----- Original Message ----- From: "iaamoac" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 2:55 PM Subject: Re: France's influence
> --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "J. van Baardwijk" > > Absolutely. Come Sunday, I will have been living in The Netherlands > for the > > last 36 years. I can assure you that our politicians have been > elected (two > > elections so far this year), and I can assure you that if my > country would > > be a republic, I would know about it. > > Republic (n) > .... > 2) a) A political order in which the supreme power lies in a body of > citizens who are entitled to vote for officers and representatives > responsible to them. > b) A nation that has such a political order. > > JDG - Not the Netherlands? Maru? The first definition I found in Webster's indicates that a republic does not have a monarch. The second definition is the one you gave. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
