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Originally Posted by Theodoric
Well, amongst other things it shows that you are, depite any seditious ideas that you may have to the contrary, not a free citizen but a mere subject. In, for example, the USA, you are a citizen and not a subject. It's a totally different mindset.
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well, yes, fair point - but that still holds true without a grovelling statement by MP's. and as for the yanks being citizens, well thats simply because they have no history to fall back on
tho thinking about it....you say we are 'subjects' to the queen and that is a bad thing.... let me refer you to the Merriam-Webster dictionary
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1 : one that is placed under authority or control: as a : VASSAL b (1) : one subject to a monarch and governed by the monarch's law (2) : one who lives in the territory of, enjoys the protection of, and owes allegiance to a sovereign power or state
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so we are still 'subjects' to the labour party....and that sounds alot worse to me