I always thought that a republic was a type of democracy - or should I say sub-set on a computing list :)
For example the UK is a democracy, but not a republic. > -----Original Message----- > From: S. Isaac Dealey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 06 July 2003 18:24 > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: US Citizenship Test > > > I must have gone to a real different kind of school (or at a > different time)... 'cause I remember being told in school > that the vote was the defining characteristic of a > democracy... with the implication being of course that the > majority of votes are to elect officials who then vote in > proxy for us on issues that would otherwise choke our civil > infrastructure to death with vote after vote making it > practically impossible for us to get any work done. The > theory sounds okay -- except that I think if we really are > doing that much voting we're creating way too damn much law, etc... > > I'm fairly well libertarian in my thinking nowadays... > > so... was the elected official what originally set apart a > democracy (presumably where everyone votes on every issue) > from a republic (presumably where officials vote on most things)? > > > Probably based on the text of the Constitution which guarantees to > > each state a republican form of government. > > > In school we were taught that were differences in a > > republic and democracy, > > only recently(today) have I heard that the definition of > democracy has > > evolved to include elected representatives. > > > Republic: > > http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=republic > > Democracy: > > http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=democracy > > > At 12:29 PM 7/6/2003 -0500, you wrote: > >>Funny tho that ... at least the last time I looked them > >>up, Democracy and > >>Republic have the same definition in the dictionary... as > >>a matter of > >>fact, they're listed as each others' synonyms... or they > >>were in my > >>dictionary... Which makes question #1 somewhat difficult > >>to guess at if > >>you don't know what their specific intimation is. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > ~~~~~~~~~~~| > > Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 > > Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index. > > cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 > > > This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by > CFHosting.com. > > The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. > > http://www.cfhosting.com > > > Unsubscribe: > http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/uns > > > ubscribe.cfm?user=633.558.5 > > > > > s. isaac dealey 972-490-6624 > > new epoch http://www.turnkey.to > > lead architect, tapestry cms http://products.turnkey.to > > tapestry api is opensource http://www.turnkey.to/tapi > > certified advanced coldfusion 5 developer > http://www.macromedia.com/v1/handlers/index.cf> m?ID=21816 > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
