Someone once said that "democracy" was the most promiscuous word in the English language. If you consider a free and fair election process as step on the road to a better society then this is definitely a good thing.

Elections are great...as long as they produce the right result.

Now most people here would consider Austria to be a liberal democracy. About 10 years ago the results of a free and fair election in Austria meant in a man called Jorg Haider was elegible for a seat in the government. Problem was that Haider was the leader of what was basically the Nazi party by another name. So other "democrats" in Austria and around the "free" world decided that if Haider was in the government they would refuse to work with it. Eventually Haider gave up his government seat in order that the Austrian government could function. Democracy huh!