From: | Paul J. Adam Paul@********.demon.co.uk |
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Subject: | Value and so on.... |
Date: | Fri, 16 Jul 1999 20:08:55 +0100 |
IronRaven <cyberraven@********.net> writes
> For our non-US members, most of you are not citizens, you are subjects.
>Look it up in your legal codes. In the courts, you ARE subjects. Oxford
>defines subject, in this tense as "under the power of authority". Your
>governments recieve no authority from you at the most basic levels.
Uh... not quite. We elect our government. They work for us, but take
authority from the Crown. If the Crown gets uppity, well, ask Charles I
how well he imposed his will on his subjects :)
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Paul J. Adam