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To: mainepatsfan

"This is a tough one."

It is not a tough call. It is his responsibility to go. That is what being a monarch-in-training is about.

There is a phrase that has no meaning in the republican United States, but must be followed in a monarchy, even a limited, constitutional monarchy: noblesse oblige -- the obligations of the nobility. That means that you have to go where the bullets are flying, and put yourself next to the commons of your realm.

I am not a big fan of hereditary government -- in whatever fashion the term is cloaked. (Look at my handle. Read the poem on my freep page.) If a nation has a monarchy, then its leaders must step up to their responsibilities -- as Prince Harry has -- or be prepared to abdicate. Harry, his father (who served in the Royal Navy during a time of peace) his uncle Andrew (helicopter pilot in the Falklands War), his grandmother (served as a woman volunteer in WWII), are the reasons why the Brits still have a monarchy.


26 posted on 02/22/2007 5:54:31 AM PST by No Truce With Kings (The opinions expressed are mine! Mine! MINE! All Mine!)
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To: No Truce With Kings
That is a great reason to live in Texas... We have no such liberties in Zambia.
28 posted on 02/22/2007 5:59:03 AM PST by Broker (Haddi Nuff)
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