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To: RWR8189

Democracy IS tyranny. The tyranny of the majority. A republic is what we should be talking about.


2 posted on 03/05/2006 3:17:31 PM PST by frankiep
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To: frankiep
Democracy IS tyranny. The tyranny of the majority. A republic is what we should be talking about.

Well, true as far as that goes, but the thing is, in modern American parlance anyway, the word "democracy" is little other than shorthand for "constitutional democratic republic".

Nobody who advocates democracy is talking about pure democracy, after all. The notion that they are, is a straw man.

7 posted on 03/05/2006 4:00:13 PM PST by Dr. Frank fan
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To: frankiep
Democracy IS tyranny. The tyranny of the majority. A republic is what we should be talking about.

Ding ding ding we have a winner!

12 posted on 03/05/2006 4:28:27 PM PST by Alex Murphy (Colossians 4:5)
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BTTT


22 posted on 03/07/2006 9:44:13 AM PST by Caleb1411 ("These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own." G. K. C)
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