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echo: babylon5
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from: John W. Kennedy
date: 2010-09-23 10:52:10
subject: Re: JMS at NY Comic-Con Oct 8-10

On Sep 23, 12:56 am, Duggy  wrote:
> On Sep 23, 11:29 am, "John W. Kennedy"

> wrote:
>
> > On Sep 22, 8:42 pm, Duggy  wrote:
>
> > > It had elections so maybe it was a democracy... but the elected
> > > government was mostly administrative, so maybe not.  Since it was run
> > > by the Soviets "Republic" hard to justify.
>
> > No, it was a republic. A republic is anything that isn't a hereditary
> > monarchy.
>
> No, the executive is chosen democratically.
By that reckoning the Roman Republic wasn't a republic, and the
Venetian Republic wasn't a republic, but the United Kingdom is.
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