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Subject: A couple of other points

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Jim (Canada)

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Date Posted: 19:37:58 01/22/05 Sat
In reply to: Steph (U.S.) 's message, "A Defense of a Hereditary Head of State" on 16:45:07 01/22/05 Sat

A hereditary head of state works well if it is a constitutional monarchy, as ours is. We all know that autocratic monarchs can be a disaster, getting away with doing whatever they like. A constitutional monarch is bound by the constitution, allows for freely elected governments to govern and has only a 'supervisory' role over government, exercising only emergency powers. The Crown oversees the transition of government during elections. This is an arrangement which, I think, combines the best of monarchy with the best of republicanism (elected head of government - the Prime Minister).

An advantage to our system, which is unique in the world, is the fact that Queen Elizabeth II is sovereign of sixteen different independent nations. This binds nations scattered all over the world together. It would be difficult to do this with an elected President.

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[> Subject: Good points, Steph..It's too bad that some of HM's own "subjects" did not appreciate your argument
Author: Brent (Canada) [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 19:43:17 01/22/05 Sat [ Post a Reply to This Message ]