Retropost, 2005: Eastern Democracy

29 enero 2005

Pongo un comentario en el Guardian Unlimited a cuenta de las elecciones iraquíes, y de un tal "tin tin" (creo que no es el que pensáis) que, como muchos allí, defiende la "democracia islámica" frente a la occidental con argumentos realmente falaces y addle-brained, aparte de intolerantes.

"So you believe in democracy, tin tin, although it should be an "eastern" democracy. And pray, what does that mean? A democracy without elections? A democracy in which non-Muslim parties are forbidden? Or what? I wonder if you could explain the practical limits of such an "eastern" democracy, apart from the obvious advantage, that it would be perfect and everybody would be good and honest and gays would be bashed and so on (some of these sound to me more feasible than others)."