(April 30, 2012 at 8:55 am)Tiberius Wrote:(April 30, 2012 at 8:50 am)Faith No More Wrote: How often does the queen ever exercise those rights?Hardly the point when she has the power to exercise them, and so do her descendants. Just because the current Queen doesn't use them in no way means one of her descendants won't. In any case, this was about the Queen having no power, which is a complete falsehood.
After Seeing the article (in the guardain) I say lets make Britain a republic. Either take away the monarchy power (make is a ceremonial position) or remove them completely.
"Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful" - Edward Gibbon (Offen misattributed to Lucius Annaeus Seneca or Seneca the Younger) (Thanks to apophenia for the correction)
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Know more about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you' - Neil deGrasse Tyson
"Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it." - Mark Twain
'I am driven by two main philosophies:
Know more about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you' - Neil deGrasse Tyson
"Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it." - Mark Twain
