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Loren Booda
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In the evolution of a democracy, certain freedoms must be compromised in order to protect others. For instance, in Iraq we may postpone the promised presidential election in order to preserve fair voting, or we may insist that a democratically elected theocracy there be declared illegitimate. Can you think of political situations where rights are relative in establishing constitutional governments? How do we relate to developing democracies the need and means to balance seemingly absolute civil laws?