The Standoff of the Switch
 

How would YOU have handled this one?:

http://www.bugsandcranks.com/the-clu...witch-pitcher/

[QUOTE=jimpiano]America, the greatest democracy in the world. QUOTE]

Republic!

The word is democracy.

Yes, your word is democracy. Fortunately for America, we live in a representative republic, not a democracy.

http://forum.officiating.com/showthread.php?t=45662

Steve,

We just went through this last December. The USA is a representative democracy, and also a republic. You don't have to take my word for it-- just look it up in any dictionary. Or try Wikipedia for "republic".

By the way, "representative republic" is a redundant phrase.

Well, FED says to tell the pitcher to pick an arm and go from there. I'd probably do the same for OBR as well.

You would be wrong.

Yeah, when I want the facts, I go to Wikipedia.:rolleyes:

Even I know that America is a representative democracy and a republic. Do its people not elect their representatives?

Yes we do, but as has been proven over history, a true democracy leads to anarchy. That is why we use a democratic process, yet do not embrace true democracy. It's a technicality issue, very much splitting hairs, but there truly is a major difference:

http://www.lexrex.com/enlightened/Am...ts/demrep.html

http://www.stopthenorthamericanunion...Democracy.html

http://www.ahherald.com/bishop/020228_democracy.htm

http://www.mcsm.org/truth1.html

If you can read these articles and not find them to be compelling in nature, then you're just not paying attention.

I bet you are a real hoot at the ground rules.

Actually I'm pretty businesslike and straight forward at the ground rules.