What should the voting age be?

[Rhyfelwyr]

I think you're a little to taken by the "noble savage"-myth. While of course smaller in the scale, the Saami did try armed rebellion, and even in the 70's there was a real danger of a civil war(terrorist style) up north when the dam was built in Alta. And being under norway wasn't seen as a bad thing for the saami? Ask the guys we cut the testicles off of(no more desecration of our pure christian young), they *might* disagree....

Still, the situation with the Sami seems more akin to that of the native Americans. Kind of reminds me how Meth seems to have no problem with British or Canadian rule as such, so long as his treaty rights are respected. Such societies have a different view of sovereignty.

The opinion of the three people plus one dog living in Finnmark isn't overruled by those living in Oslo, yet we still call our system of government a democracy, don't we?

EDIT: And since when did "Democracy" start meaning "rule of the majority"? I was under the impression that it meant "rule of the people".... And "the people" means 100% of the people, doesn't it?

Aye, it does mean rule of the people, and so it only works when there is a single 'people that have a large degree of common concerns/interests, hence the importance of being a nation-state for any democracy. If the Basques argue they are a separate 'people' alongside another in the same political system, then democracy can only represent the majority 'people'.