Oli.

Interesting post. I should have clarified that I meant the lack of concern by people here for the loss of lives. As if the deaths somehow mean less than if they occurred somewhere else. People who were targeted have NOTHING to do with whatever beef or rationale the terrorists have.


I know that it's easy for me to write this here in USA, but I don't think democracy is a one-size-fits-all system. In nature, certain plants or animals are not suited to survive in certain climates. I think that democracy won't take root in many places, and that there will be growing pains in the places where it does take root. This country, most notably, survived the Civil War less than 100 years after coming together. And remember, USA was a country of mostly immigrants, not an existing country with centuries of ethnic/religious/regional/class conflicts and history of another system.