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A growing trend in Africa seems to be for pupular leaders to tend toward dictatorship as soon as they realise there are no real barriers ton them seixing control of ...

Hey, clograbby! Basically, I love-love- love this. Your characters are so beautiful and alive--especially Sherry, and even the protagonist. Usually, writers make the protagonist boring if they're up a

Hey, 2write4ALLways! Welcome to YWS. ^_^ I have to say, this was an absolutely beautiful concept for a story. It made me really sad, but at the same time, really ...

Hey, olivia! Welcome to YWS. ^_^ Your narrator sounds quite a bit like Georgia Nicholson--I love those books, even though I'm American and usually not a big fan of "fluffy" ...

Hey again, LRabbit! Sorry it took me so long to get to this. I missed Adie. :wink: Adie's perception of her world is still dead on--she thinks a lot of ...

Hey, Gyr! I'm kind of scatterbrained at the moment, so forgive me if I make less sense than usual. :wink: Yay! More Tannar/Karenna goodness. Karenna is probably one of my ...

Galatea-- you will note that I called the US a "representative democracy". idle muse-- That wasn't an insult! I'm sorry if it sounded like one. :( What I meant by ...

The UK does not have a representative democracy. You also have a Queen, who is not a political influence, but still exists none the less. You have a house of ...

It's not quite the same as American democracy, which the Western world is trying to re-create in Zimbabwe.

*glee* Cal! You rock! I've never studied French in-depth, but none of the languages I do know work quite as well here. ^_~ I shall consult a Frenchie and try ...

Well that's the thing, democracy that might work in the UK may not do so in Zimbabwe. You do realize that the UK is not a democracy and that it's ...

Ah! You guys are so amazing. ^_^ I've fixed the things that you pointed out, and I'm glad the atmosphere worked. Luke -- Gorey FTW. I love the Gashlycrumb Tinies ...

Sorry it's taken so long! I'm lazy, so if you want the link to part one, it's above the post. ^_~ ___ (2) He said, “Oh, yes you can. Just ...

Psh, not so automated as guaranteed. :wink: Welcome to YWS, Tharlam! Rebels are always welcome; we might not stage a counter-rebellion if you use that spell-check that you seem to ...

I would say that if society still viewed it as a shameful thing to do stuff like that, this kind of thing wouldn't happen for the most part. Unless they ...