Re: LOTR and 20th Century Western European Prejudices

cassandras morgan mair fheal greykitten tomys des anges wrote:

> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (phil hunt) wrote:

> > > The question isn't taxes, but the use of taxes.
> > >
> > > Using tax authority to take money that will be used for a public service
> > > is not theft.
> > >
> > > Using tax authority to take money that will be given to someone else
> > > is theft.
> >
> > Guess what? You don't own the English language, and have no 
> > authority to define how its words are used.
> >
> > And guess what else? Nearly everyone apart from you choses to use 
> > these words differently.
>
>
> thats why these people keep saying republic not democray
> if they acknowledged they lived in a democracy

Acknowledge? what democracy are you talking about? are those folks 
posting from Iceland?