[WikiEN-l] This republic nonsense has got to stop.

Fri Mar 11 02:24:17 UTC 2005

Right, and I meant for the negation to precede the adverb ("not a
deliberately"). Although, on reflection, the phrase ("that response
was not fatuous on purpose") would have been far superior.

Sigh...

Charles

On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 02:22:41 +0000, Charles Fulton <mackensen at gmail.com> wrote:
> Sir, I trust that was deliberately not a fatuous response.  The Prime
> Minister is the head of government, and heads of government are
> generally not the people who interpret a constitution.  When John
> Howard spoke in that connection, he was merely noting that the monarch
> had little if any real influence on politics.
> 
> However, that no more makes Australia a republic than calling a
> sheep's tail a leg make it a leg.  Skyring's POV is that Australia is
> a republic and not a constitutional monarchy, which flies in the face
> of logic, fact, common sense, and Australia's own constitution.
> 
> Moreover, I see no evidence from the relevant talk pages that such a
> compromise has been reached, certainly if one has been reached, it
> doesn't involve him.
> 
> Charles Fulton
> 
> 
> On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 23:29:26 +0000, Christiaan Briggs
> <christiaan at last-straw.net> wrote:
> > On 10 Mar 2005, at 9:37 pm, Skyring wrote:
> >
> > > we've reached an acceptable solution, complete with good sources. The
> > > Prime Minister describes Australia as a "crowned republic".
> >
> > Well well well. It appears Pete (Skyring) is entitled to an apology of
> > sorts from some people on this list. I hope you stay on Pete and I hope
> > this hasn't left a bad taste in your mouth. Good on you for sticking
> > with it through all the personal attacks, etc. It's a shame you had to
> > go to such lengths to create a better article.
> >
> > Christiaan
> >
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