>By the way, why is it that the people of the U.S. don't seem to view elections and the ballot box THE means by which to overthrow a government???? Is it possibly because of your Second Amendment "guarantee"?

I think it's because we're so used to it. If you think about it, George Washington refusing to serve more than two terms was a truly astonishing act. We proved in 1797 and have continued to prove regularly since that we could change our government without anyone getting killed.

Tamar