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Farewell, Your Majesty : Comments

By Lyn Allison, published 15/3/2006

Thank you Queen Elizabeth, but now we are grown up we should be doing it on our own.

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David,
Please quote the vows made by the Queen at her Corination to understand whose power she represents and serves. The Queen of Australia and the Governor General of Australia serves the citizens of Australia, and ratifies Laws put in place by elected representatives of the people. These elected representatives were once supposed to be impartial, but they now represent very political opinions and sectional groups. These sectional and political interests the Monarch [Crown] does not represent.

The Crown represents the power of the people that is bestowed upon her to protect the peoples interest in laws imposed upon them. The Monarch / Governor General must sign all legislation before it can be enacted upon the people. The Governor General upholds these vows on behalf of the Crown. Read the struggle of the English people and their history to understand who the Crown now represents.

The Crown also represents the citizens who form the State at Law. Our Courts uphold laws put in place by the Crown on behalf of the interests of the wellbeing of the citizens. Criminals confront the standards laws put in place by the citizens of the state [the Crown].
Posted by Philo, Tuesday, 27 June 2006 8:21:20 PM
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David,
I do not think that it furthers the debate to present one's own opinions as facts and opposing opinions as misinformation.

To take just the first example, you say that there is "nothing to support" the statement that the the Governor-General represents the people, and yet it could be said that you support that very statement with your quote from the Constitution. The equation is quite simple: the Governor-General represents the Crown, the Crown (as Philo shows in his reply) represents the people, therefore the Governor-General represents the people.

You clearly do not feel represented by the Crown or by the Governor-General; others (equally clearly) do feel represented in that way. Neither of these feelings is objectively right or wrong.
Posted by Ian, Wednesday, 28 June 2006 1:00:27 AM
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