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On Fri, 18 Feb 2011 06:27:05 +0000 (UTC), Nad R wrote:
> "J. Clarke" > wrote: >> In article om>, >> says... >>> >>> Doug wrote: >>> >>>>>> It seems like you have no idea what a republic is. >>>>> >>>>> So tell us what it is. >>>> >>>> Republic is a subset of democracy. One type. Typically when folks say >>>> democracy they mean republic because it's the most common class of >>>> democracy types. >>>> >>>> In a republic the citizens elect representatives. The representatives >>>> pass laws. There are a lot of variations on republics in the world. Most >>>> are parlimetary style. The US has a mixed style based on the Roman >>>> Republic. France is closer to a simple republic if I read the brief >>>> summaries right. >>> >>> You mean Plato had it all wrong? >> >> According to modern educators, yes. One more reason to abolish public >> schools--if the damned things are gonna teach a bunch of crap that's >> just plain _wrong_ then they're worse than useless. > > The idiots leading the idiots! > Getting rid of public education, what a bunch of aristocratic crap! it's standard libertarian bullshit from a standard libertarian bullshitter. your pal, blake |