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Old 07-03-2009, 01:16 PM
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Originally Posted by doobnVA View Post
Wrong.

Why do you people not realize that the words "republic" and "democracy" mean essentially the same thing?

The US is BOTH a republic AND a democracy. They mean the same thing.
Wikipedia is not a good source for info, anyone can write a definition and send it in, especially people who were educated by the American system.

In a democracy i can vote to take all your possesions away, even take your children and sell tham as slaves, in a republic you could not do that even with 99.99% of the voters saying you could.

WATCH THIS VIDEO IT MIGHT HELP YOU UNDERSTAND............http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DioQooFIcgE
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