Re: US: Democracy or Republic?

2000-12-11 Thread Tim May
At 1:32 AM -0500 12/11/00, Declan McCullagh wrote: On Sun, Dec 10, 2000 at 05:12:23PM -0800, Steve Schear wrote: Quite. And the specter of the Florida legislature selecting a new set of electors are providing one of the best civics educations citizens young and old have had this century.

Re: US: Democracy or Republic?

2000-12-10 Thread petro
On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, Declan McCullagh wrote: From: "Kent Snyder-The Liberty Committee" [EMAIL PROTECTED] THE UNITED STATES IS NOT A DEMOCRACY. IT IS A REPUBLIC. THE ELECTORAL A republic is a form of democracy, a representative one. No, it isn't. -- A quote from Petro's

Re: US: Democracy or Republic?

2000-12-10 Thread Steve Schear
At 03:26 AM 12/10/00 -0800, petro wrote: On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, Declan McCullagh wrote: From: "Kent Snyder-The Liberty Committee" [EMAIL PROTECTED] THE UNITED STATES IS NOT A DEMOCRACY. IT IS A REPUBLIC. THE ELECTORAL A republic is a form of democracy, a representative one. No,