The sad part is, it was democracy in action when the enormous breeder demanded more of your parents' money for nothing.

Make loud noises about your cause, get people to listen, get them to make noise too, get them and others to vote for your cause, put your theory into practice: democracy.

Doesn't mean it's ethically right, or that it works practically, just that it was democratically decided.

Too many of us - either side of the Atlantic - equate "democracy" and democratically decided" with something being right, good and the correct way of doing something.

(Not saying you do that!)