Sony wants to raise prices!

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El Duderino said:

goddog said:

El Duderino said:

goddog said:

SamuelRSmith said:
1) This is for the UK only.
2) It may not (and probably won't) include the PS3.
3) VAT is going to drop by 2.5%, helping them a little bit.

This is the perect time for the UK to take up the Euro. Europe wants us to, economists want to, politicians want to. But we can't, why? Because Labour want to have half a chance of winning the (probably) 2010 elections.

"I've said it before, and I'll say it again. Democracy doesn't work"

 

democracy/republics, are still far better then all the other options. 

Nope, having a wise, just and peacefull Dictator/King is by far the best option... just ask Aristoteles, I´m pretty sure he knew a little something about democracy and other forms of government...

 

 

yea because the power of a king has never corrupted the men and women at that position, and they will always hold the people before their own beliefs. and never oppress ideas they dont agree with. 

the ternary of the many is preferable to the ternary of the few 

I was talking about a best case cenario, of course a monarchy is most instable of all the forms and can go from good to bad instantly... but a good king can do more good in less time compared to a democracy, a bad democracy might be better than a bad monarchy but a good democracy is crippled for the same reasons a bad one is... in the end the democray might be better since its more stable and there aren´t many chances for extremes but there is very little chance for drastic improvement and its easily misslead by a demagogue who then has king like powers...

Jefferson summed up my problems with democracy pretty well:

"A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine."

very true that, but the odds of a good king ship are very slender.  and the results as you pointed out more extreme with a king ship. but stability is the key and democracy thrives on it, which allows for more people to benefit from the system on average. countries where the democracy/republic are run as a primary form of government by and large have a higher standard of living, and education (I am talking about real democracy/republics not monarchies disguised as them, such as south africa)