Skyrad 0 #1 January 20, 2012 In a country that has never had a Royal family?When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #2 January 20, 2012 QuoteIn a country that has never had a Royal family? Care to do some expansion, so the question actually makes sense to other people besides yourself?Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrewwhyte 1 #3 January 20, 2012 The same as having a Democrat Party in a country that has been a democracy since it's inception. They are largely meaningless names that evoke motherhood issues. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 2 #4 January 20, 2012 QuoteIn a country that has never had a Royal family? I think you, given your nationality, are using the term "republican" in the sense that it was historically used in Europe in the 18th and 19th Centuries, when "republic" was the new-fangled (and, it was thought, dangerous!) form of government that contrasted itself to the prevailing form of government back then, which is to say, hereditary monarchy and feudalism. Those who favored government in the form of non-monarchical, non-hereditary republics were known as "republicans" (lower-case "r"). In fact, America did have a royal family: it was the British royal family. Prior to the tensions immediately leading to the US Revolutionary War, all Americans, most of whom, by the mid-18th Century, were born in America, considered themselves British citizens and loyal subjects of the British Crown, which is to say, the British Royal Family. So when the majority of 18th Century Americans opted, often reluctantly, for "Separation" from the Mother Country (with many loyalists, like William Franklin, Benjamin Franklin's son and Governor of New Jersey Colony, retaining their allegiance to the British Crown), the government they formed as an alternative to government by THEIR Royal family was a republic; and they were the original American republicans (lower-case "r"). A "Democratic-Republican" party existed in the US from 1792-1824. And what we now call the "Republican Party" was formed as essentially a successor to the Whig Party in about 1854 (Lincoln was originally a Whig). By that time, the name "Republican" had evolved into a more generic term, and it was chosen basically as an appealing brand name. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Niki1 2 #5 January 23, 2012 QuoteThe same as having a Democrat Party in a country that has been a democracy since it's inception. They are largely meaningless names that evoke motherhood issues. To say we're a democracy is a little bit of a stretch. I know we were all taught that in school but we are actually a democratic representative form of government. We vote for representatives and they vote on the laws and policys the way that their biggest donars tell them to. And there has to be two parties for the same reason there has to be two lawyers in a town. One lawyer by himself can't make any money. He needs someone to oppose.Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,151 #6 January 23, 2012 QuoteQuoteThe same as having a Democrat Party in a country that has been a democracy since it's inception. They are largely meaningless names that evoke motherhood issues. To say we're a democracy is a little bit of a stretch. I know we were all taught that in school but we are actually a democratic representative form of government. We vote for representatives and they vote on the laws and policys the way that their biggest donars tell them to. And there has to be two parties for the same reason there has to be two lawyers in a town. One lawyer by himself can't make any money. He needs someone to oppose. Nice summary. Pretty much sums it all up.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StreetScooby 5 #7 January 23, 2012 Quote I know we were all taught that in school but we are actually a democratic representative form of government. We vote for representatives and they vote on the laws and policys... We're a republic that democratically elects representatives, each of whom are sworn to uphold our Constitution. That's how it's supposed to work in theory.We are all engines of karma Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Niki1 2 #8 January 23, 2012 QuoteQuote I know we were all taught that in school but we are actually a democratic representative form of government. We vote for representatives and they vote on the laws and policys... We're a republic that democratically elects representatives, each of whom are sworn to uphold our Constitution. That's how it's supposed to work in theory. That's a theory that's even more problematic than Darwins. Instead of looking out for their constituents best interest (in the House) or the countrys (in the Senate), they act as if their main job is to be re-elected. Therefore, they actually represent their biggest campaign contributors. The oath that senators and congresspeople take: I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God. It seems that "all enemies, foreign and domestic" have come to mean anyone in the other party.Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
