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PointsOfLight Definition of Democracy 09-26-2007, 11:30 PM

Guest I can tell you what it is... 09-26-2007, 11:33 PM

PointsOfLight Yeah, I've never thought the... 09-26-2007, 11:39 PM

Guest No. Not at all. The ideal... 09-27-2007, 12:13 AM

DanaC I think our conception of the... 09-27-2007, 04:45 AM

TheMercenary http://www.lexrex.com/enlighte... 09-30-2007, 08:42 PM

xoxoxoBruce From Merc's link.... The... 10-02-2007, 10:42 PM

Ibby Is there (hypothetically, not... 10-02-2007, 11:48 PM

ZenGum Some Swiss Cantons have... 10-05-2007, 08:43 AM

Ibby however, the greek democracy... 10-05-2007, 09:37 AM

tw What in the American system... 10-05-2007, 10:56 AM

ZenGum I thought I had replied to... 10-06-2007, 08:47 AM

Undertoad The rights granted in the... 10-05-2007, 04:44 PM

Ibby the bill of rights?... 10-05-2007, 08:18 PM

tw The First Amendment is... 10-06-2007, 09:34 AM

Aliantha Just because you have the... 10-05-2007, 08:25 PM

Undertoad Oh, you mean other than and... 10-06-2007, 10:39 AM

SamIam I don't know, either. But I... 10-06-2007, 01:07 PM

Urbane Guerrilla And blacks were forbidden... 10-10-2007, 11:42 AM

tw Wow. Now I get it. To have... 10-10-2007, 05:00 PM

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Guest Actually, they made it... 10-11-2007, 01:42 AM

tw That 'perspective' is the... 10-06-2007, 08:05 PM

Undertoad Popular speech doesn't need... 10-06-2007, 10:15 PM

tw But again you assume... 10-07-2007, 08:06 PM

Aliantha The point is that if a... 10-07-2007, 08:09 PM

tw I suspected that is closer to... 10-08-2007, 08:13 PM

piercehawkeye45 Its true, we have done a... 10-07-2007, 08:31 PM

Aliantha Well, I don't think it works... 10-07-2007, 08:34 PM

piercehawkeye45 Yes, you can never fully... 10-07-2007, 09:22 PM

Urbane Guerrilla Tw, where those protections... 10-10-2007, 11:28 AM

Clodfobble For the record, we may have... 10-10-2007, 03:09 PM

Aliantha I'm glad i don't live in a... 10-11-2007, 01:15 AM

Urbane Guerrilla It's hardly a case of "must,"... 10-11-2007, 09:22 PM

Aliantha I disagree with that UG, but... 10-11-2007, 09:25 PM

Urbane Guerrilla Page 446 of most editions of... 10-11-2007, 09:26 PM

Urbane Guerrilla And my views haven't altered... 10-11-2007, 09:28 PM

Undertoad Doesn't seem to work in Iraq.... 10-12-2007, 07:27 AM

Aliantha Have you ever seen the looney... 10-11-2007, 09:30 PM

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Urbane Guerrilla Yes. And so long as the... 10-12-2007, 01:42 AM

Aliantha You know UG, sometimes I... 10-12-2007, 01:55 AM

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Ibby Yep, the same way the... 10-13-2007, 01:07 AM

Urbane Guerrilla "Think of it as evolution in... 10-14-2007, 03:43 AM

Guest Exactly... now they are not... 10-13-2007, 01:00 AM

TheMercenary The difference is that there... 10-14-2007, 09:42 AM

richlevy ..and Haditha. ... 10-14-2007, 04:24 PM

Guest So, we're just mostly like... 10-15-2007, 03:49 PM

Happy Monkey Unless they are rendered to... 10-15-2007, 05:30 PM

TheMercenary Says who? Do you know how... 10-16-2007, 09:45 AM

Happy Monkey Who said "every"? 10-16-2007, 05:23 PM

Undertoad UG, remove your blinders,... 10-13-2007, 05:49 AM

Urbane Guerrilla The Brits are in chronic... 10-14-2007, 03:26 AM

Ibby Hope does not make for smart... 10-14-2007, 03:35 AM

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Urbane Guerrilla I might point out that the... 10-14-2007, 04:19 AM

Undertoad It's circular logic, is what... 10-14-2007, 07:40 AM

DanaC Say what? 10-14-2007, 07:59 AM

deadbeater Urbane, Liverpool soccer fans... 10-15-2007, 06:58 PM

Aliantha Those liverpool fans are... 10-15-2007, 07:05 PM

Urbane Guerrilla And you're certain of that... 10-16-2007, 03:29 AM

queequeger And our country can call on... 10-16-2007, 04:17 AM

Aliantha UG, I really don't see where... 10-16-2007, 03:35 AM

Urbane Guerrilla I do, having studied places... 10-16-2007, 03:38 AM

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bluecuracao UG, I'm curious now--give us... 10-16-2007, 03:48 AM

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bluecuracao Still waiting... 10-16-2007, 04:13 AM

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Aliantha He is very verbose 10-16-2007, 05:38 AM

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piercehawkeye45 I don't know much about... 10-19-2007, 08:18 AM

Aliantha Yeah, and the people trying... 10-18-2007, 05:23 PM

DanaC *nods slowly* Yeah well.... 10-18-2007, 05:24 PM

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10-16-2007, 09:45 AM

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Unless they are rendered to some Eastern Bloc country.

Says who? Do you know how much it would cost to do that for every person detained? It ain't happening dude.

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Do you know how much it would cost to do that for every person detained?

Who said "every"?

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