[geeks] can't wait for Vista

[Phil Stracchino]

Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> Mon, 06 Nov 2006 @ 21:42 -0600, Lionel Peterson said:
> 
>> There is always a choice in a free democracy. 
> 
> You might think this is a nit, but if you mean the USA, we aren't a free
> democracy, fortunately.
> 
> The USA is a constitutional republic governed by the rule of law, nearly
> 180 degrees away from a free democracy.


I would not say that a constitutional republic is 180 degrees away from
a direct democracy.  It's much closer to it than is, say, Stalinism, or
feudalism, or an absolute monarchy.



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