-----Mensagem original----- De: owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com [mailto:owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com]Em nome de Wojtek Sokolowski Enviada em: segunda-feira, 9 de outubro de 2000 12:26 Para: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com Assunto: Re: RES: RES: Yugoslavia: what the media is hiding (The Guardian)
At 09:12 AM 10/9/00 -0400, jks wrote:
> -It seems Milosevic´s Serbia is a bit more democratic than former USSR. I
> would
> -consider it not a dictatorship, but a "half democracy" like Turkey,
> Malaysia
> -Peru, or Russia. Opposition is tolerated, but elections were always
unfair
> due
> -to fraud and unequal access to media, not to mention some degree of
> repression. >>
As opposed to the United States, where opposition (e.g. Ralph Nader) gets the full access to the media, presidential debates, and assorted public resources.
wojtek
-Don´t expect I wil defend American democracy here. I would consider USA -less democratic than European countries, but more democratic than Turkey -and Serbia. However, I think there is not a measure of democracy grade, is -it?
Alexandre