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Article: The Abdul Rahman case.(LETTERS)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- March 26, 2006
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Byline: THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Problems such as the one you raise in your Thursday editorial "Free Abdul Rahman" arise because democracy has become an end in itself and not a means of forwarding more basic individual rights. These rights came out of the Enlightenment of the 18th century and are perhaps expressed best by every person's right to "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
Our government espouses democracy in the Middle East, but this goal by itself bypasses these more important and basic goals. Democracy is a way of making societal decisions, and when it runs counter to the fundamental rights of each person as propounded by our forefathers ...