11-03-2008, 17:01
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Re: Allegiance to the Queen
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Originally Posted by garinda
Wrong.
I was brought up to have good manners, but also to think for myself, and not be a sheep.
I certainly wasn't going to stand up for the wife of a man whose grandfather happened once to have been King.
I'd quite happily stand for an elected head of State, and if the people decided by voting, that that person happened to be the Queen, so be it.
I was brought up to respect all people.
Those, who by accident of their birth, should get no more, or less, respect than anyone else, in my opinion.
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I’ll go along with that wholeheartedly.
I would just add that all immigrants should swear allegiance to this country and its laws or they don’t get in.
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