Bhutto assassinated

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Originally Posted by hi_im_god

"What I am telling you is they don't need the Government to encourage Islam.See,this is why they elected this new guy.He is more religious."

what he's trying to say is that the kind of people the majority vote for in the free and open elections are clear evidence this isn't a democracy.

See,it depends on what you think a Democracy is.If there is no free press,or limited free speech then the people only can select politicians based on what their Government allows them to see and hear.I mean they can vote,but how would they be informed voters ? Their choices will be based on what? What the Government wants them to know.If you aren't free to gain information,then your vote will be based on opinions crafted by 1)the dominant religion,or 2)the information the government wants you to use when forming an opinion.Is that really a free vote? No,not if the voters are voting with very limited information.Whatever information you have obtained about the Armenian Genocide is information that would far exceed that of Turk Citizens.They don't know very much about it.They aren't allowed to know about it.If you don't have a free press,then that's not a free vote.