How can India call itself the “world’s largest democracy” when it has so many flaws?

Posted by admin on Nov 12, 2010 in World Democracy Online | 5 comments

Question by A Totally Awesome South Indian: How can India call itself the “world’s largest democracy” when it has so many flaws?
It bans homosexuals from getting married.
Homosexuals there have no rights and are severely discriminated against..at least in america and western europe, homosexuals are getting more and more rights and are getting more protection against discrimination
It imposes a fine or three months in jail for kissing in public even if you are kissing your wife…wow…just wow. and this is the land of the kama sutra on top of that lol

news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7871304.stm

not only that the politicians there are so corrupt that the voice of the people is rarely even heard

news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7914229.stm

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Answer by Fenris Wolf
A flawed DEMOCRACY is a DEMOCRACY. See how I capitalized those words for you?

Democracy has been called tyranny of the masses. If the masses hate homosexuals, then the homosexuals are tyrannized by the democracy, but it remains a democracy.

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“World’s greatest democracy”? See these figures re their infant mortality. Shocking?

Posted by admin on Oct 30, 2010 in World Democracy Online | 8 comments

Question by Richard R: “World’s greatest democracy”? See these figures re their infant mortality. Shocking?
The US has possibly the worst rate of infant mortality in the developed world:

www.mchb.hrsa.gov/mchirc/chusa_04/pages/0405iimr.htm

(Figures from US Dept of Health. Identical recording criteria for most countries listed)

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Answer by Tom
Plus obesity, rape, murder.. yup great work there

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