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>There was also some call (Probably from EU) to give criminals in jail the right to a vote. Which I also strongly disagree with.

Going by the stats at http://felonvoting.procon.org/viewresource.asp?resourceID=28... felony disenfranchisement is not that popular in western democracies.

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I guess thats relevant if you believe things like this should be decided by the majority.

What sort of non-democratic regime were you thinking of that would give criminals a vote but would not follow the populous' voting decisions?

My point was that democracy is a horrible system, it doesn't work well, and you end up with idiotic laws decided just based on what the mob majority want. However, it's pretty much the best we've got so far, but that's not saying much.

Democracy is fine if the majority are sane, have good morals, etc etc. But the majority of people in the US believe in god :/ The majority watch "American idol" and think the height of cuisine is macdonalds. Doesn't bode well.

Just my 2c anyway...

Don't criminals tend to fit the same profile though?

Benevolent dictatorship ftw.

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