&gt; A democracy where the demos aren&#x27;t allowed to read the treaties before they are ratified, what a ridiculous perversion of a notion that is.<p>That would be ridiculous, but TTIP will be published when people agree on what it should be, then it&#x27;ll be voted on. See here: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;ec.europa.eu&#x2F;trade&#x2F;policy&#x2F;in-focus&#x2F;ttip&#x2F;about-ttip&#x2F;process&#x2F;index_en.htm" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;ec.europa.eu&#x2F;trade&#x2F;policy&#x2F;in-focus&#x2F;ttip&#x2F;about-ttip&#x2F;pr...</a><p>When you think &quot;X is ridiculous&quot; consider that maybe X is not actually true.