DEMOCRACY IS DEAD!!

no really

i mean its gotta be!

we have our say we tell them what we, the people want and still the politicians do what they want to.

I was going to throw in a statistic like 15,000 on december 11th marched against the iraq war - before it happened - a clear sign that people didnt want it...

so i thought yeah i'll google it. i did. so instead of giving you one statistic - Protests against Iraq War has its own Wiki page...

ok wiki isnt the greatest source ever but its a good start...

On September 24, Tony Blair released a document describing Britain's case for war in Iraq. Three days later, an anti-war rally in London drew a crowd of at least 150,000 and probably around 400,000.

lets average the above. 250,000 people. a quarter of a million people took time out to unite and say we the people do not support this stance against war. i'm sure many more were unable to come. i'm sure many wrote into their local MP's so that they vote no for the war.

October 2002, Obama said "I am not opposed to all wars. I'm opposed to dumb wars" no nothing major there after all who was obama back then?

the Halloween 2002 anti-war protests raged around the world.

feb 2003 marches again all over the world - the biggest of its kind. Listed by the 2004 Guinness Book of Records as the largest protest in human history.

1 in 30 of the population that day protested in the uk.

The diversity of the crowd was one of the most surprising things. it wasnt just the muslims, or the SWP but bog standard general folk. people who probably would be seen last at the rallies. football fans bringin their brothers in arms to come together. housewives, poets, writers, dentists, butchers and likewise.

3 million went to march in Rome, Italy. 150 cities in the USA (100,000 in NY), 70 in canada,

basically, the world marched. the world, its people, of whose governments are so proud that they are indeed democracies, they all marched. people of all communities - not only the usuals but also the unusuals. people who vote left wing who vote right wing and the centre too. they were all there.

yet this was the day democracy failed.

the british govt decided that despite its people not wanting the war, despite the obvious risks of disharmony and chaos, the war was worth it. the evidence was flawed and a million other reasons have been since given by the leaders of that time.

but surely.

the people spoke. the people put them in power to do their bidding. if they say no that surely means no?

and what of protests? is there any meaning behind them anymore? is there a point? no one listens or considers them.

so israel is bombing the crapola outta gaza, and people are protesting (some by throwing their shoes!).

is there a point? who's going to watch and listen?

same protesters. different leader. same shit.

Has Hamas done the impossible?

have they?

what israel couldnt do in the last 70 years?

what the jews couldnt do in the last 1000 years?

what the christians couldnt do in the last 1000 years?

course i'm talking about the israeli land invasion and the constant attacks. today an attack killed 30 people and injured 55 at a UN ran school. the UN's teeth were long blunted even before this incident and long before the usa invaded iraq - that did alot of the damage to the UN though - it was like yeah ok we know what your saying but we're still going to do what we were gonna anyway and its not as if you can stop us...

but they've done. well done hamas. bravo. i dont know how you managed it

but you did it.

finally they've managed to isolate the whole palestine/gaza region from any support they had.

ok sarkozy's gone over and trying to negotiate a peace treaty. syria is vowing to help hamas. iran is speaking against the humanitarian crisis. and i think jordan said something.

clearly we were expecting too much for america to say something, britain was going to tow the line and do the whole we need to work on diplomacy thing just as they did during the lebanon crisis. its rather disappointing. saudi couldnt speak even if hamas gave it a lap-dance. egypt are tired of trying to be the hospitable neighbour. iraq's been gagged in its s&m game with usa.

any other countries now are too tired of this constant fight. i think they've thought sod it, how long are we gonna try to help them if they dont want to be helped?

hamas's strikes into israel has really pushed the boat in the other direction. the whole incident is of their own making they should've behaved themselves. no govt in the world can really support gaza and hamas without making it look like they're supporting terrorism.

what is a tragedy is the lack of help israel is allowing into gaza to help the civilians. there simply isnt enough being done to help them. red cross and other charities are clearly struggling to keep anything flowing. no aid nothing.

i guess all we can do is hope that come obama time there'll be more neutrality in america's stance than there is at the moment.