Google| Subject | Re: Queen mother (of Britain) has died |
| From | Louis Epstein |
| Date | 2002-04-03 04:08 (2002-04-03 04:08) |
| Message-ID | <sutq8.200846$Gf.18721566@bin2.nnrp.aus1.giganews.com> |
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| Newsgroups | alt.fan.tolkien,soc.culture.australian |
| Follows | David Flood |
| Followups | dechucka (2h & 24m) David Flood (17h & 25m) |
In alt.fan.tolkien David Flood <NOSPAMmaoltuile@utvinternet.ie>wrote:
David Flood
"paulh" <aa@microsoft.com>wrote in message news:puhdauot0l664g651kafll5iend6s7clp4@4ax.com...paulh
On Sun, 31 Mar 2002 05:18:20 GMT, spam@nospam.com (AC) wrote:paulhACpaulhpossibly others..AC
Canada, Jamaica, Bahamas...
I thought Canada was a Republic?
So they're part of the Commonwealth.. but dont have Queeny as the head of their country...
I am Canadian, and I can assure you that the head of state is Queen Elizabeth II. The republican movement in Canada is relatively weak and is made up of some infrequently vocal malcontents.
Ah... I didnt realise. Down here the Republicans are quite a bit bigger...but suffered a major defeat during a referendum a year or so ago....
David FloodProblem is,if you lower the office of Head of State to something within the grasp of politicians,it will be held by politicians.The Australians who wanted a president had no way around this...a popularly elected politician is a politician just the same as a politician chosen by other politicians...no one who wins an election can avoid being a politician.If you want a Head of State above the political process,the office HAS to be hereditary.
I understand that this was because the republican vote 'split' - the electorate was rightly suspicious of the idea of the parliamentarians electing the President, rather than the electorate (which is the norm elsewhere)
-=-=- The World Trade Center towers MUST rise again, at least as tall as before...or terror has triumphed.
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