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RE: Republic in the UK?
April 30, 2012 at 10:27 am
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(April 30, 2012 at 10:03 am)Tiberius Wrote: Welcome to the cause. Making them a ceremonial position would be a step in the right direction, but I still think it is unfair to have such positions limited to one family.
Well then they would have no power and would probably have to find day jobs (that will be fun for them). But how would we dethrone them?
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RE: Republic in the UK?
April 30, 2012 at 10:50 am
(April 30, 2012 at 10:47 am)Tiberius Wrote: (April 30, 2012 at 10:27 am)Gooders1002 Wrote: Well they have no power and would probably have to find day jobs (that will be fun for them). But how would we dethrone them?
If they have no power then the "how" simply becomes an executive order from the government.
Oops I changed that.
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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
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RE: Republic in the UK?
April 30, 2012 at 3:38 pm
Tiberius Wrote: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.
Hardly the point when I simply asked how many times she has exercised her power. It wasn't meant to be a rhetorical question making a point. I was truly wondering out of curiousity how many times she has actually ever used her powers.
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