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directfiesta, ALL democratic countries have certain laws that hurt some human rights, and/or freedoms. it doesn't mean the country is undemocratic.
for example, in most european countries it's illegal to form parties that have forms of racism in their ideology. it hurts freedom, but it's still necessary to save another very important principle or value.
in the same way, it can be legitimate to allow forms of torture if it is likely to prevent a terrorist act from happening (for example, the prisoner can lead to other terrorists if he has this knowledge). you hurt a human right, but you save a highly important value/principle - national security.
an innocent man was shot in London a few months ago for the same reasons.
democracy is not black and white.
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