@genesis
pakistan is quit distant to lybia, isn't it?

"Cause and because are not the same word."
I thought Cause has different meanings and one is slang for because. Correct me if I'm wrong, my English is bad. In any case the meaning of the sentence is that despite the problems, I hope they will succeed in forming a stable democratic regime.

"And for which countries' future do you have hope?"
Libya

"Plus in any case I think you misunderstand the protests."
I'm open to other opinions

"In the first instance the attack on the Benghazi consulate was not about the film, that was purely a trigger."
Altough not black and white, in general I agree.

"In the same way, the anti-violence protests are just that; Libyans do not wish to live in a land of warlords - the attack on the Consulate has merely acted as a trigger."
The attack might not be the main reason, but the people disagree with it still.  And its that signal, weak as it might be, together with the election results that gives me hope for the future of that country.

"I HATE PIRATE DAY!  or whatever it is"

agreed with flint

biofuel costs more oil then it saves and lowers the amount of food production. So it creates the crisis it needs to prevent.

To make it a real alternative you need to find a way to produce it cheap first.

If you would only invest 0.01% of the cost of this madness in science you would go forward a lot. So einstein +1

"Its just a common theory that the fragmentation of parties made it difficult to form a stable coalition"
Its one of those theories I disagree with. A stable coalition proly would have been undemocratic much faster. In a strange way, extreme left and right kept each other in check. Even if the social democrats had that power, I don't think they would have been all that democratic. A significant portion of them believed in a temporarily dictatorship to "counter" the right. The center-right and right at the time was against democracy almost completely (for the same reasons).

The factors that made it difficult i.m.o. where:
-no long democratic tradition (esp Prussia)
-no trust or understanding in democracy
-econ difficulties
-national humiliation
-lack of education on the voters side
-the pressure of the soviets
-disappointed vets
-distrust between the large political factions
-...could go on

I'm with kemp and zarf on this one. This kind of info costs almost nothing. Let free people decide for themselves.

Roflmao @bief

Romney is left. Ofc he wants him to win!

Its a nice example idd. The word has been twisted so often nobody knows its original meaning, and its confusing. Often people label themselves something that is imaginary at best. The creepy thing is those people are allowed to vote as well.

sidenote
...Now if you would lable yourself fartist (a underground movement on this forum that consisted of a few members like me and yell) THAT would have a meaning.

lol

lol