Raghav

Have you ever wondered why democracy is important? I think it is important because you have the freedom to vote. My first reason is that if you don't vote, you have conflict, and conflict is not good. My second is that voting would create a more civilised environment, with less stampedes, riots, and protests. My third and final reason is that you can prevent fighting by voting, and if you fight, you will se many people dying on the streets.

If you don't vote, you have conflict, and conflict is not good. I conducted a survey to find out how many people out of 20 think that conflict is bad. 1 person (5%) said that conflict is good, and 19 people (95%) said that it was bad. I came to the conclusion that the majority of my class (95%) think that conflict is bad. A quote by Mahatma Gandhi read: I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent. So that shows why it is important not to have conflict. Also, conflict causes many deaths. It also causes communication glitches, rendering many unable to connect to the internet, or unable to call friends and family. Conflict also causes stress, with many wanting to commit suicide. Conflict could also cause infections, spread by accidently stepping on a dead body. That is why it is so important to vote and not have conflict.

You can prevent fighting by voting. If you fight, you will see many people dying on the streets. In the news about a month ago, Libya was shattered, with many people getting killed by fighting. Many people were killed and the roads were a gory scene. They were in a war between Gaddafi and his loyalists and the National Transitional Council (NTC). As a result, ten thousands of people died. If you vote, people won't die.

Voting will create a more civilised environment, with less (or none) stampedes, riots and protests. In Singapore, my dad voted, and it was very civilized, without riots, stampedes, and (or) protests. I stayed up all night to watch the live streaming of the results on TV. In Libya, during the Gaddafi regime, there were riots, huge stampedes, and violent protests. Most of the protests, riots, and stampedes called for police intervention. The police used tear gas to stop the violence (riots, stampedes, and protests). Even that, sometimes failed to disperse the crowd. As a result, many people died. If they had voted, none of this would have happened. Recently, (about 1-2 months ago), Egypt was in the spotlight for the wrong reasons. It started with protests, riots and a few stampedes. They were against their dictator, Mubarak. I don't think they knew what their actions could create. CHAOS- that was what their actions created. They caused Egypt to collapse and fall apart like Humpty Dumpty. And to make things worse, after Mubarak went to jail, the government fell apart, and people enter on rampage, looting shops. If they had voted instead of fighting, none of this would have occurred.

As you see, democracy is really very important. Again, my first reason is that if you don't vote, you have conflict is not good. My next reason is that voting will create a more civilized enviroment, with less stampedes, protests, and riots. My final reason is that you can prevent fighting by voting, and if you fight, you will see many people dying on the streets. This is important to me because if we didn't have voting in Singapore, our Iives would be in danger; we would have fighting.