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Originally Posted by Geek44
I don't think our taxes go anywhere toward the Queen herself, but we do fund the Governor General who is the Queen's representative in this country. He's actually empowered to sack the government if he sees fit to do so and he did in 1976. I'm certainly aware that many Brits resent what is essentially a figure-head...I have a copy of Bill Bailey's 'Part Troll' and he gives her a caning. There's a pretty strong 'Republican' movement down here and for my part, the quicker we formalise our independence from Britain the happier I'll be. Not because I have anything against the British or Britain (quite the contrary in fact), rather because I think it's time we stood on our own feet. We do anyway...but that Governor General holds the real power. He doesn't make policy but if he doesn't like the policy that is made...he can (and has) take steps.
In a documentary I saw a few years ago, there was a suggestion that the nuclear tests were allowed because of an inference that the technology would be shared. There's been a history here of fear (read racist paranoia) of the 'yellow hordes' to the north and the nuclear deterrent could be seen as being very useful. A high ranking politician of the day's most famous (and disgraceful) public statement on the issue of Asian immigration was 'Two Wongs don't make a white'. Need I say more on that?
Suffice to say, the technology wasn't shared.
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"Two Wongs don't......" That pisses me off big time. Sorry if I used bad language, but without a question any politician that said that was worse than an idiot. They were, obiviously, the words of a simple minded racist fool, we got them here in the US too unfortunately, and they seem to prosper everywhere in the world. What's wrong with people?. Why is bigotry, hatred, paranoia, and racismm so prevelant? Is it inherent?