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To: Kaslin

“There’s no appreciation for democracy, which after all originated here. “

No, Democracy was an idea which we borrowed from the Greeks.

However, America was founded as a Republic; republicanism being a a notion we borrowed from the Romans.

3 posted on 06/24/2011 6:58:32 AM PDT by Immerito (Reading Through the Bible in 90 Days)

To: Immerito; Kaslin

“There’s no appreciation for democracy, which after all originated here."

Wow. She's writing about an ignorance of history, and then demonstrates multiple flawed views in one sentence.

Isn't Irony Ironic?

6 posted on 06/24/2011 7:20:10 AM PDT by Lazamataz ("First we beat the Soviet Union. Then we became them." -- Lazamataz, 2005)

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