@aohige : Yes they are. There's a fine line indeed between the supposed pair of anti-thesises.
@Irenicus : Absolute monarchies are dangerous no doubt. It's just absolute monarchy isn't the only variant of monarchy there is.
I can see the problem with US. While being a secular country, religion gets politicized waaaay too much, and that's bad. But something like Kemalist laicitism will only politicize religion further, and I really hope such won't take place in US.
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