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To: jmhfnyc
Lighten up, tjwmason. You've got your panties all in a twist. You English want a free pass on insulting our President, but hands-off on the Queen. You must be mad! No, excuse me, that was George III! Happy Guy Fawkes and have a nice day.

Sorry to have taken so long to reply, I was away for the week-end with friends.

Please can you tell me when I have insulted the President? I have never done so; however, things are worse here when discussing our beloved Monarchy. I have heard the Queen called a parasite, please, either defend that comment or refrain from telling by to 'lighten up'. Her Majesty is the Commander in Chief of two armies fighting in Iraq, and three fighting in Afghanistan, but Americans think that because of a little local unpleasantness back in 1776 you can hurl insults at her. By all means have a republican government for yourselves, but we know what a Monarchy is like over here, and we rather enjoy it.
151 posted on 11/08/2004 12:19:52 PM PST by tjwmason ("The English, the English, the English are best; I wouldn't give tuppence for all of the rest")
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The UK is going to be "socialist" in 25 years? With someone like Tony Blair in charge? If you had any idea of what the UK is really like these days, instead of sounding off after, what, TWO WHOLE WEEKS there, you'd know that we're going to be more like the US than not in less than half that time.

Also - why on earth would we (people in the UK) have the idea that the majority of Americans are right wing, religious fundamentalists that are in your own way, due to the amount of military and economic power that you wield as a country, as worrisome as Islamic crazies... when "only" about 55% of you believe that mankind came from Adam and Eve? When you elect Bush over Kerry, what are we supposed to think? Is Bush not right-wing? Born again?

No, I really can't see why we get that impression at all.

As for insulting the Queen - feel free, the vast majority of Brits couldn't give a damn. I'm a republican in the sense that I want to get rid of the Monarchy as soon as possible; it's an anachronism that has no place in the modern age.

Finally, when it comes to insulting your President - why can't we criticise, or at the very least comment? Do we not have a "special relationship"?


152 posted on 09/29/2005 1:42:23 PM PDT by ToranagaSama
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