JDG wrote: > > --- 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? >
Ding! to John for trying to trap Jeroen into commiting to a statement and then supplying the definition afterward. Ding! to Jeroen for not recognizing the trap. -- Matt _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
