What's demarchy? Ceteris Paribis - All Other Things Being Equal.
JDG -------Original Message------- From: Nick Arnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 03/18/03 12:52 AM To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: France's influence > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of iaamoac ... > Anyhow, now that Jeroen's insistence to never be proven wrong has now > engulfed the rest of the List - let me fully explain. In my post > that got this whole thing started, I was drawing a distinction > between (direct) democracy ~=~ government where policy is set by > opinion polls/direct votes vs. republics where policy is set by > representatives. Could you explain how "demarchy" fits? > I then made the case that, ceteris paribis, I > consider the government of a republic to be preferrable to that of a > (direct) democracy. And the definition of "ceteris paribis." > speech, the US, the UK, and the Netherlands are republics, not > democracies. Hence the Republicans being right, eh? (Puns within puns, there, I think.) Nick _______________________________________________ <a target=_blank href="http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l";>http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l</a> > _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
