On Thu, Oct 31, 2002 at 09:37:52AM +0800, Pablo Manalastas wrote: > On Wed, 30 Oct 2002, kechie wrote: > > > Yes. Frailocracy is like aristocracy. Which means friars > > (particularly Dominicans) influence just about everyone. > > If the root word is "friar" (Tagalog "prayle"), why call it > "frailocracy"? If the term is used to refer to the direct > involvement of the clergy in the affairs of government, > should the term be friarocracy, or clericocracy (from cleric) > or jaime-sin-ocracy (from you-know-who)? Frailocracy is easy > to misread as "failocracy" which is what our present government > has been successfully able to do -- fail. >
I believe the proper term is "Theocracy". A word that today conjures images of Iran and Ayatollahs. If I'm not mistaken we ought to be using Greek, rather than Latin roots to be making "-ocracies". -- Rafael R. Sevilla <dido at imperium dot ph> +63(2)8123151 Software Developer, Imperium Technology Inc. +63(917)4458925 _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
