--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "J. van Baardwijk" > Absolutely. Come Sunday, I will have been living in The Netherlands for the > last 36 years. I can assure you that our politicians have been elected (two > elections so far this year), and I can assure you that if my country would > be a republic, I would know about it.
Republic (n) .... 2) a) A political order in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who are entitled to vote for officers and representatives responsible to them. b) A nation that has such a political order. JDG - Not the Netherlands? Maru? _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l