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To: koan who wrote (985301)	12/2/2016 3:03:31 PM
From: GROUND ZERO™	2 Recommendations Recommended By locogringo Thomas A Watson Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1571029

Hey, who gives a shit about democracy, the United States is a Constitutional Republic and NOT a democracy, so who cares how you may try to define democracy, it's completely irrelevant to my point and useless... you think you live in a democracy??? Did you learn nothing in school??? Did you go to school??? If you don't like the rule of law, then go live in a democracy and see how you like it... meanwhile, stop bother me with your phony and pseudo intellectual bullshit, I've seen enough of your self indulgent crap for a while, just a little bit of you goes a long way... go pester someone else, you're a waste of my time... GZ

To: koan who wrote (985301)	12/2/2016 3:05:06 PM
From: Land Shark	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571029

RWE's love this term "Republic".... all it means is that there is no monarch, constitutional or otherwise ruling the nation. East Germany was a Republic (GDR) and was not democratic (although it had elections with no choice of candidates). Democracy is a system where the government is elected and the majority rules. There are various forms of democracy, such as the USA's federal system with its checks and balances through the four branches, or such as the UK's parliamentary system, etc., etc.. Most democratic governments have a constitution, a bill of rights, a system of courts, and some legislative bodies. No government system is purely democratic. That would mean on every issue, the government would have to have a referendum to act. Such as it is.