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From: Robert Redelmeier (redelm_at_ev1.net.invalid)
Date: 02/20/04 

Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 19:23:48 GMT

Beth <BethStone21@hotmail.nospicedham.com> wrote:
> Odd; I would have thought that a Constitutional Republic would
> actually quite _like_ being a "democracy" rather than constantly
> denying it all the time...this is far from the first Amerikaner I've
> heard making this plea _against_ being "democratic", as if almost
> running scared from it...as if it would be a "bad idea" or
> something...

Oh, but pure democracy _is_ a bad idea, except for most of
the others (apologies to Churchill).

How can a pure democracy prevent tyrany of the majority?

The United States has various democratic institutions, each
pitted against lethally the others, expressly designed to
produce gridlock. It also has a long and strong tradition
of individual rights. Politicians control their own funds
and are not behelden/whippable by parties.

-- Robert