Google| Subject | Re: Republicanism still an offence in England? (wasRe: Queen mother (of england) has died) |
| From | David Flood |
| Date | 2002-04-05 19:37 (2002-04-05 18:37) |
| Message-ID | <a8kqh9$t9ul8$1@ID-121201.news.dfncis.de> |
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| Newsgroups | alt.fan.tolkien,alt.uk.law,uk.current-events.general,uk.legal,uk.politics.constitution,ie.general |
| Follows | Fergus O'Rourke |
| Followups | Fergus O'Rourke (15h & 32m) > David Flood |
"Fergus O'Rourke" <callasberrGANSPAM@tinet.ie>wrote in message news:AsWq8.5010$e5.30716@news.indigo.ie...
Fergus O'Rourke<snip>
"F?achad?ir" <F?ach@d.?ir>wrote in message news:g5vmau096lbqn4s7uub725qboce7fi9kja@4ax.com...Scr?obh David Flood :
I think I should point out at this stage - for anyone who didn't read the URL's I posted - that the punishment for the 'treason' of writing nasssty things about the English monarch was exile, not death (and it was carried out on at least one unfortunate Irish newspaper editor).I doubt the charges against Parnell were that serious. There's quite a bit of ground between treason or sedition and "something like it".You are both missing (evading ?) the point.
FWIW, the last person executed for treason by the British was an Irishman, William Joyce, aka Lord Haw Haw.
David Flood suggested that insulting the British monarch was a dangerous thing in 19th century Ireland.
But *was* it ?
D.
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