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08-24-2009, 12:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Sangetsu View Post
This post pertains to Japan and America, not any of the countries on your list, which you will notice, puts America ahead of Japan, and the hundreds of other countries in the world (including every country in Europe). Not too bad, if I do say so myself.

As for democracy, America by definition is not a democracy (which was claimed even by Plato to be a weak form of government), but a constitutional republic, which affirm the rights of the individual over the often fickle and ever-changing opinions of the majority. It's not a perfect system, which the preamble to the constitution plainly asserts, but it's not bad.
Incorrect. Ireland is part of Europe.