I am not an authority on this subject, but I believe in order to truly be a democracy, then everyone gets to go vote.
Certainly this is fine for town hall meetings, and county wide contests.. and a small number of items put up for public vote.. but it becomes more difficult when you are dealing with a large population over a large land mass, and a large number of items upon which to vote. perhaps someday, when everyone gets the citizen ID chip in their wrist <or whatever orwellian device> then you could have everyone voting for every item. ... but right now, supposedly it is a full time job doing politics, so the average person wouldn't have time to research all the issues in order to make an informed decision. > > What is UK then? - constitutional monarchy > What is Canada then? - confederation with parliamentary democracy > What is Australia then? - democratic, federal-state system recognizing the British monarch as sovereign > What is Spain then? - parliamentary monarchy > What is Sweden then? - constitutional monarchy > What is France then? - republic > What is Germany then? - federal republic > What is Switzerland then? - federal republic and the USA - federal republic; strong democratic tradition > > I am very interested in your definitions of above countries. > > Hakan > > At 02:00 PM 4/12/2003 -0400, you wrote: > >A democracy is mob rule. A republic is democracy with a constitution that > >specifies what limits the mob has. our 3 way system of government is set up > >with checks and balances that prevent any one group from over ruling the > >rights of others. It's quite simple in a complex way. It works for us. > > > > > >Steve Spence > >Subscribe to the Renewable Energy Newsletter > >& Discussion Boards. Read about Sustainable Technology: > >http://www.green-trust.org > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Hakan Falk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> > >Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2003 1:23 PM > >Subject: Re: [biofuel] Bringing democracy to Sweden > > > > > > > > > > Steve, ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Make Money Online Auctions! Make $500.00 or We Will Give You Thirty Dollars for Trying! http://us.click.yahoo.com/yMx78A/fNtFAA/i5gGAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
