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June 8th 07, 07:24 PM
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I want to see your head on a pike.
None of this crap belongs in sci.electronics.basics.
On Fri, 08 Jun 2007 11:04:58 +0100, Robert Peffers. wrote: "labtech_one" wrote in message ... "default" wrote in message ... SNIP In all fairness it is/was our fault. Theoretically (in a democracy) the people rule. We must really like the idea of war . . . -- in all fairness, the USA is a REPUBLIC, not a democracy. (Majority does NOT always rule) Is there anything to prevent a republic also being democratic? As far as I know there are two definitions of, "Republic", 1. A state where supreme power is held by the people, or their elected representatives, or by an elected or nominated president. 2. Literally it means a society with equality between its members. While a democracy is - 1. (a), a system of government by the whole population, usu. through elected representatives. (b), a state so governed. (c), any organization governed on democratic principles. 2. an egalitarian and tolerant form of society. Can any USAsian really believe that they live in a Republic, (in the literal sense of the word)? Can any USAsian really believe that they live in a "Democracy", (in the literal sense of the word)? In effect both the USA and the UK are now, "Oligarchies"- Oligarchy, 1 government by a small group of people. 2 a state governed in this way. 3 the members of such a government. Just consider how Bush and Blair took our two countries into wars that the public, by the large, did not want and you will see that neither state is either democratic nor republican. We elect these people as our servants to carry out our democratic wishes and they then become the masters and we the servants. It is long past time for the people of both democracies to reassert themselves and demand their appointed servants remain their servants rather than their leaders and/or masters. Will I now have to beware of black 'copters at dawn? |
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