http://lailalalami.com/2003/clash-of-gender-attitudes/ Author of Secret Son and Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:44:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://lailalalami.com/2003/clash-of-gender-attitudes/#comment-307 erik Tue, 29 Apr 2003 08:55:36 +0000 http://lailalalami.com/2003/clash-of-gender-attitudes/#comment-307 It is also notable, as another blogger I visit sometimes pointed out, that there are hardly any women involved in the discussions around Iraq's futur. The demonstrations on the streets, the people interviewed for TV, the delegates sent to the discussions are all almost exclusively male. General Garner doesn't appear to have a problem with that. And, as you say, a democracy is only truly a democracy when all people in it are free, not just to express their opinion, but have their wishes acted upon. On that score, all the "western" democracies don't do very well either, since how many decisions are made more for the benefit of big business than for the benefit of the people? It is also notable, as another blogger I visit sometimes pointed out, that there are hardly any women involved in the discussions around Iraq’s futur. The demonstrations on the streets, the people interviewed for TV, the delegates sent to the discussions are all almost exclusively male. General Garner doesn’t appear to have a problem with that.
And, as you say, a democracy is only truly a democracy when all people in it are free, not just to express their opinion, but have their wishes acted upon. On that score, all the “western” democracies don’t do very well either, since how many decisions are made more for the benefit of big business than for the benefit of the people?

]]> http://lailalalami.com/2003/clash-of-gender-attitudes/#comment-306 moorishgirl Sat, 26 Apr 2003 13:40:19 +0000 http://lailalalami.com/2003/clash-of-gender-attitudes/#comment-306 Good point. I think that's essentially the premise of (Newsweek Editor) Fareed Zakaria's new book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0393047644/qid=1051371517/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-9364567-0039837?v=glance&s=books" rel="nofollow"><i>The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad</i></a> in which he argues that democracy thrives in many places today, but liberty does not. Good point. I think that’s essentially the premise of (Newsweek Editor) Fareed Zakaria’s new book The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad in which he argues that democracy thrives in many places today, but liberty does not.

]]> http://lailalalami.com/2003/clash-of-gender-attitudes/#comment-305 freddie Sat, 26 Apr 2003 10:16:03 +0000 http://lailalalami.com/2003/clash-of-gender-attitudes/#comment-305 You need to diswtinguis between democracies...if you mean that many people favor a system of voting, then to call that a democracy should include Hitler's Germany, Stalin's Russia. What makes for a true democracy? You need to diswtinguis between democracies…if you mean that many people favor a system of voting, then to call that a democracy should include Hitler’s Germany, Stalin’s Russia. What makes for a true democracy?

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