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To: Solon who wrote (47423)	4/10/2006 6:40:33 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 90947

""Established notions of right and wrong" does not equate with the constitution or the law," Of course it EQUATES with it--DUH. Not at all. They are vastly different concepts. There is overlap, in the best situations there may be a lot of overlap where much of the law corresponds with what people think is right and just, but the ideas themselves have little connection, and while the actual implementations of the ideas may overlap a lot, they do not necessarily do so. If you don't like Democratic Republicanism you can always try FORCE? A democratic republic is at its core just as much about force. Its better than a dictatorship in that the people get to vote and have a say on how the force is applied. Also the likelihood that the government will be perceived as legitimate is higher thus reducing the chance of extreme amounts of force being used to maintain the government. Force is not a type of government, its a tool all governments use. Perhaps you meant "dictatorship". If that's what you are talking about than I prefer a more democratic form of government. Tim