A true Democracy can be equated to chaos! There is no definitive voice. I believe in the Republican form of Democracy at my house. That is everyone is allowed to state his/her feelings or concerns and I enact what it is we will do! :)

>>Oh sorry. You being an immigrant, I hope I didn't confuse you with english sayings. I've been in a class all day...ate tooo much for lunch, etc. So I wasn't thinking clearly enough to get the venacular correct.
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>Actually, I am well acquainted with both phrases, and their meanings. It was just that I was expecting the other one :).
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>>However, I've never thought of it that way....women becoming empowered does seem to coincide with the erosion of life in the USA as defined by some. I wonder if howie's wife is required to stay at home barefoot and pregnant all the time.
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>Frankly, I'm so used to my own family being a direct democracy, that I can't imagine having a family organized as a hierarchy, or worse.