>>>>Its called democracy.
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>>>Actually, we live in a republic - which is quite different from a democracy.
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>>Democracy:
>> Government by the people, exercised either directly or through elected representatives.
>>http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=democracy&r=67
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>>Republics are overwelmingly democratic.
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>You better go look up the definition of republic. The one thing that takes us out of being a pure democracy is that we are not majority ruled. There is a good deal of counter-majoritisim in our country (hence why we have a senate....)
>
>We indeed have democratic overtones - but we are more of a republic.

We were discussing my opinions about the type of senate candidate I would vote for. The winner of the senate seat is based on a purely democratic majority wins outcome.

That our system of government on the whole does not fit your defintion of democracy has no relevance on whether or not we democracticly elect senators.


>>Your nitpick doesn't stand up to nitpicking, but does manage to bore.
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>It is not nitpicking Mike...there is a difference - and a significant one. If we had a true democracy, Al Gore - and not George Bush would be President today...

Its a complete non-sequiter. We were discussing electing senators, which is entirely democratic. Attacking the claim "its called democracy" based on the fact there are other less democratic aspects of the government is a total strawman.


You change the subject completely from post to post and you still can't find a winning argument.

You can keep trying though, I'm having fun.