Re: Re: Re: France's influence

2003-03-17 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 18:24 16-03-03 -0600, Ronn Blankenship wrote: Er, John, I think you need to read up on how a democracy works. In a democracy, decisions are not made by the populace but by the politicians that were elected by the populace. No, that is the definition of a _republic_. That's not entirely

Re: Re: Re: France's influence

2003-03-17 Thread Marvin Long, Jr.
On Mon, 17 Mar 2003, J. van Baardwijk wrote: At 18:24 16-03-03 -0600, Ronn Blankenship wrote: Er, John, I think you need to read up on how a democracy works. In a democracy, decisions are not made by the populace but by the politicians that were elected by the populace. No, that is

Re: RE: France's influence

2003-03-17 Thread John D. Giorgis
What's demarchy? Ceteris Paribis - All Other Things Being Equal. JDG ---Original Message--- From: Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 03/18/03 12:52 AM To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: France's influence -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: RE: France's influence

2003-03-17 Thread Nick Arnett
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of John D. Giorgis Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 7:13 AM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Re: RE: France's influence What's demarchy? I thought it was what you described as direct democracy... Here's

Re: Re: France's influence

2003-03-16 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 15 Mar 2003 at 21:21, Dan Minette wrote: And, what are the chances of being re-elected when they take actions that are opposed by the overwhelming majority of their citizens? If I were a politician willing to do what it takes, I'd say that I would represent the interest of _fill the

Re: Re: France's influence

2003-03-16 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 17:40 15-03-03 -0500, John Giorgis wrote: I was talking about the opinion of people. In a January Gallup poll, the last one I could find, the numbers were: ** Again, though, I definitely believe that those numbers are skewed by the presence

Re: Re: Re: France's influence

2003-03-16 Thread John D. Giorgis
---Original Message--- From: J. van Baardwijk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Er, John, I think you need to read up on how a democracy works. In a democracy, decisions are not made by the populace but by the politicians that were elected by the populace.

Re: Re: Re: France's influence

2003-03-16 Thread John D. Giorgis
---Original Message--- From: J. van Baardwijk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Er, John, I think you need to read up on how a democracy works. In a democracy, decisions are not made by the populace but by the politicians that were elected by the populace.

Re: Re: Re: France's influence

2003-03-16 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 11:12 16-03-03 -0500, John Giorgis wrote: Er, John, I think you need to read up on how a democracy works. In a democracy, decisions are not made by the populace but by the politicians that were elected by the populace. ROTFLOL! You crack me

Re: Re: Re: France's influence

2003-03-16 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
---Original Message--- From: J. van Baardwijk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Er, John, I think you need to read up on how a democracy works. In a democracy, decisions are not made by the populace but by the politicians that were elected by the populace. No, that is the definition of a _republic_.

Re: Re: France's influence

2003-03-16 Thread John D. Giorgis
---Original Message--- From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] It actually has 191 UN member nations listed in groups broken down by the amount of support they're lending. *** I'd love to see it...along with any information you might have regarding its source. JDG

Re: Re: France's influence

2003-03-15 Thread John D. Giorgis
---Original Message--- From: John D. Giorgis [EMAIL PROTECTED] snip JDG - International Opion :), Maru. BTW - I forgot to include Portugal and Israel in my list of democracies who will support a war without a second UN Resolution. Apologies if I missed any others. Additionally, I

Re: Re: France's influence

2003-03-15 Thread John D. Giorgis
---Original Message--- From: Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] I was talking about the opinion of people. In a January Gallup poll, the last one I could find, the numbers were: ** Again, though, I definitely believe that those numbers are

Re: Re: France's influence

2003-03-15 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: John D. Giorgis [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2003 4:40 PM Subject: Re: Re: France's influence ---Original Message--- From: Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] I was talking about the opinion

Re: Re: France's influence

2003-03-15 Thread Gautam Mukunda
--- Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Unless the war in Iraq is not considered important by people, why wouldn't politicians who oppose it have a tremendous advantage in the next election in countries where the overwhelming majority of people are opposed to the war? Dan M. That may

Re: Re: Re: France's influence

2003-03-15 Thread John D. Giorgis
---Original Message--- From: Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] The eternal optimist? John, the question was 1) Not even with UN backing 2) Only with UN backing 3) Even without UN backing You really think all the 2s are going to slide into 1s?