<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424581884522021411</id><updated>2011-07-28T12:52:32.282-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Idealistic Dreams</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nicholaspatrick.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2424581884522021411/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nicholaspatrick.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>NickPat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01188958672960367738</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424581884522021411.post-7600599978613053998</id><published>2010-03-14T08:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-03-14T08:45:47.070-07:00</updated><title type='text'>In the interest of democracy</title><content type='html'>Was just watching CNA a few moment ago and can't help but notice the great length's people will go to just to put their point across. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Think about it. 10's of thousands of people flock the streets in the hot sun to march in protest. Have they nothing better else to do? Or a better way of finding a solution to their problem? Let's say they do get their point across, someone resigns, red-shirts enjoy the satisfaction of their victory and two weeks later the yellow-shirt contingent begin a similar protest for their rights.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Democracy is to find a common ground, somewhere in between that both sides can agree on or compromise at the very least. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;'You can never rationalise with a mind occupied by anger' - anonymous.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.thaiphotoblogs.com/media/blogs/new/090401.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2424581884522021411-7600599978613053998?l=nicholaspatrick.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nicholaspatrick.blogspot.com/feeds/7600599978613053998/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://nicholaspatrick.blogspot.com/2010/03/in-interest-of-democracy.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2424581884522021411/posts/default/7600599978613053998'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2424581884522021411/posts/default/7600599978613053998'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nicholaspatrick.blogspot.com/2010/03/in-interest-of-democracy.html' title='In the interest of democracy'/><author><name>NickPat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01188958672960367738</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
