Replies to post #91014 on Biotech Values

[exwannabe]

OT Re: "We were a Republic (rule of law), nowhere in the Declaration of Independance or The Constitution is a mention of Democracy. "

Definition of republic:

1) a state in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by representatives chosen directly or indirectly by them.

Definition of democracy:

1) government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system.

2) a state having such a form of government: The United States and Canada are democracies.


Both have alternatives, but these are the most applicable to the usage in question.

Fairly clearly the US meets both definitions (though one could argue that be before the 17th we were not a true democracy, but the 17th is part of the Constitution).

You and Neil Boortz are somewhere between nit-picking and just plain wrong.

[apljack]

OT: Republic based upon a representative democracy is what I'm talking about. I'm sure you can see both the common ground between the two and the esoteric (read meaningless) distinction that you made in your post.

Are you represented by your congressional delegation in your district or our republic? The last time I went to visit my congressman, the waiting line included so many business interests that there was no room for me and my citizen colleague to sit. An attempt to set up a visit with my senator was fruitless.

aj

2 minute update: Exwannabe, beat me to the punch, enough said.