Re: [recoznet2] Re: The Age: Voting from the heart on the republic

1999-11-02 Thread Laurie Forde
x until we become a Republic of worth. Laurie. --- Trudy Bray wrote -Original Message- From: Trudy and Rod Bray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, November 03, 1999 9:55 AM Subject: Re: [recoznet2] Re: The Age:

Re: [recoznet2] Re: The Age: Voting from the heart on the republic

1999-11-02 Thread Trudy and Rod Bray
Laurie, There are many people who sincerely hold a different view from you and they hold many varied viewpoints. This does not make them John Howards. Calling them John Howards does not advance your cause, even if passionately held. The hallmark of a democracy is that people are entitled to hol

[recoznet2] Re: The Age: Voting from the heart on the republic

1999-11-02 Thread Laurie Forde
The nonsensical reasoning here is---because we are a nation of John Howards, we should keep the Monarchy until we somehow cease being a nation of John Howards and face our shameful past, thereby becoming whole enough to have our own Head of State. How about---if we change our most obvious symbol-