Max <max@val.morgan> wrote
> Rod Speed wrote
>> Max <max@val.morgan> wrote
>>> Rod Speed wrote
>>>> Max <max@val.morgan> wrote
>>>>> Rod Speed wrote
>>>>>> Max <max@val.morgan> wrote
>>>>>>> Rod Speed wrote
>>>>>>>> Max <max@val.morgan> wrote
>>>>>>>>> Rod Speed wrote
>>>>>>>>>> Max <max@val.morgan> wrote
>>>>>>>>>>> Fran wrote
>>>>>>>>>>>> Max wrote
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Rod Speed wrote
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Max <max@val.morgan> wrote
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ozix wrote
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Max wrote

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> To be appointing a "Republic Assistant Minister" (to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thistlethwaite) is ridiculous, when the question of a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> republic needs to be decided by referendum.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> There should no ministers named as such until a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> referendum decides there should be a republic.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You've gone gaga over Liz Windsor's 70 year pompfest,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> haven't you?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I voted Yes to a republic in 1999. I would vote No
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> because now I realise how dangerous it would be to have
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> some Aussie fool being our head of state.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> So you would rather have some pommy fuckwit that
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> was actually stupid enough to be conned into marrying
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> a stupid bimbo and kept on with his slut on the side ?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, given that we were actually settled by England, and
>>>>>>>>>>>>> have the same system of government and laws,
>>>>>>>>>>>> No, we do not have the same system of Government and laws.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Our system is unique.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> There may be some slight differences, such as federalism,
>>>>>>>>>> Nothing slight about a federal system.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> but most of what we have here is from England.
>>>>>>>>>> Wrong. as always.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Councils, the traditions of parliament, the way the public
>>>>>>>>>>> service operates. English law still still holds precedent in
>>>>>>>>>>> Australia,
>>>>>>>>>> Bullshit it does.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> and the whole legal system is virtually the same.
>>>>>>>>>> Bullshit it is. Some states aren't even actually stupid
>>>>>>>>>> enough to have the common law shit anymore.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> All of it is from England, except for the federalgovernment
>>>>>>>>>>> and the existence of states,
>>>>>>>>>> Wrong, as always.
>>>>>>>>>> We aren't actually stupid enough to have a bunch of senile old
>>>>>>>>>> farts, bishops and failed politician having any say on anything.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> and that is just because of the spatially large nature of our
>>>>>>>>>>> continent.
>>>>>>>>>> Wrong, as always.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> We are a child of England,
>>>>>>>>>> We grew up more than a century ago now.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> and to become a republic would be like disowning one's mother
>>>>>>>>>>> or father.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Even sillier than you usually manage and that's saying
>>>>>>>>>> something.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The majority of people have UK acenstry.
>>>>>>>> It is far from clear that that is true anymore and its
>>>>>>>> irrelevant anyway.
>>>>>>>> We stopped letting the poms have any say on how we do things
>>>>>>>> more than a century ago now and it makes no sense to have
>>>>>>>> some fuckwit pom like Liz or Big Ears as the head of state.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> And it's been that way forever.
>>>>>>>> Its far from clear that it is even true anymore.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The people make up the culture of the country,
>>>>>>>> Yes.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> and that is a UK culture.
>>>>>>>> Wrong, as always. It never has been.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What about UK culture do we not have here?
>>>>
>>>>>> We aren't actually stupid enough to hand billions to some of the
>>>>>> most stinking rich drunks/parasites/inbred fools in the country.
>>>>
>>>>>> We aren't actually stupid enough to have an upper house
>>>>>> stuffed with senile old farts/bishops/failed politicians either.
>>>>
>>>>>> We aren't actually stupid enough to have footy
>>>>>> riots every time there is a major football event.
>>>>
>>>>>> We aren't actually stupid enough to have stupid fools camped
>>>>>> out around military airfields 'protesting' about nukes for decades.
>>>>
>>>>>> We aren't actually stupid enough to let fools
>>>>>> let down the tires of cars by the street load.
>>>>
>>>>>> We aren't actually stupid enough to have hordes of ours
>>>>>> show up in a foreign country and winge all the time.
>>>>
>>>>>> And that is all completely irrelevant to the terminal stupidity
>>>>>> of having some fuckwit pom be the head of state here.
>>>>
>>>>> No one cares about any of that thit.
>>>> Wrong, as always.
>>>>
>>>>> All people care about is being close to Europe insteadof in the
>>>>> arse end of the world like Australia is.
>>>> We haven't been since the war, stupid.
>>
>>> Where do you think more people in the world want to go on holiday -
>>> Europe or Australia?

>> Fuck all poms are actually stupid enough to go on holiday in
>> that soggy little frigid island. Have a look at the cost difference
>> between europe and oz for europeans, fuckwit.

> No one would holiday in Australia instead of Europe.

Plenty do, fuckwit.

> Europe has proper cultures and a proper history.

Holidays aint about proper culture or proper history, fuckwit child.

>>>>> Plus the fact that in Australia the common cultureis being ripped
>>>>> out from underneath us.
>>>> Bullshit it is.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> It makes sense to keep the UK head of state until such time as
>>>>>>>>> this country is completely over-run by fuckwits from other
>>>>>>>>> countries and cultures.
>>>>>>>> Wrong, as always.
>>>>>
>>>>