Re: Cants

On Mon, 15 Dec 2003, John Cowan wrote:

> despite the unquestionable
> fact that Australia never had a Queen Elizabeth I (and you yourself are
> presumed to be sworn to her in her natural person).
Yes, well. The problem with presumptions is that they're often wrong :)

Naturalised citizens since 1994 haven't sworn an oath to the Queen or
anything. The Pledge of Commitment is:
        From this time forward, [under God,] I pledge my loyalty to
        Australia and its people, whose democratic beliefs I share,
        whose rights and liberties I respect, and whose laws I will
        uphold and obey.
Are they also presumed to be sworn to her too? (And Australia is now able
to send convicts to Britain if they're British but not Australian citizens
and had a sentence involving six or more months of jail time, same as any
other non-citizen.)

> > But this is why in a few years time when the Revolution comes, I will be
> > known as the Indisputable Overlord of the World, Tristan, except in
> > regions where there's already been an Indisputable Overlord of the World
> > Tristan, where I'll append the appropriate number to the end of my name.
>
> Ah, good.  Sure you don't want to go for Supreme Overlord of All the
> Universes?  The court costs are exactly the same.
No, I'm quite content with Indisputable Overlord. I have no inferiority
complexes that make me want to take a greater title than I need. I was
debating taking the rest of the Universe, but there's a few problems with
communicating it to the entire Universe, let alone any other Universes, if
they might exist. There's also a couple of problems with punishments: How
am I meant to expel anyone from my dominion if there's nowhere outside of
it? At least this way I can send them off to Mars and tell them to have a
good time. So really, it's quite a practical title.

(But on this topic, I'm reminded of Prince Leonard of the Hutt River
Principality in Western Australia; he didn't add a the first.)

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The Future Indisputable Overlord of the World, Tristan

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