----- Original Message ----- From: "J. van Baardwijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 3:50 PM Subject: Re: France's influence
> At 15:30 17-03-03 -0600, Dan Minette wrote: > > > > So, a republic does not have a monarch. The Netherlands does have a > > > monarch, therefore The Netherlands is not a republic. > > > > > > Q.E.D. > > > >But, it isn't a democracy either. Democracies don't have monarchs. > > Then how would you describe countries like The Netherlands, Belgium, the UK > and Spain? These are all monarchies and they are all democratic. > Constitutional monarchies. They are not democracies because there is not a direct rule of the majority. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
