Re: Background of Nations
From: Jonathan white <jw4@b...>
Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 12:06:38 +0100
Subject: Re: Background of Nations
>REPUBLIC: A country whose government is chosen not on a
>basis of heredity or riches but by the electorate, from whom political
>power grows.
>
>PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC: One in which the electorate consists of a
>gun barrel.
>--- Poul Anderson THERE WILL BE TIME
Irrelevant, you know the definition of that one? Good. Enough of this
thread please.
TTFN
Jon
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