Reply With Quote"Sober second thought"Originally Posted by Hauldren Collider
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at the x-post.
Provides a check against bad government in the lower house.
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"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." - Mark Twain
He asked what is does in "practice" NYE.
"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." - Mark Twain
Well, when it actually does something...
It has also served as a platform for a number of people who have had useful ideas, and Senate changes to legislation are sometimes found to be good ideas and acceptable to governments of the day.
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I agree, but that is more theory than practice (and perhaps could be more this way if reformed). I think my description is more apt for the current institution.
"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." - Mark Twain
HC, you don't need unanimous assent to ratify amendments to the US Constitution. Only 3/4ths.
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That bit means you'd need unanimous consent to change the Senate.
If there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
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Yeah but we're talking Canada and the Queen business... that's not changing... well I guess it would be changing the government of Canada... Hmm... this monarchy business while being your own country makes no sense.
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"I have nothing against Wilson, but he's nowhere near the same calibre of QB as Flutie. Flutie threw for 5k+ yards in the CFL." -Ben Kenobi
It makes perfect sense.
We have a functional, stable system of government with fewer politicans.
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Yeah but you're you're own country while your head of state is a freaking monarch from another country. Then you got Quebec which Asher tells me is its own nation.
Sounds more like a mess to me.
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"I have nothing against Wilson, but he's nowhere near the same calibre of QB as Flutie. Flutie threw for 5k+ yards in the CFL." -Ben Kenobi
The monarchy is the least of our problems. It isn't a problem at all. It's a benefit. Fewer politicians = win.
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How does the monarchy allow fewer politicians? They do nothing.
If there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
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no need for an elected head of state.
"The Christian way has not been tried and found wanting, it has been found to be hard and left untried" - GK Chesterton.
"The most obvious predicition about the future is that it will be mostly like the past" - Alain de Botton
The position(s) of head of state would need to be replaced. That's 11 more offices for politicians.
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What are the Governor Generals then?
Or you could be like the US and have a President who is both head of state and head of government
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"I have nothing against Wilson, but he's nowhere near the same calibre of QB as Flutie. Flutie threw for 5k+ yards in the CFL." -Ben Kenobi
They are non-political positions and the holders steer well clear of partisan debate. Actually, they generally do not express any political opinion at all.
They make decisions when called upon by circumstances. When those circumstances arise they have legal advice and the advice of the premier/prime minister.
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One of the benefits of having an hereditary monarch instead of an elected President is that we don't have any monarch election controversies such as recounting Florida chads or dead Chicagoans voting.
You would let Floridans vote for your monarchs?
So our last governor generals blocking of elections, was not politically motivated?
She made the decision based on advice. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court is among her advisors.
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