Discussion : CHALLENGES TO WESTERN DEMOCRATIC IDEAS
People in democratic societies would like to think the process would/could/should work everywhere. But sometimes when democracy is exported, it's rejected in the most emphatic and sometimes violent ways.
What is it about the idea that people in non-Western societies don't like?
ETHNIC VIOLENCE
In discussing the concept of violence this week, let's take a moment to consider the following situation.
Imagine a country where religious factions inside a nation want to have their own separate homeland.
The government refuses, claiming the territory in question, which commands the nation's only source of clean water, is vital to security. Is violence inevitable?