On Tue, 2003-10-21 at 12:24, Nathan Eric Norman wrote: > On Sun, Oct 19, 2003 at 12:12:38PM -0500, Michael D Schleif wrote: > > Arnt Karlsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003:10:19:15:19:21+0200] scribed: > > <snip /> > > > > > Red China Communism came from where? ;-) > > > > Just to quickly jump in, then back out of this trivial, off-topic > > polemic: > > > > [a] There is not, nor has there ever been, a Communist government. The > > Soviet Union, Peoples Republic of China, et al. are -- at best -- > > socialist states, which is not Communism. > > > > [b] There is not, nor has there ever been, a Democratic government. The > > United States of America, Great Britain, et al. are -- at best -- > > Republics, and a Republic is *not* a Democracy. > > I was under the impression that Iceland and Switzerland are (or at > least were within the past 50 years) true democracies.
Google is a wonderful thing. http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/fields/2128.html Iceland constitutional republic Switzerland federal republic -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jefferson, LA USA "I went home with a waitress the way I always do. How was I to know she was with the Russians, too?" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
