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To: steve harris who wrote (224136)	3/15/2005 5:53:08 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1573447

Democracy is a word with a somewhat fuzzy meaning. One of its meanings is direct democracy. We obviously are not that. But commonly it also refers to a situation where the majority of voters elect representatives, if the eligible voters are at least a large chunk of the adult population. (If they are a very small part its some sort of oligarchy not really a democracy, if they are a large minority of adult citizens but a lot of people are excluded I would call it a flawed democracy) Tim