Quote Originally Posted by dragonrider
I'm not sure if what you are saying about the governemnt making laws about what you can or cannot do has anything to do with it being a free republic versus a democracy or vice versa. I don't think so.

The powers of the US government are not defined by what it is called (free republic, democracy, federation, bunch 'o crazies, klepotocracy, evil cabal, whatever), they are defined by the US Constitution. The laws restricting your freedoms are allowed by the Constitution. (Of course, someone will now say that they are NOT constittional, but that's a matter for the Supreme Court to decide, according to the Constitution.) The Constitution is what it is, so if you look at that set of laws and decide it's a democracy and not a free republic according to your definition, then that's your business, but it doesn't really change what the Constituion is.
as we were founded i had the right to put things in my body weather bad or not it was my right. now there a bunch of natural things banned

i have the right to teach my kid the way i want. now days you cant spank your kid without government steping in

in a free republic the supreme court CANNOT change the constitution in a democracy they can. and generally when you change the constitution like that you are doing it for political reasons or for $$$



and still no one has shown me that we were founded a democracy, but just saying we are one