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To: one_less who wrote (216643)	2/6/2007 10:12:28 PM
From: jttmab	Read Replies (1) of 281500

Keep in mind that the term ‘Democracy’ is not going to appear in ancient literature since its development as a political term is relatively recent. The birthplace of democracy was ancient Greece. "Dem" is derived from the Greek for "many". Aristotle wasn't all that keen on democracy as a form of government, but then he's dead. We are somewhat abusive of the word "democracy". What we have is a democratic republic and choose to emphasize the word democratic when it's convenient, i.e., pretend the government is following the will of the people, and emphasize the word republic, when it's convenient, i.e., when the government does what it thinks is in the best interests of the people, irrespective of what the people want. Any religion is incompatible with democracy to some level. Religion is a top down structure, while a democracy is a bottoms up structure. There may be an overlap of "values" when the population is homogeneous, but they can never be fully compatible. Jefferson didn't espouse the wall of separation between church and state for giggles. He looked at history and saw the conflict and corruption that inevitably occurs when the two intermingle. jttmab

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