[RoosterRedux]

A "democracy" is a representative government (i.e., the people have a legal right to representation).

A situation where a dictator may choose to "listen" to the people on an issue but still retains full power is NOT a democracy, is it?

[EEGator]

No, a listening dictator is not a democracy.
I was merely addressing the points in post #4.
There are two separate points.