On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 3:37 PM, John Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 2:02 PM, Nick Arnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Wikipedia probably has an article on the subject. Try searching on > > "democracy." > > Couldn't find it. But I found this: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyranny_of_the_majority > Too bad it barely applies, though you may have a point that we seem to be heading in that direction. We still have a constitution, bill of rights and parliamentary style legislature... although the constitution seems to be increasingly weakened by conservatives. We are still a democracy, not a demarchy. Nick _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
