Ken, Jerry et al
Firstly a republic is not necessarily different to a democracy. Republicans
and democrats are merely labels for political stances. A republic is simply
a state which is not headed by a monarch. There are a number of definitions
of a democracy one of which is "a government in which the supreme power is
vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a
system of representation usually involving periodically held free
elections". I think that the meaning in America has been slightly warped
because one of the political parties has chosen to call itself the
Democrats. Interestingly enough, in Europe, the democratic party is usually
the Christian Democrats! As far as I am aware the mail was written outside
of the US and is simply a voicing of what is seen as American hypocrisy i.e.
if the same thing had happened in Africa or South America, the US would be
withdrawing all aid and calling on the UN to do the same. Some time ago I
saw a program about the race to develop nuclear arms and power between the
Soviet Union and the US. The USSR simply suppressed all information about
the possible harmful effects. The US embarked on a propaganda exercise to
try to convince the nation that the production of nuclear energy was
beneficial to human health.
My own observations are that none of the political parties has an agenda
which I could subscribe to. My traditional leanings have been towards the
socialist end of the spectrum because of my birth and upbringing but the
"new" Labour party (= Democrats) seems hell bent on espousing homosexuality
in particular. The Conservative party (= Republicans) have no compassion
whatsoever towards the poor. Both my wife and I were struck by the harsh
attitudes of people we spoke to towards the unemployed. I wouldn't trust G
Dublya Bush any more that I would trust Bill Clinton. If he were a man of
principle he would allow the hand count to go ahead. He simply wants the
power, prestige and rewards which go with the job. There is a lot to be said
for a constitutional monarchy!!!
----- Original Message -----
From: Ken Komoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2000 7:44 PM
Subject: Re: [RR] Fw: (Fwd) Fwd: (Fwd) (Fwd) Re: Food for thought...
> Jerry is right. And I didn't mean my message to be flame of any sort.
>
> Part of our problem here in the US is that most of the people who live and
> vote here do not understand that the US is a REPUBLIC. This is not and
> never has been a democracy. We use many democratic methods and we espouse
> democratic principles, but because we are a republic, the one man, one
vote
> principle does NOT actually apply universally. Even in the late 17th
century,
> the framers of our Constitution were aware of the problems of the
urban/rural
> population. That is why each of the members of the House of
Representatives
> actually represent the same number of people, while the members of the
Senate
> represent their State. As Jerry said, this design prohibits the more
populous
> ares from running the country and allows Nevada to be the equal of
California
> or New York.
>
> At 02:23 PM 12/5/00 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >Brian, its not your fault. It sounds like it was written by a democrat
for
> >sure. The "old" system talked about is the one thing that makes all
states
> >equal. I saw a map of the election results showing all counties in the
US.
> >Overwelmingly Bush won over 90% of the counties in the country. The
problem?
> >Most of those counties are lightly populated. Gore won the the big city
> >Metropolitian areas mostly on the West coast and in New York and New
England.
> > Without the system we have, the big cities would control the elections
and
> >with their liberal viewpoint wqould make it amost impossible for a
> >conserviitive person to will election. I live in a county with a
population
> >that would make it the 11th most populated state. Here the liberals
> >outnumber the conservitives 3 to 1. If the liberal elite were to gain
control
> >like they would like to, it would be a dark day for christians and the
> >perscution would start. \as for this election you must consider the
source.
> >Gore is part of the Clinton administration which has proven itself to
have no
> >scrupples. They practice to the tee what is called situational ethics, in
> >other words they make up the rules or bend them to fit theri needs at the
> >time and their need is absolute power. Clinton has been quoted as saying
that
> >he would like to be the Anti Christ, why, because it means absolute power
and
> >Algore is not far behind. So we would rather have our system than any
other.
> >and like you said, we need to put our trust in God and not man.
>
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