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Old January 2nd, 2003, 04:01 AM

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Default Re: OT: New Brazilian President

Pet peeve: the USA is NOT a democracy. It's a republic. The difference is in a democracy majority rules, period. A rebublic, aside from having elected representatives, gennerally has limits on what the majority can do.

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