Google| Subject | Re: Republicanism still an offence in England? (wasRe: Queen mother (of england) has died) |
| From | Fergus O'Rourke |
| Date | 2002-04-03 07:37 (2002-04-03 06:37) |
| Message-ID | <bqHq8.4845$e5.29714@news.indigo.ie> |
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| Newsgroups | alt.fan.tolkien,alt.uk.law,uk.current-events.general,uk.legal,uk.politics.constitution,ie.general |
| Follows | David Flood |
| Followups | David Flood (14h & 3m) |
"David Flood" <NOSPAMmaoltuile@utvinternet.ie>wrote in message news:a8d323$r8caj$1@ID-121201.news.dfncis.de... (snip)
governmentChris
I think you are reading slightly too much into the whole "treason" thing. Even in England we're talking more about "selling
Royalsecrets to other countries" treason, rather than: "Saying the
aboutfamily sucks" treason. British people can say anything they want
agitationthe royal family.David Flood
Ahh, but this is where the broader history of that law comes in.
It was AFAIR intended as a measure to 'discourage' Irish political
in the nineteenth century, and there wouldn't have been the samereluctance
to use it in that context.But was it ever so used in the 1800s ?
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