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Democracy implies everything is up for a vote and it's not.
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Says who? On what are you basing that opinion?
The dictionary does not list that as a requirement for democracy. All that is required for a democracy is that all political power originates from the common people.
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As stated a republic places certain things out of the question for voting on.
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By that definition (which is not the dictionary definition btw) we are not a Republic. There is no law under our system that cannot be changed. None.
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You may play sematics with words all you want
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Um...
you were the one bringing up semantics, remember? If you dont remember, just read the title of your own (*)(*)(*)(*) thread to refresh your memory, heh heh
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but the reality is we are a republic, not a democracy.
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Says who?
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Obviously a democracy and a republic are not the same thing.
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I didnt say they were...only that we fit the definitions of both. Please pay attention.
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Me: We are also a Republic, by definition. Every couple weeks someone comes on this forum trying to sound smart by claiming a distinction between the two words, as if they are mutually exclusive. They are not. We fit the definitions for both.
I answered this here:
However, a society can either vote on a person's property or it can't. I call the first situation a democracy and the second a republic.
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Emphasis mine.
You can call it whatever you want...that doesnt mean you get to define what the word means. Sorry.
The dictionary is relevant because it shows what the
current uses of various words in our language are.