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Re: CHAT: browsers

From:Wesley Parish <wes.parish@...>
Date:Wednesday, February 12, 2003, 8:33
On Wednesday 12 February 2003 06:10 am, you wrote:
> > I have no idea. If it were up to me, I'd make it all correct. If > > something is correct, whether I like it or not, I obey it (unless it's > > incredibly stupid/dangerous etc). Thus, unlike many of my fellow > > republicans, I refer to Her Majesty as Queen Elizabeth II of Australia > > (which is just below the point of 'incredibly stupid', because we've > > never had a Queen Elizabeth I), and not Mrs Windsor. (Personally, I > > think if she's going to be our queen, should be the queen of the people; > > she's Queen Elizabeth I of Scots or somesuch, why can't she be Queen > > Elizabeth I of Australians? But then, we might as well just become a > > republic...) > > No, she's Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Well, she's certainly not the Queen of the Channel Islands - just to throw a pointless factoid in - she's the Duchess of Normandy, and Jersey, Guernsey and the other one are the sole remaining loyalists - the mainland Normandy is successionist of course, and has been for the last few hundred years ;) Nor is she the Queen of Manx either - that's a state in free association, unless I'm mistaken. Wesley Parish
> > > (BTW: Republican obviously has a different meaning in Australia > > (favoring changing Australia into an independent republic with our own > > head of state, rather than a foreigner) and America (follower of the > > Republican party). Less obviously, though, in America, 'Republic' seems > > to mean 'representative democracy' (i.e. you vote for people who > > represent you in Government, as in the current system in both America > > and Australia), whereas in Australia it has to do with having your own > > head of state (certainly not for life, but not necessarily elected, and > > not necessarily with any power).) > > Republican in England, on the other hand, means removing the Monarchy, and > in N. Ireland, it means reunification with the Republic of Ireland
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