Subj : Attempted assassination o To : Denn From : Bill D Date : Sat Aug 23 2025 13:52:03 Re: Attempted assassination o By: Denn to Dumas Walker on Sat Jul 20 2024 06:46 pm > > This may be an education system thing. In school, I think most people are > > taught where democracy is used specifically to mean in the direct sense, a > > defined above. > > > IMHO, many of our politicians also use it incorrectly. > > > I was taught that we are a Representative Republic where the people > > Democratically select their representatives. They did teach us that were > > were not a "democracy," meaning not a direct one. > > > As I said, I think some politicans and others use it wrong, as if we are > > (or should be) a direct democracy. > > Most politicians get it wrong, many politicians know we're a Constitutional > Representative Republic, yet they push the democracy fallacy. > The only resemblance of a Republic and a Democracy is both vote in their > leaders. > Our forefathers put in an extra safety valve when they instituted the electo > college. > You are absolutely correct sir. Bill Dean http://ricksbbs.synchro.net:8080 telnet://ricksbbs.synchro.net:23 --- þ Synchronet þ Rick's BBS telnet://ricksbbs.synchro.net:23 .