tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620033997567463526.post7198267532366360414..comments2023-04-02T01:24:09.580+11:00Comments on The Michael Duffy Files: David Flint, bonnie Prince Charlie, a crowned republic and Humpty Dumpty rides againUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620033997567463526.post-24192702825527076732009-06-10T09:52:16.197+10:002009-06-10T09:52:16.197+10:00You seem to have totally misread the piece in ques...You seem to have totally misread the piece in question, which vigorously demands the constitutional monarchy continue (without being dressed up in the arrant fluff and Humpty Dumpty nonsense of a crowned republic), so that we might have an aspirational tampon as our crowned head of state. Could anything be clearer or more pious or more tolerant?dorothy parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00816807935021738560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620033997567463526.post-22990547954621665622009-06-09T23:29:51.714+10:002009-06-09T23:29:51.714+10:00Prof Flint makes perfect sense. Your banal comment...Prof Flint makes perfect sense. Your banal comments do neither you nor your blog credit.<br />Ridicule may be amusing, and some of it amused me too, but they are hardly reasoned rebuttals. Come now, give us facts and good discourse. not arrant fluff.<br />Australia has been very lucky to have the stability and prosperity that the Westminister system has given us. <br />It is easy to ridicule what you know and so easy to fluff over what you do not know, ie the undefined future republic you seem to crave. The lure of the unknown eh? Well, you may well find the grass is not as green over there as you think. As the words of the Joni Mitchell song say "you don't know what youve got until its gone" lets hope you do not destroy our wonderful system only to regret it later. Afterall, under our system, you are allowed to go on and on about a republic sooo many times 9each of which you lose). Would you tolerate the monarchists advocating for a restoration of the monarchy when you have your utopian (?) republic? i think not. SO which is the more tolerant system? Not yours.<br />PetrusAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620033997567463526.post-12366362347706989292009-06-08T18:19:38.348+10:002009-06-08T18:19:38.348+10:00As an atheistic jesuit, and militaristic pacifist ...As an atheistic jesuit, and militaristic pacifist and serial killing humanist, I must say your failure understand a crowned republic reflects badly on you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com