----- Original Message ----- From: Michael Darby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 1999 7:08 AM Subject: QUEENSLANDERS FOR CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY > Dear friends > Please visit these pages: > www.geocities.com/queenslanders/comment/comment9910.html > and > www.geocities.com/queenslanders/comment/comment9910.html > > The two pages are interlinked and contain Michael Darby's recent > commentaries on the Stan Zemankek show. If you have time, please visit other > parts of the site. > > Please use this material in any way you wish in the remaining days before 6 > November. > > And please forward by all available means to as many friends and media > persons as possible. > > Vote No and No. > > > On Tuesday evening 2 Nov 99 I debated a representative of the Yes case at a > very hospitable Rotary Club. > > My opponent was at a disadvantage, because, by his own admission, he had > come direct from a Melbourne Cup party. > > This gentleman exemplified the shortcomings of the Republic push. He kept > repeating a serious of mantras which are patently false. > > He stated that Australia was a British Colony. Wrong. Australia has never > been a British Colony. Australia has been wholly independent ever since the > Federation in 1901 of the former Colonies. > > He stated that it is time for Australia to sever its constitutional ties > with Britain. Wrong. Australia has no constitutional ties with Britain. > Australia does have constitutional ties with one individual, the Queen of > Australia. > > He stated that Australia is ruled by a foreign monarch. Wrong. Australia is > fortunate that the Queen of Australia represents the Crown, and institution > vital to the preservation of our liberty. > > He stated that a politician could not become President under a Republic. > Wrong. The direct elections are right on this issue. The > Turnbull-Keating-Wran model guarantees that the President will be a > politican, most likely a failed ex-politician. > > > > > Kind regards > Michael Darby > > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is the Neither public email list, open for the public and general discussion. To unsubscribe click here Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Subject=unsubscribe To subscribe click here Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Subject=subscribe For information on [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.neither.org/lists/public-list.htm For archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
