and don't i know it. We're in some quasi state - citizen, subject -
the oath for immigrants to the UK now includes the phrase citizen.
Contradictions abound.
The sooner the crown is levered from the hands of the
Saxe-Coburg-Gothas and put into the British Museum the better.
Roger
On 1/18/06, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Roger But we are here still subjects- not citizens-on our knees(knees
> permitting)to her majesty the queen defender of the faith and the
> establishment
> P EU P
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Poetryetc provides a venue for a dialogue relating to poetry and
> poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Roger Day
> Sent: 18 January 2006 00:51
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> Subject: Re: "Environment in Crisis" - Grim Grim Grim
>
> on this side of the water, the european human rights convention has
> just been enshrined in UK law. dire things were forecast, none of
> which have come true. For the UK, for the first time, people have
> rights, not by omission, but by the letter of the law. I think a
> written document for such things is a good to have, ymmv.
>
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