May 11th + a little bit about democracy...

Today's class was so exciting. Rab gave us many explanations about other country's religious, historical and cultural backgrounds which were completely new to me.
during the discussion, the woman from publishing company was in our group,
but i didn't really care because she didn't say nothing at all!!
but i saw her many times covering her mouth not to laugh out loud with the Rab's jokes.
well, I think practicing how to examine assumptions is about learning critical thinking.


and today i want to talk few things about the democracy we've been discussing in our class.
I'm taking the Introduction to Political Science class
and today's lecture was intriguing since it was all about democracy.
Rab has been asking us why Japanese don't protest or demonstrate compare to other countries despite the fact that Japan is a democratic country. and he said that's not a real democracy.

however, what i learned today from the poli sci teacher were the two different types of
democracies:
Participatory Democracy is a classic form of democracy and it is more pure(?) democratic system. what i meant pure here is that under this type of democracy, it is more likely to achieve the direct participation of literally all the citizens or members of the society. therefore, this democracy was only applicable to a local and small level of region. this democracy was not suitable for a big and national level of society since it was unrealistic for all the people in the country to participate in political discussions.
on the other hand, Liberal Democracy was introduced after the participatory democracy and this new type is what we call representative democracy in other words. this time, people are still involved in the political participation but in a more indirect way by having votes to elect small number of people who represents people's opinions. this one is applicable more to a modern and national level of society.

I don't want to say this, but maybe it's kind of impossible to achieve the perfect democracy since its too idealistic.
I understand that it's not good to take for granted what the professor says, that i should be thinking more critically,
and I know that the Rab's point and what im talking right now are not exactly the same,
but i thought it is important to remember that democracy is not always the same.
the form of democracy might change as the people of the society change.

but anyway, i also know that i'm not that informed enough to challenge rab especially on this subject, but i simply wanted to know how he react to this idea...^^;