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Is government secrecy compatible with democracy?
Results so far:
| No | 61% | 132 votes | Total: 217 votes | |
| Yes | 39% | 85 votes |
No
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Created on: November 06, 2008
Let's take it even one step further. When the government is keeping secrets from the populace it governs,
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Created on: December 13, 2007 Last Updated: April 30, 2009
In the Clinton administration Vice President AL Gore compared governing to making sausages-'you don't
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Created on: January 29, 2008 Last Updated: November 28, 2010
Too many people evoke the founding fathers when talking about the role of secrecy in the government,
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Created on: December 04, 2010
Government secrecy cannot exist in a truly democratic nation if it is going to function properly.
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Created on: December 06, 2007
If the government truly represents the interests of the people, why should there by state secrets from
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by aurora97
Created on: August 05, 2009 Last Updated: August 06, 2009
Government secrecy is definitely not compatible with democracy. This is quite an arrogant approach on
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by Jeffrey Graf
Created on: October 21, 2008
The word democracy implies that the people are empowered to guide the policies of their government.
Yes
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Created on: October 04, 2010
Government secrecy can be compatible with democracy. In a family, the children are not told everything
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Created on: November 30, 2008
Democracy as freedom is as essential as freedom in a democracy which is run by a government, even though
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Created on: October 04, 2010 Last Updated: October 09, 2010
"Keep it secret. Keep it safe." was the standing order by Gandalf to Frodo in one of the opening scenes
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Created on: December 06, 2007 Last Updated: June 17, 2008
First of all, what is democracy? If we can define this word adequately the question is fairly easy to
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by Brian Cody
Created on: April 09, 2009
Yes, however there has to a judicious oversight of the government to prevent the abuse as well as, the
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Created on: December 05, 2007
Is government secrecy compatible with democracy? Secrecy practiced by a democratic government such as
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Created on: December 03, 2007
Let's remember what democracy means. "Government of, by, and for the people," as Lincoln put it. Now,
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