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Originally Posted by Ignitionnet
Regarding the first paragraph indeed. Isn't it wonderful?  |
If I ever harboured any thoughts of running for office, I remind myself of a decade of opining on this website and the feeling quickly goes away.
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The second paragraph is quite unfortunate. The only way in which a republican can properly represent their constituents is to compromise on that belief by swearing an oath of allegiance to the monarch. Another no-win situation.
All in all our country isn't the greatest place for an atheist republican to form a part of the legislature. I don't envy anyone with those views that dilemma.
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It is unfortunate, but it is an unavoidable consequence of our organic, uncodified constitution. Nevertheless, that constitution has contributed to a level of long-lived political stability that is rare in the world, at any point in history, and on the whole I think we are better off with messy compromises and gradual changes (such as, for example, the right to affirm rather than swear, first guaranteed in the Quaker Act).
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EDIT: That time when you realise you are far more republican than you gave yourself credit for previously. Yikes.
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I had a republican wobble for about six months some time around 2002. The feeling went away by itself.
