User talk:Ace ETP/Archive 1

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I'm glad to see my old debate partner has decided to join. I'm also hoping to find the time to improve the Remnant article. It'd be nice if we both get the chance to work together again. Kuralyov 20:58, 8 Sep 2005 (UTC)

Commonwealths...
I agree with the main text as you wrote it, more or less, in Atrisian Commonwealth, though, I disagree with the statement that Commonwealths are strictly distinct from Republics. The term "Commonwealth" was adopted as an English translation of the Latin "res publica" (res= thing, idiomatically, 'wealth' of the publica = people, i.e. "Commons") prior to the British Interregnum, where it first entered the official lexicon. It was used in Virginia and Massachusetts, and thus in Kentucky and later political entities as a synonym for Republic. However, the distinction between a monarchy and a republic is not always altogether clear. The (First) "Republic of Poland" was a monarchy. Generally, the term Commonwealth might be read as a term indicating a popular mandate for the government. So a Commonwealth would be a "res publica", but not a republic necessarily in the 20th-21st century sense. I guess I'm trying to say the same thing as you were... that the Atrisian Commonwealth is not necessarily a republic, though that may have been the intent of the author of the SWAJ article... Cheers.--Jeffbacca 23:25, 6 July 2007 (UTC)