Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2001 19:16:53 -0700 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Paul Richards <paul@freebsd-services.com> Cc: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>, jason <kib@mediaone.net>, Paul Robinson <paul@akita.co.uk>, Stephen Hurd <deuce@lordlegacy.org>, Technical Information <tech_info@threespace.com>, FreeBSD Chat <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Helping victims of terror Message-ID: <3BAE9795.2870115D@mindspring.com> References: <NFBBJPHLGLNJEEECOCHAGEDNCEAA.deuce@lordlegacy.org> <3BAC3644.1CB0C626@mindspring.com> <xzp66abb7pz.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <3BAD1FAE.2F3D40F5@mindspring.com> <20010923011557.B60374@jake.akitanet.co.uk> <015e01c143c8$c93505a0$89941bd8@speakeasy.net> <3BAE400A.9BD2F357@mindspring.com> <xzphettacaj.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <3BAE494C.B08C2E05@mindspring.com> <11560000.1001280945@lobster.originative.co.uk>
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Paul Richards wrote: > > --On Sunday, September 23, 2001 13:42:52 -0700 Terry Lambert > <tlambert2@mindspring.com> wrote: > > > Really, it has worked remarkably well for the 225 years it > > has been in power. If you want to get technical, the U.K. > > government changed from a Monarchy to a Republic in that > > time, and the German government has turned over at least 4 > > times, if you count only gross form, and not instances. > > I think it will come as a bit of a shock to most people in the UK to find > that the UK is a republic. > > What's the basis for this rather interesting opinion? Who holds the actual power these days? Are they elected by people who are elected, or are they elected by the general populace? -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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