W.E.B. Du Bois spoke immortal words concerning the need for constructive criticism, but he specifically stated that it was `the soul of democracy', which is true. The basis of voting, press conferences and the mass media is to bring the voice of the people to the government. The effects of a non-democratic (authoritarian) system can be disastrous. This is because when a person does not allow others to criticize his decisions; he ends up making only bad ones. On a personal level, he will bear the consequences alone, but when it comes to a nation, bad decisions lead to only one thing;