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] Date Posted: 18:46:24 01/23/05 Sun In reply to: Ron 's message, "If it is really hereditary. why the shyness about DNA tests?" on 18:33:36 01/23/05 Sun Firstly, they are demeaning and imply a lack of trust; and, secondly, primogeniture is a custom and not a law - it is the coronation which makes a monarch, and the coronation can be vetoed by parliament for more or less any reason. They wouldn't choose to do so for frivolous reasons, though, because if there's one thing which governments don't like it is constitutional crises. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |
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Author: All power to the mother of parliaments [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 15:34:43 01/24/05 Mon "Firstly, they are demeaning and imply a lack of trust; and, secondly, primogeniture is a custom and not a law - it is the coronation which makes a monarch, and the coronation can be vetoed by parliament for more or less any reason. They wouldn't choose to do so for frivolous reasons, though, because if there's one thing which governments don't like it is constitutional crises." Firstly, hereditary means to your descendents, secondly, you have to know they're your descendents, and thirdly if they're not, what's the excuse? [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
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Author: Dave (UK) [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 15:42:05 01/24/05 Mon Our Constitutional Monarchy has provided stable and respected Government across the Commonwealth. Is this not the most important thing? I do not feel that taking DNA mouth swabs of the Heir Apparent would add anything to our democracies. [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
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Author: Ed Harris (London) [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 15:44:57 01/24/05 Mon Firstly, your knowledge of constitutional theory and history is evidently poor. Act of Settlement? Abdication? Deposition? Hello? Secondly, "all power to the mother of parliaments" implies a dictatorship of Parliament which makes me, and no doubt others, rather uneasy: the 1650s and 1770s were not fun. Thirdly, your grammar is perfectly beastly. [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |