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Old 20-05-2008, 12:59 PM
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Originally Posted by worldsgreatest View Post
whos nit picking now?
Not me.
Nit picking would be criticizing the British democracy because their current PM wasn't actually elected.
Nit picking is taking isolated examples and attempting to tarnish an entirety.

A democracy and a republic are virtually synonomous. Both are power derived from the people, but a republic can not have a monarch or hereditary ruler. The US is a democratic republic, Britain is not.
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