18th April 2011, 3:38 PM
I'm DJ, nice to meet you. I don't live in the middle east either but I still say they shouldn't stone adulterers. This isn't nearly as bad, just an inherited embarrassment.
It's good they don't make any money, but my question is where is that money they are "paying back" so much of actually come from? Is it tourist money, or what? Whether or not it's a good thing or something that could be vastly improved on depends on the answer.
ASM, I hadn't heard that sort of argument before. Still, it's not much considering the price of the queen still having some sort of authority. Technically they don't need to abolish ALL treaties the crown passed, just pass some legislation that says something like "henceforth all references to "the crown" will now refer to parliment", on top of nullifying all crown authority, whatever's left of it at least. Japan should do the same with their emperor while I'm at it.
Speaking of "here's how they should run their country", they need a proper freedom of speech and religion act in that country. Blasphemy laws aren't actually upheld any more, but they're still on the books, and currently their whole libel law system is terribly corrupt.
Let's put my criticism in proper perspective. I'm not saying make me the crown and pass this stuff, I'm saying this is what I think THEY should do and merely hope they agree and eventually make it come to pass themselves.
It's good they don't make any money, but my question is where is that money they are "paying back" so much of actually come from? Is it tourist money, or what? Whether or not it's a good thing or something that could be vastly improved on depends on the answer.
ASM, I hadn't heard that sort of argument before. Still, it's not much considering the price of the queen still having some sort of authority. Technically they don't need to abolish ALL treaties the crown passed, just pass some legislation that says something like "henceforth all references to "the crown" will now refer to parliment", on top of nullifying all crown authority, whatever's left of it at least. Japan should do the same with their emperor while I'm at it.
Speaking of "here's how they should run their country", they need a proper freedom of speech and religion act in that country. Blasphemy laws aren't actually upheld any more, but they're still on the books, and currently their whole libel law system is terribly corrupt.
Let's put my criticism in proper perspective. I'm not saying make me the crown and pass this stuff, I'm saying this is what I think THEY should do and merely hope they agree and eventually make it come to pass themselves.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)