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DeSoya · 05-31-2002, 01:00 PM

I thought we lived in a representative constitutional republic?
To be a democracy we have to make some sweeping changes. [img]smile.gif[/img] It would be pretty cool. Apparently in the Grecian democracies, the man who became leader of the city was chosen from the populous. There was no political race, no speeches, no nothing. Just a vote. [img]smile.gif[/img] Of course cities were smaller so that was possible. I imagine you would hear about all the upstanding citizens.
I was just told the other day that the Greek root for the word idiot means private person, or someone who doesn't participate in the city life. Interesting huh!?!

DeSoya

05-31-2002, 01:00 PM	#7
DeSoya Manshoon Join Date: March 27, 2002 Location: Boulder, CO Age: 47 Posts: 199	I thought we lived in a representative constitutional republic? To be a democracy we have to make some sweeping changes. [img]smile.gif[/img] It would be pretty cool. Apparently in the Grecian democracies, the man who became leader of the city was chosen from the populous. There was no political race, no speeches, no nothing. Just a vote. [img]smile.gif[/img] Of course cities were smaller so that was possible. I imagine you would hear about all the upstanding citizens. I was just told the other day that the Greek root for the word idiot means private person, or someone who doesn't participate in the city life. Interesting huh!?! DeSoya __________________ \"We all enter this world in the same way: naked; screaming; soaked in blood. But if you live your life right, that kind of thing doesn\'t have to stop there.\" <br />Dana Gould