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Monarchy has worked in this country for millenia! Under such a system we ruled a quarter of the planet, I wouldnt say it is a bad system, and it's even better now that that it is a constitutional monarchy.
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Posted: 2004-07-15 05:00:00
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Bloody Mary, killing wives because they didn't have male kids, religious persecution...

I'm sure its worked out sooooo well
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Posted: 2004-07-15 05:26:00
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the risk with inherited monarchy is rather obvious: the next in line gets the power, suitable or not and your country may swing this way under ruler A, and that way under ruler B.

In this day and age, I doubt it would be very successful. Your country may be a monarchy (as is mine) because of the queen, but it's not the way it is governed. There is a difference. A republic (No monarch) can still be a democracy or not.
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Posted: 2004-07-15 08:33:47
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@KiMcHeEbOi

I am quite sure that we could trade examples of brutality committed by leaders the world over, but I don’t see what purpose that would serve here, certainly not demonstrating the effectiveness of a particular type of government. The example you refer to was in fact several centuries ago in a time when such actions were tolerated, to an extent.

@Vlamm

We are a constitutional monarchy, so whilst the Sovereign has little power they do still perform a very important role in that they can dissolve parliament and appoint the Prime Minister. The Sovereign is the only check on the power of Parliament in the UK, without the Sovereign any political party with a large enough majority (like just now) would be a virtual dictatorship, able to pass any legislation they wished. Although the Queen has very little say in passing Bills, she does still have the authority to refuse to sign them so that they cannot become law, even if such a power hasn't been use din three hundred years it is still there.
Britain ha sonly ever been a republic once and it didn't go down all that well, as soon as Cromwell died Charles II was invited back as King. Several of the world's oldest democracies are monarchies; it seems to be a system that works rather well.

@boba

I would still like an answer to my question, which system of government would you rather have over democracy?
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Posted: 2004-07-15 14:11:32
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very funny thread... I would prefer absolutizm - me as a leader, with unlimited power... Sultan of Brunei would be enough.

Are you guys really serious talking about this topic?
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Posted: 2004-07-15 14:46:33
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@Atlis

I'm not all that sure, it has been moved to Rubbish (Garbage), but it started out as being a serious thread (I think).
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Posted: 2004-07-15 15:22:13
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@scots- well, imperialism isn't much better. Give one person too much power, and yeah, there are your elizabeths, but then there are caliguas. Imo, monarchies give too much power to one person, and the potential for abuse is too great. This message was posted from a T610
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Posted: 2004-07-15 17:16:52
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@sboy - I´m sorry for that but I have the same opinion about this thread as that Mod who was so kind and moved this thread to trash...

I would rather talk about sexual experiences than about politics...


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Posted: 2004-07-15 17:48:21
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Quote:
On 2004-07-15 17:48:21, Atlis wrote:

I would rather talk about sexual experiences than about politics...



They often go hand in hand!

@KiMcHeEbOi

The present system in the U.K. is quite ironic because the Prime Minister has too much power and the Queen and the House of Lords don't have enough, there must be checks and balances.
The American system is actually quite strange in that the head of government is also the head of state, quite a concentration of power there, although there are checks and balances to regulate that.
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Posted: 2004-07-15 19:00:48
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actually power does fluctuate between the three branches: but right now executive is too powerful

Bad things happen when idiots gain power.

ANyways, what about sexual experiences? Oh boy! Girl Talk! LOL
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Posted: 2004-07-15 19:39:00
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