What is the purpose of a Queen/King ?
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Many countries with monarchs would say that they are symbols of the countries' heritage. In the past, European kings were the country. A country's border extended as far as the king was sovereign. In fact, there were some who wanted to make George Washington the first king of the United States. Luckily for all us Americans he refused. By not seeking a 3rd term, he was essentially the first person ever to completely voluntarily give up power. "What would this country be without this great land of our?" -Ronald Reagan
Naresh Karamchetty wrote: In fact, there were some who wanted to make George Washington the first king of the United States. Luckily for all us Americans he refused. You mean that a nephew of George Washington could be worse than George Bush's son? ;P -- Looking for a new screen-saver? Try FOYD: http://digilander.iol.it/FOYD
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Joe Woodbury wrote: Out of curiosity, by what measurement does a monarch have a "50% chance ot be good"? Well, if we agree that 50% of all people are bad and 50% are good, than a monarch has 50% to fall into each category. However, I would say that 99.99999....% of all politicians are bad, so a president has 0.0000..1% chance to be honest. Joe Woodbury wrote: Historically, monarchs have a pretty dismal record. How did you come to this conclusion? AFAIK Hitler wasn't a monarch, and neither was Stalin, nor is Sadam Husein. :beer:
Historically, monarchs have a pretty dismal record. How did you come to this conclusion? AFAIK Hitler wasn't a monarch, and neither was Stalin, nor is Sadam Husein. What a wonderful illustration of a logical fallacy. It's similar to this exchange: "Cars have four wheels." "How did you come to this conclusion? My chair has four wheels, and it's not a car." Tim Lesher http://www.lesher.ws