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Re: An armed society...
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 24 Jan 2002 17:53:51 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur writes:
> Democracy is the limit. In the UK governments have fallen due to protests,
> not armed rebellion.
Does Charles the First count as a fallen government and parliment as an
armed rebellion? :-)
Was America part of the UK and did the UK government (locally) fall because
of the rebellion or was it never in power?
Bruce
(not being particularly serious)
:-)
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| (...) No. In the British context, the Government is the Prime Minister and the Secretaries he or she assembles. The Monarch is, well, the Monarch. And it's not an armed rebellion, it was a Civil War. ;) (...) No. "United Kingdom" refers only to (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jan-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Nonsense. (...) What about the native americans, were they not armed? (...) Not me personally. The community I live in. (...) Democracy is the limit. In the UK governments have fallen due to protests, not armed rebellion. When will the USA (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jan-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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