I Just Stuck Myself in the Palm with a Knife

OK, so the title isn't really related to the post at all, but it just happened and I thought you should know.

Anyways....

I tend not to get political in this blog space, but I'’m going to venture in that direction a little bit. I've been wondering about something and maybe somebody can figure it out for me. Basically, my question is: What happens when democracy goes wrong? What I mean by that is what happens a population democratically votes against peace and freedom? What if Iraq had elected a government whose platform included fighting off the American infidels and establishing an oppressive religious theocracy? They didn'’t. But what if they had? In the recent Palestinian elections, Hamas won a majority of the parliamentary seats. Hamas is recognized as a terrorist organization by the United States and the European Union, and continues to deny Israel's right to exist. Is this a win for democracy and freedom? Recently, the more moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, threatened Hamas that he would hold a national referendum to determine if the Palestinian people want a Palestinian state along side Israel (using the 1967 borders). Who knows if Israel would even go for this, but there is a more troubling question: What if the people vote against it? What if the Palestinian people vote against a two state solution and for the destruction of Israel?

Let's all give a big hip-hip hooray for democracy.