Taking Back a Stolen Homeland - Scotland

hunboldt

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A state is not a material thing. It is an abstract. It is the exercise of power. If it cannot enforce its will then it doesn't even exist.

Hence my topic on the USA after 1850. an attempt to enforce power relationships gone horribly wrong.
Pres. Buchanan wanted to turn Kansas into a slave state...
 

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SEX PISTOLS LYRICS

"God Save The Queen"



God save the queen
The fascist regime
They made you a moron
Potential H-bomb

God save the queen
She ain't no human being
There is no future
In England's dreaming

Don't be told what you want
Don't be told what you need
There's no future, no future,
No future for you

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We mean it man
We love our queen
God saves

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'Cause tourists are money
And our figurehead
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Oh God save history
God save your mad parade
Oh Lord God have mercy
All crimes are paid

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How can there be sin
We're the flowers in the dustbin
We're the poison in your human machine
We're the future, your future

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We mean it man
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And there is no future
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No future, no future,
No future for you
No future, no future,
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Blackleaf

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She is the head of state of those countries not the landowner.

According to the articles I posted above, you're wrong. The Queen owns the sixteen countries of which she is Head of State, and it is separate from her role as Head of State.
 

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According to the articles I posted above, you're wrong. The Queen owns the sixteen countries of which she is Head of State, and it is separate from her role as Head of State.


... And what if, Canadians (for example) unilaterally 'took back' those lands years ago?

Much like the unilateral declaration that they belonged to the monarchy in the first place.

As the old expression goes; possession is 9/10 of the law
 

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... And what if, Canadians (for example) unilaterally 'took back' those lands years ago?

They didn't though, did they? And could they even do that? The lands aren't yours, they're the Queen's.

And remember, those "Canadian" lands were ours - or, rather, the monarch's - BEFORE they were yours. You wouldn't be "taking back" anything.
 

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They didn't though, did they?

I did

And could they even do that?

You bet it can be done.

The lands aren't yours, they're the Queen's.

Absentee landlord... We talked about this earlier. You want the lands back, then kick-in for the development, upgrades, maintenance, etc.

And remember, those "Canadian" lands were ours before they were yours.

Well, that's changed now
 

Tecumsehsbones

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They didn't though, did they? And could they even do that? The lands aren't yours, they're the Queen's.

And remember, those "Canadian" lands were ours - or, rather, the monarch's - BEFORE they were yours. You wouldn't be "taking back" anything.
And they were ours before they were the monarch's. So what's your point, John Bull?
 

Blackleaf

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You want the lands back, then kick-in for the development, upgrades, maintenance, etc.

We don't want the "lands back". They belong to the QUEEN.

Well, that's changed now

How has it changed? The land of Canada belongs to the Queen.

And they were ours before they were the monarch's.

No, they weren't. The lands making up what are now Canada and the USA belonged to the British monarch BEFORE the nation states of Canada and the USA even came into existence. Whole swathes of North America were claimed by Britain for the monarch BEFORE Canada and the USA even existed. Canada and the USA wouldn't exist today were it not for the British Empire.

Didn't you study history at school?
 

Tecumsehsbones

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We don't want the "lands back". They belong to the QUEEN.



How has it changed? The land of Canada belongs to the Queen.



No, they weren't. The lands making up what are now Canada and the USA belonged to the British monarch BEFORE Canada and the USA even came into existence.

Didn't you study history at school.
I'm not talking about Canda and the USA, genius. I'm talking about Turtle Island.

By the way, the lands making up what are now the USA also belonged to Spain, France, and Russia.

Didn't you study history at school?
 

Tecumsehsbones

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Yeah, but none of those three own any of Canada, do they? The Queen does.



I'm getting sick of repeating myself.

QUEEN ELIZABETH II OWNS THE COUNTRY OF CANADA AND 15 OTHER NATIONS.

Canadian land is the QUEEN'S.
Poor John Bull. Nobody cares.

I do have a question for you. Seein' as how you already showed your penetrating comprehension of English law, I was kinda wondering.

Charlie-boy is on record as saying all he really wants to be is a tampon. So here's the question. If he becomes king, can he declare himself a tampon and make it stick, legally? Can he choose to be called King Light-Days? Or His Imperial Heavy-Flow Majesty?
 

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We don't want the "lands back". They belong to the QUEEN.



How has it changed? The land of Canada belongs to the Queen.



No, they weren't. The lands making up what are now Canada and the USA belonged to the British monarch BEFORE the nation states of Canada and the USA even came into existence. Whole swathes of North America were claimed by Britain for the monarch BEFORE Canada and the USA even existed. Canada and the USA wouldn't exist today were it not for the British Empire.

Didn't you study history at school?

so much for the Great Scottish land debate....
 

Tecumsehsbones

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Yeah, but none of those three own any of Canada, do they? The Queen does.
Doesn't change the fact that you stated, and I quote:

"The lands making up what are now Canada and the USA belonged to the British monarch BEFORE the nation states of Canada and the USA even came into existence."

And you were wrong. Again.
 

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Doesn't change the fact that you stated, and I quote:

"The lands making up what are now Canada and the USA belonged to the British monarch BEFORE the nation states of Canada and the USA even came into existence."

And you were wrong. Again.

No, I wasn't. You're wrong.

The last time I consulted my history books Canada and the USA didn't even exist when the British arrived in North America and claimed vast swathes of it for the monarch. I can never remember being told by my history teacher than Britain invaded the USA and Canada. USA and Canada were PRODUCTS of the British Empire. You weren't invaded by it.

The reality is that the British monarch owned that land BEFORE Canada and the USA even existed.
 

Tecumsehsbones

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No, I wasn't.

The last time I consulted my history books Canada and the USA didn't even exist when the British arrived in North America. I can never remember being told by my history teacher than Britain invaded the USA and Canada.
Oh, dear.

So you deny that much of the land that makes up what is now the U.S. belonged to France, Spain, and Russia?

Wow. Drop us a line if you're ever in the same county as reality, hear?