On Thursday 01 June 2006 13:08, Curt Howland wrote: > On Thursday 01 June 2006 15:22, hendrik@topoi.pooq.com was heard to > > say: > > To my mind, that is when america stopped being a democracy. > > The US was never a democracy. It was founded as a representitive > republic of limited powers. > > It hasn't been a republic since at least the time of a large number of > people being forced at gun point to become "citizens" against their > will, 1865. Just ask Hawai'i! -- Paul Johnson Email and IM (XMPP & Google Talk): baloo@ursine.ca Jabber: Because it's time to move forward http://ursine.ca/Ursine:Jabber
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