@H2O MAN,
H2O--Because Parados is afraid to engage in debate with me, he will not attest to the adequacy of this definition.
, a representative democracy may or may not be a constitutional republic. For example, "the United States relies on representative democracy, but [its] system of government is much more complex than that. [It is] not a simple representative democracy, but a constitutional republic in which majority rule is tempered by minority rights protected by law."[5].
You got that Paradox?---It is not a simple representative democracy but a constitutional republic in which majority rule is tempered by minority rights protected by law.
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But,H2O, I do understand his timidity. Last year, after a convention, I was asked to debate another attendee. He knew of my ability and actually ran into the men's room before he had to debate. Alas, he had wet his pants. Nobody wants to wet his pants, H2O, not even Parados.