life it will just get you fired. Military justice does not correspond with civilian law yet it instils discipline and order. Is dictatorship wrong or is it wrong because we say it is. Many Communist one party one person rule countries have or had the word Democratic in its name. Is the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea by the Way) really a democracy? Democracy is a double edged sword. Free speech is not free if it caused someone harm. To run into a building and shout fire and cause panic and injury is not acceptable. But when is political correctness not so correct. Are we forced to dismiss history for correctness? It is illegal to show a swastika in Germany even in a museum. In the Army there is an old adage we used..We protect democracy we do not practice it. Telling a superior he/she is a jerk gets you jail time, in public life it will just get you fired. Military justice does not correspond with civilian law yet it instils discipline and order. Is dictatorship wrong or is it wrong because we say it is. Many Communist one party one person rule countries have or had the word Democratic in its name. Is the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea by the Way) really a democracy?

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