Re: OT: Civil War Narrowly Averted in Schiavo Case

In article <JhaGAWP1CuUCFwxb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
jmw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx says...
> I read in sci.electronics.design that Clarence_A <no@xxxxxx> wrote (in
> <CcA4e.9602$FN4.804@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>) about 'OT: Civil War
> Narrowly Averted in Schiavo Case', on Tue, 5 Apr 2005:
>
> >America is not and never has been a "Democracy."
>
> What about 'government of/for/by the People'? 'By the People' is surely
> 'democracy'?
>
Clearly a "democracy" was never intended by the FF. The United States
was quite intentionally set up to be a republic. Until Amendment XVII
(1913) "the people" didn't vote for senators.

--
Keith
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