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To: Little Joe who wrote (192015)	10/15/2001 6:04:36 AM
From: D. Long	Respond to of 769670

Socrates would disagree. Athens was a democracy. They made him drink hemlock. Very illiberal. <gg> Derek

To: Little Joe who wrote (192015)	10/15/2001 8:31:21 AM
From: willcousa	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Our particular form of democracy does not mean rule by majority. We are a representative republic. Our founders were concerned about what they termed "the tyranny of the majority" and thus fashioned our form of government to try and prevent same.