Obama’s Acceptance of Nomination in Stadium Resonates with Democracy
Posted on Obama’s Acceptance of Nomination in Stadium Resonates with Democracy: Good for Barack Obama for deciding to accept the Democratic Party nomination for President this August in a huge outdoor football stadium in Denver. Stadiums are usually thought of nowadays as platforms for sports and celebrity concerts. But they have a history that hearkens back to the very roots of democracy. In ancient Athens, the birthplace of democracy as far as we know, the ideal size for a democratic state was thought to be the number of citizens who could sit in a public arena or stadi (source)
