-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Felix Miata wrote:
USA as most influential single country and oldest existing government in the world is the typical inference when the concept of democracy is mentioned, even though a democracy it isn't.
Sorry folks could not let this pass (and have posted to OT list... so in the event of a need to respond, post it there...)... I think you need a history lesson, Magna Carta 1215, English Revolution 1688 (after Civil War), I think the Swiss Cantons go back to the 14th Century... The parliamentary model goes back to the the Scandinavian Thing and its variants among other sources, and there a quite a few states that use it (or the French Republican Model)... It just those who use it are not quite so strident about it as the US is, and when the US (or its citizens) talks about democracy it is what they mean. I does not seem to occur to them others have different ideas about the term. And is not American Government a contradiction in terms... :-) - -- ============================================================================== I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my telephone. My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my telephone. Bjarne Stroustrup ============================================================================== -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkmIGq8ACgkQasN0sSnLmgI+YQCg9j4C9+T4yyuLwP4yR1lRRPS7 kA4AoMHqo/mx+E4nOjI1U0HGJ1i7kfii =vffG -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org