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Originally posted by curtsibling
I am a citizen not a subject.
I am a citizen not a subject.
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Gentlemen, I think we've found our rallying cry.Exult in your existence, because that very process has blundered unwittingly on its own negation. Only a small, local negation, to be sure: only one species, and only a minority of that species; but there lies hope. [...] Stand tall, Bipedal Ape. The shark may outswim you, the cheetah outrun you, the swift outfly you, the capuchin outclimb you, the elephant outpower you, the redwood outlast you. But you have the biggest gifts of all: the gift of understanding the ruthlessly cruel process that gave us all existence [and the] gift of revulsion against its implications.
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Then it's decided. Down with the monarchy!"Paul Hanson, you should give Gibraltar back to the Spanish" - Paiktis, dramatically over-estimating my influence in diplomatic circles.
Eyewerks - you know you want to visit. No really, you do. Go on, click me.Comment
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Huzzah!
Gentlemen, It's time for 'A very British coup!'
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Bin them. They serve no purpose, and lie at the heart of our fossilised institutions.
You do have the problem of what to call the United Kingdom when they're gone, however.Comment
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The British Empire II!
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Yes, but not very much more than your averge Brit makes Britain look silly.Christianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree...Comment
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Whose going to keep up yer Scottish Castles?Originally posted by curtsibling
I am a proud Brit.
I don't think the Monarchy really serves a purpose in the UK anymore, depsite their attempts to move with the times.
I am a citizen not a subject.
Were are you going to get your taboids stories without
the daft loonies antics.
They're part of your economy and ours. They're a political embarassment but a newspaper and tourist bonanza.
Who else will buy our big bearskin hats that the
guards wear?
Question is, would removing them improve the representation of the citizen in goverment or improve
the effect use of tax dollars?
If No, yer just switching idiots
Keep yer tailfeathers clean
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I think that it's important that Britain has a monarchy to make it look silly. I mean, thanks to Germany losing World War I, Finland's monarchy attempt went all haywire, and we have to compensate it other ways. Take the Ahde family, for example. Father is a go-getting politician who has to resign from running the state lottery for sexually harassing employees. He's trying to make a comeback to the Parliament. Mother loyally supports her husband the lady-fondler, and also tries to get elected to the Parliament. The son videotapes himself sniffing coke, making famous the line "Hi, I'm Jussi Ahde, and I'm about to sniff some cocaine up my nose. And if anyone wants to make profit from this, half goes to me." At least he's not running for the parliament.
Makes you appreciate that absolute monarchy thingy, it does. Of course, we'd probably just get the Ahdes as the royals."Spirit merges with matter to sanctify the universe. Matter transcends to return to spirit. The interchangeability of matter and spirit means the starlit magic of the outermost life of our universe becomes the soul-light magic of the innermost life of our self." - Dennis Kucinich, candidate for the U. S. presidency
"That’s the future of the Democratic Party: providing Republicans with a number of cute (but not that bright) comfort women." - Adam Yoshida, Canada's gift to the worldComment
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I love you Brits but yes the monarchy is old, outdated, and rathar silly.We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution. - Abraham LincolnComment
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The United REPUBLIC of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.Originally posted by Sandman
You do have the problem of what to call the United Kingdom when they're gone, however.
DOWN WITH THE NOBILLITY!!!
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Hey you can´t just say "Hey, let´s depose Elizabeth, she´s from a german family"! She is the leader chosen by God to rule the British Empire and you own her obedience! It´s not a monarch if you just depose the queen and put Britney Spears in her place just because you think she´s prettier!
Uh, I think no one believes at that crap anymore...
I think it´s just like Rio´s carnaval... A party made for tourists to look idiot and spend their money. Brazilians occasionally go there to watch though.Comment
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Ozz,Originally posted by Ozz
Whose going to keep up yer Scottish Castles?
Were are you going to get your taboids stories without
the daft loonies antics.
They're part of your economy and ours. They're a political embarassment but a newspaper and tourist bonanza.
Who else will buy our big bearskin hats that the
guards wear?
Question is, would removing them improve the representation of the citizen in goverment or improve
the effect use of tax dollars?
If No, yer just switching idiots
Keep yer tailfeathers clean
edit: spelling
can it really be you? It has been a while!
I am afraid you will join the royal family in house arrest, old chap!
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Jealousy will get you nowhere!Originally posted by chegitz guevara
Yes, but not very much more than your averge Brit makes Britain look silly.
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I wouldn't mind if Elly was kept a queen but removed as the head of the Anglican church. We know that sooner or later England will get an atheist monarch and having them be the leader of the Anglicans is beyond silly.
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