Re: CHAT: browsers

> 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.

> (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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