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Lisa Jones Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 39047 Sydney Gender:	Re: RIP Lizzie! Reply #30 - Sep 9^th, 2022 at 11:44am Bobby. wrote on Sep 9^th, 2022 at 11:40am: Lisa Jones wrote on Sep 9^th, 2022 at 11:38am: Bobby... I only bow the knee to God. Speaking of God...did you read God's Tweet this morning? 1. Charles is your King. 2. That's a funny meme. 1. No he's not! 2. I was tweeting away when that meme came through
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Re: RIP Lizzie!
Reply #31 - Sep 9^th, 2022 at 11:48am

Lisa Jones wrote on Sep 9^th, 2022 at 11:44am:

Bobby. wrote on Sep 9^th, 2022 at 11:40am:

Lisa Jones wrote on Sep 9^th, 2022 at 11:38am:

Bobby... I only bow the knee to God.

Speaking of God...did you read God's Tweet this morning?

1. Charles is your King.

2. That's a funny meme.

1. No he's not!

2. I was tweeting away when that meme came through

Charles is your King -

you don't vote for Kings - a King is given to you.

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The Heartless Felon Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 2869 Gender:	Re: RIP Lizzie! Reply #32 - Sep 9^th, 2022 at 11:54am 'Bobby... I only bow the knee to God.' Both knees to your Lebanese drug lord?
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Re: RIP Lizzie!
Reply #33 - Sep 9^th, 2022 at 11:57am

Bobby. wrote on Sep 9^th, 2022 at 11:48am:

Lisa Jones wrote on Sep 9^th, 2022 at 11:44am:

Bobby. wrote on Sep 9^th, 2022 at 11:40am:

Lisa Jones wrote on Sep 9^th, 2022 at 11:38am:

Bobby... I only bow the knee to God.

Speaking of God...did you read God's Tweet this morning?

1. Charles is your King.

2. That's a funny meme.

1. No he's not!

2. I was tweeting away when that meme came through

Charles is your King -

you don't vote for Kings - a King is given to you.

Forced upon you is more like it

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Bobby. Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 95646 Melbourne Gender:	Re: RIP Lizzie! Reply #34 - Sep 9^th, 2022 at 12:06pm The Heartless Felon wrote on Sep 9^th, 2022 at 11:54am: 'Bobby... I only bow the knee to God.' Both knees to your Lebanese drug lord? What?
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Boris Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 3912 Gender:	Re: RIP Lizzie! Reply #35 - Sep 9^th, 2022 at 12:48pm
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Re: RIP Lizzie!
Reply #36 - Sep 9^th, 2022 at 1:04pm

I guess the death of the Queen of another country doesn't really affect
me one way or another. I suppose it's sad for the English population who
seemed to adore her beyond any reasonable expectations—after all she
was merely an ineffectual figurehead for 70 years. She never actually did
anything of note in any meaningful sense—nothing that in reality accomplished
anything for the UK, or the rest of her "colonies".

She last visited Australia 11 years ago, which is indicative of her lack of
genuine interest in one of those British colonies.

Australia is a constitutional monarchy and our head of state (is) was the
Queen—which is (was) absurd. On the advice of the Prime Minister, the
Queen merely appointed the Governor-General, her representative in
Australia, and he or she was simply another ultimately useless figurehead.
We only have to look at the currently lamentable actions of David Hurley,
or further back to the unwarranted actions of the late John Kerr in 1975.

That the Queen effectively condoned and authorised the dismissal of the
democratically-elected Whitlam government was appalling, and, disturbingly,
it could happen again during the King Charles III reign

This is precisely the time for us to propose, research and hold a plebiscite
in order to determine the procedure for electing/appointing our own genuine
head of state, and totally abandoning any/all ties with the UK monarchy.

I also have very little respect for Charles. I'm fairly horrified at the thought
of this intellectually-challenged, inbred dullard having any sort of control
or influence over the direction Australia takes in our future.

The first thing Charles needs to do, or should do, is to abolish the position
of the Australian Governor-General, which is an antiquated throwback to a
time when Britannica ruled the waves.

And now's the time to remove the Jack as the canton on our flag, and replace
it with the Aboriginal flag.

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Re: RIP Lizzie!
Reply #37 - Sep 9^th, 2022 at 1:09pm

AusGeoff wrote on Sep 9^th, 2022 at 1:04pm:

I guess the death of the Queen of another country doesn't really affect
me one way or another.

Actually, she wasn't just the Queen of England - she was also the Queen of Australia.

And, Charles is now the King of Australia.

"The Queen's relationship to Australia is unique. In all her duties, she speaks and acts as Queen of Australia, and not as Queen of the United Kingdom."

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Re: RIP Lizzie!
Reply #38 - Sep 9^th, 2022 at 1:15pm

AusGeoff wrote on Sep 9^th, 2022 at 1:04pm:

...

Australia is a constitutional monarchy and our head of state (is) was the
Queen—which is (was) absurd. On the advice of the Prime Minister, the
Queen merely appointed the Governor-General, her representative in
Australia, and he or she was simply another ultimately useless figurehead.
We only have to look at the currently lamentable actions of David Hurley,
or further back to the unwarranted actions of the late John Kerr in 1975.

That the Queen effectively condoned and authorised the dismissal of the
democratically-elected Whitlam government was appalling, and, disturbingly,
it could happen again during the King Charles III reign

This is precisely the time for us to propose, research and hold a plebiscite
in order to determine the procedure for electing/appointing our own genuine
head of state, and totally abandoning any/all ties with the UK monarchy.

I also have very little respect for Charles. I'm fairly horrified at the thought
of this intellectually-challenged, inbred dullard having any sort of control
or influence over the direction Australia takes in our future.

The first thing Charles needs to do, or should do, is to abolish the position
of the Australian Governor-General, which is an antiquated throwback to a
time when Britannica ruled the waves.

And now's the time to remove the Jack as the canton on our flag, ...

Yep - I agree with all of that.

Bring on the republic!

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Re: RIP Lizzie!
Reply #39 - Sep 9^th, 2022 at 1:18pm

AusGeoff wrote on Sep 9^th, 2022 at 1:04pm:

I guess the death of the Queen of another country doesn't really affect
me one way or another. I suppose it's sad for the English population who
seemed to adore her beyond any reasonable expectations—after all she
was merely an ineffectual figurehead for 70 years. She never actually did
anything of note in any meaningful sense—nothing that in reality accomplished
anything for the UK, or the rest of her "colonies".

She last visited Australia 11 years ago, which is indicative of her lack of
genuine interest in one of those British colonies.

Australia is a constitutional monarchy and our head of state (is) was the
Queen—which is (was) absurd. On the advice of the Prime Minister, the
Queen merely appointed the Governor-General, her representative in
Australia, and he or she was simply another ultimately useless figurehead.
We only have to look at the currently lamentable actions of David Hurley,
or further back to the unwarranted actions of the late John Kerr in 1975.

That the Queen effectively condoned and authorised the dismissal of the
democratically-elected Whitlam government was appalling, and, disturbingly,
it could happen again during the King Charles III reign

This is precisely the time for us to propose, research and hold a plebiscite
in order to determine the procedure for electing/appointing our own genuine
head of state, and totally abandoning any/all ties with the UK monarchy.

I also have very little respect for Charles. I'm fairly horrified at the thought
of this intellectually-challenged, inbred dullard having any sort of control
or influence over the direction Australia takes in our future.

The first thing Charles needs to do, or should do, is to abolish the position
of the Australian Governor-General, which is an antiquated throwback to a
time when Britannica ruled the waves.

And now's the time to remove the Jack as the canton on our flag, and replace
it with the Aboriginal flag.

https://i.postimg.cc/zBF13vq3/Screenshot-2022-09-09-at-13-02-37-flag-of-aborigin...

Jam the Abbo flag where the sun dont shine!

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BAN ALL THESE ABO SITES RECOGNITIONS.

ALL AUSTRALIA IS FOR ALL AUSTRALIANS!

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Sir Spot of Borg

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Re: RIP Lizzie!
Reply #40 - Sep 9^th, 2022 at 1:22pm

AusGeoff wrote on Sep 9^th, 2022 at 1:04pm:

I guess the death of the Queen of another country doesn't really affect
me one way or another. I suppose it's sad for the English population who
seemed to adore her beyond any reasonable expectations—after all she
was merely an ineffectual figurehead for 70 years. She never actually did
anything of note in any meaningful sense—nothing that in reality accomplished
anything for the UK, or the rest of her "colonies".

She last visited Australia 11 years ago, which is indicative of her lack of
genuine interest in one of those British colonies.

Australia is a constitutional monarchy and our head of state (is) was the
Queen—which is (was) absurd. On the advice of the Prime Minister, the
Queen merely appointed the Governor-General, her representative in
Australia, and he or she was simply another ultimately useless figurehead.
We only have to look at the currently lamentable actions of David Hurley,
or further back to the unwarranted actions of the late John Kerr in 1975.

That the Queen effectively condoned and authorised the dismissal of the
democratically-elected Whitlam government was appalling, and, disturbingly,
it could happen again during the King Charles III reign

This is precisely the time for us to propose, research and hold a plebiscite
in order to determine the procedure for electing/appointing our own genuine
head of state, and totally abandoning any/all ties with the UK monarchy.

I also have very little respect for Charles. I'm fairly horrified at the thought
of this intellectually-challenged, inbred dullard having any sort of control
or influence over the direction Australia takes in our future.

The first thing Charles needs to do, or should do, is to abolish the position
of the Australian Governor-General, which is an antiquated throwback to a
time when Britannica ruled the waves.

And now's the time to remove the Jack as the canton on our flag, and replace
it with the Aboriginal flag.

https://i.postimg.cc/zBF13vq3/Screenshot-2022-09-09-at-13-02-37-flag-of-aborigin...

11 years ago she was 85! surely you dont expect someone that old to be jetting around the world?

Spot

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Boris Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 3912 Gender:	Re: RIP Lizzie! Reply #41 - Sep 9^th, 2022 at 2:14pm appalling
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AusGeoff

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Re: RIP Lizzie!
Reply #42 - Sep 9^th, 2022 at 2:26pm

Sir Spot of Borg wrote on Sep 9^th, 2022 at 1:22pm:

AusGeoff wrote on Sep 9^th, 2022 at 1:04pm:

She last visited Australia 11 years ago, which is indicative of her lack of
genuine interest in one of those British colonies.

11 years ago she was 85! surely you don't expect someone that old to be jetting around the world?
Spot

Why not? Plenty of other 85-year-olds do so on their overseas holidays
every year, due in part to an increasing life expectancy, plus higher
levels of personal health and discretionary spending.

I'm guessing the Queen simply couldn't be bothered making the trip, or
had no true interest in our country, or was just too lazy to make the
effort needed.... despite having super-luxurious transport, a $17 million
refitted Royal Air Force VIP Airbus A330, at $3,000+ per flying hour.

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Re: RIP Lizzie!
Reply #43 - Sep 9^th, 2022 at 2:40pm

The second and more widespread reason why some Australians take issue with constitutional monarchy is because it is British. These are the same flag-hating people inclined to assert against the evidence and record that, rather than sporadic and unrelated skirmishes, organised ‘genocide’ was implemented against Aborigines. These people like to claim the British Empire was a bad thing and that the pink coloured territories on the map between 1650 and 1965 stood for tyranny, rather than civilisation, commerce, industry, democracy, science, health breakthroughs, farming, the arts, the rule of law, an independent judiciary and the abolition of slavery.

Indeed, although over 75% of Australians still have Anglo-Celtic ancestry it is apparently the more diverse migrants from the past 35 years that make this country great. The Orwellian ‘diversity is strength’ mantra is what, apparently, makes Australians Australian. In other words, we are greater and better for renouncing what we had always been until the social engineers stepped in to set things right according to their own metrics.

What makes Australia great is its British heritage. It has shaped our national character, from our now fading irreverence before authority to our non-PC humour, also now all but gone. Then there is our sense of civic duty and our empowerment of the individual. I’m not saying other cultures haven’t contributed to our society, because they obviously have. I’m talking about scale.

Let’s simplify it further: without non-British immigration would Australia still be Australian? Of course it bloody would. But would Australia be Australian without our British heritage? No, it wouldn’t.

The third reason republicans want the removal of the Sovereign and a change in our Constitution is that they simply don’t understand the document itself. As the clamour from the likes of Peter FitzSimons grows louder we will hear the zealots demanding “an Australian Head of State”. Our Governor-General – presently The Honourable General Sir Peter Cosgrove – is our Head of State. The GG appoints the government, grants assent to parliamentary bills, presides in the Queen’s place as supreme commander of the defence forces and has the power to call elections and sack corrupted or ineffectual governments and officials.

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The Heartless Felon Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 2869 Gender:	Re: RIP Lizzie! Reply #44 - Sep 9^th, 2022 at 2:41pm It is disappointing (but not unexpected) to see how the mean-spirited crawl out at times like this. Like it or not, the monarchy is revered by many Australians; no, I'm not one of them. If there is to be any good taken from the death of the queen it is that a republic is that much closer.
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