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/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
