Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 13:17:19 +1000 (EST) From: Stephen McKay <syssgm@devetir.qld.gov.au> To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Cc: syssgm@devetir.qld.gov.au Subject: Re: Terry: a bystanders view... Message-ID: <199701240317.NAA04138@troll.devetir.qld.gov.au>
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Carl Makin <cmakin@nla.gov.au> wrote:
>Terry Lambert wrote:
>
>> "Sovereign power comes from a mandate from the people,
>> not because some watery tart lobbs a scimitar at you".
>> -- Dennis, who's not an old lady or an old man...
>
>I thought the quote was;
>
> "Sovereign power comes from a mandate from the masses
> not from some farcical aquatic ceremony"
>From memory, I think it went something like:
"Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a
system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate
from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony. You can't
expect to wield supreme executive power because some watery tart threw
a sword at you. I mean, if I went around saying I was an Emperor just
because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put
me away."
If this turns out to be correct, I will be submitting myself for mandatory
memory purge, down at the local psychiatric centre.
Stephen "Help! Help! I'm being repressed!" McKay
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