On Sun, Jul 04, 2010 at 02:25:51PM -0400, Daniel J. Matyola scripsit: > If we say that the Queen is superior by reason of birth and has rights > that can't be taken away,
No one says any such thing. The Queen is the Queen by right of Parliament, _not_ right of birth. (This is, for instance, why there is such a thing as the Succession Act, or why it's widely acknowledged -- since Parliament has done it, twice and a half (Headless Chuck, James the Fled, and Edward the Abbreviated) -- that the elected Parliament can replace the monarch, or, for that matter, why Her Majesty has publicly stated that if she's presented with an act converting the UK into a republic, she'll sign it.) Supremacy of Parliament is a very real thing. Which is not to say I'm not -- being of a somewhat egalitarian bent -- in favour of both a stronger monarchy and a selective one in Canada, rather than one with the current hereditary succession, but the idea that the English Monarchy came down on the side of Divine Right is really laughable. -- Graydon -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
