Re: US: Democracy or Republic?

2000-12-11 Thread Tim May
At 1:32 AM -0500 12/11/00, Declan McCullagh wrote: >On Sun, Dec 10, 2000 at 05:12:23PM -0800, Steve Schear wrote: >> Quite. And the specter of the Florida legislature selecting a new set of >> electors are providing one of the best civics educations citizens young and >> old have had this cent

Re: US: Democracy or Republic?

2000-12-10 Thread Steve Schear
At 03:26 AM 12/10/00 -0800, petro wrote: >>On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, Declan McCullagh wrote: >> >>> >From: "Kent Snyder-The Liberty Committee" >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >>> >THE UNITED STATES IS NOT A DEMOCRACY. IT IS A REPUBLIC. THE ELECTORAL >> >>A republic is a form of democracy, a representati

Re: US: Democracy or Republic?

2000-12-10 Thread petro
>On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, Declan McCullagh wrote: > >> >From: "Kent Snyder-The Liberty Committee" >><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> >THE UNITED STATES IS NOT A DEMOCRACY. IT IS A REPUBLIC. THE ELECTORAL > >A republic is a form of democracy, a representative one. No, it isn't. -- A quote from Pe

US: Democracy or Republic?

2000-12-07 Thread Declan McCullagh
>Reply-To: "Kent Snyder-The Liberty Committee" ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >From: "Kent Snyder-The Liberty Committee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Declan McCullagh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Release: Democracy or Republic? >Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 13:57:19 -0500 >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5