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Answer the question dammit!!!
so heres the definition of a dictator (taken from dictionary.com):
dictator
n 1: someone who rules unconstrained by law [syn: potentate] 2: behaves like a tyrant [syn: authoritarian]
so here is a question take 2 leaders...say one is a ruler by virtue of family and passing of "the throne" while the other is a President of a Democratic republic and doesnt listen to the majority of the population in his country...
n 1: someone who rules unconstrained by law [syn: potentate] 2: behaves like a tyrant [syn: authoritarian]
* cough * Bush * cough *
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Mar-20-2003 02:32
occrider
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Re: Answer the question dammit!!!
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Originally posted by DJ El Kay Dee
so heres the definition of a dictator (taken from dictionary.com):
dictator
n 1: someone who rules unconstrained by law [syn: potentate] 2: behaves like a tyrant [syn: authoritarian]
so here is a question take 2 leaders...say one is a ruler by virtue of family and passing of "the throne" while the other is a President of a Democratic republic and doesnt listen to the majority of the population in his country...
now which is the real dictator??
Neither, your question is so vague that you can't definitively say that either of your examples live up to the definition of a dictator.
And yes you should check the polls.
Mar-20-2003 02:44
LKD
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Re: Re: Answer the question dammit!!!
quote:
Originally posted by occrider
Neither, your question is so vague that you can't definitively say that either of your examples live up to the definition of a dictator.
And yes you should check the polls.
i should be ignoring ur usual biased self as usual..dunno why im still replying tho
Originally posted by occrider
Neither, your question is so vague that you can't definitively say that either of your examples live up to the definition of a dictator.
And yes you should check the polls.
I do not see how the question is vague...it seems quite clear to me what he is asking.
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Mar-20-2003 02:52
Orbax
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be·nev·o·lent ( P ) Pronunciation Key (b-nv-lnt)
adj.
Characterized by or suggestive of doing good.
bush is a BENEVOLENT dictator, so its all good
Mar-20-2003 02:52
LKD
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quote:
Originally posted by Orbax
be·nev·o·lent ( P ) Pronunciation Key (b-nv-lnt)
adj.
Characterized by or suggestive of doing good.
^^^^^^ Orbax, it's the SUGGESTION of doing good. Does not necessarily mean that they are right just because they believe it. It's like the idea of the belief in a "common good" and who should enforce it. Is there even such an idea? That's where I see a problem...just because he has good intentions does not mean he can do what he wants regardless of the objections of others.
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Mar-20-2003 02:55
LKD
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quote:
Originally posted by Endlesswave
^^^^^^ SUGGESTION of doing good. Does not necessarily mean that they are right just because they believe it. It's like the idea of the belief in a "common good" and who should enforce it. Is there even such an idea? That's where I see a problem...just because he has good intentions does not mean he can do what he wants regardless of the objections of others.