Google| Subject | Re: Republicanism still an offence in England? (wasRe: Queen mother |
| From | Pradera |
| Date | 2002-05-24 16:23 (2002-05-24 16:23) |
| Message-ID | <aclief$152h$1@pingwin.acn.pl> |
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| Newsgroups | alt.fan.tolkien |
| Follows | ?jevind L?ng |
U?ytkownik ?jevind L?ng <ojevind.lang@swipnet.se>w wiadomo?ci do grup dyskusyjnych napisa?:gQrH8.262$t4.623@nntpserver.swip.net...
?jevind L?ngthe
"Morgil" wrote:
[snip] No, the Japanese did not start by getting rid of western influences. On
contrary, they started by copying things western, sometimes quiteslavisly.
Incidentally, one thing they imported was parliamentarism, which, aftersome
hiccoughs, started to work and did so until the militarists took over inthe
1930's. After the Second World War, the Japanese Parliament once more worked the way it was supposed to to - as a democratically elected insitution for law-making and debate. Alas, at present few Arab countries seem interested in something similar. That might change, of course.The japanese had a strong and wise ruler, who wished for the benefit of his country and subordinates, and had power to achieve it. The Arab have just strong rulers... I observe carefull that 'young' (as arabian rulers go) Saudi prince, however, who proposed the peace treaty last time. He has some potential. -- Pradera <sig short version 2.0: no text>
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