----- Original Message ----- From: "J. van Baardwijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 3:21 PM Subject: Re: France's influence
> At 15:11 17-03-03 -0600, Dan Minette wrote: > > > > > 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. > > I already figured that the first definition had to be something that > contradicted JDG's argument. Thanks for the quick response, Dan -- you > saved me the trouble of looking up that first definition myself. > > So, a republic does not have a monarch. The Netherlands does have a > monarch, therefore The Netherlands is not a republic. > > Q.E.D. But, it isn't a democracy either. Democracies don't have monarchs. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
