I agree that idea of conflict in democracy seems good.<p>But to me that Talibs article is specifically one of the big problems that idea has. If the most stubborn and intolerant part of the populace always get their way, regardless of their size, then it should always result in stubborn and intolerant policy.<p>The more you put distinctly different groups of people in a society that runs this way, the more likely it is to have some extremely stubborn and intolerant idea to surface.<p>I give you that if the stubborn idea is &quot;freedom of speech&quot;, that could work nicely. But recently &quot;not mocking prophet Muhammad&quot; has been seemingly bit more stubborn.