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**Dwencejed** · 09-24-2009, 07:28 PM

I agree with you; it just struck me as a very feudalistic, Un-American (in the foreign sense) concept.

Yes, that's my point: Saudi Arabia is still a feudalistic society. They won't start to change until they have to.

Especially when you consider that American assassins- Oswald, Hinckley, and that woman who just came up for parole for bringing the gun to meet Gerald Ford- are usually painted as mentally imbalanced and/or called by what they are: Assassins. Right, because even through our President is Head of State, he is not the physical embodiment of our government (that would be the Constitution, though we don't officially say that), and he is endlessly replaceable.

Monarchies create stability through vesting power in the monarch and through the line of succession. We've created stability by creating a government that is a system of interchangeable parts.

I think our system is more successful, but I'm biased.

Interesting comparison with the other monarchical lines... I'm sure if an assassination attempt were made on one of Elizabeth's children (or their children), it would be treated as a terrorist attack in the UK. The assassination of Lord Mountbatten in the 1970's certainly was.

09-24-2009, 07:28 PM	#4
Dwencejed Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 474 Senior Member	I agree with you; it just struck me as a very feudalistic, Un-American (in the foreign sense) concept. Yes, that's my point: Saudi Arabia is still a feudalistic society. They won't start to change until they have to. Especially when you consider that American assassins- Oswald, Hinckley, and that woman who just came up for parole for bringing the gun to meet Gerald Ford- are usually painted as mentally imbalanced and/or called by what they are: Assassins. Right, because even through our President is Head of State, he is not the physical embodiment of our government (that would be the Constitution, though we don't officially say that), and he is endlessly replaceable. Monarchies create stability through vesting power in the monarch and through the line of succession. We've created stability by creating a government that is a system of interchangeable parts. I think our system is more successful, but I'm biased. Interesting comparison with the other monarchical lines... I'm sure if an assassination attempt were made on one of Elizabeth's children (or their children), it would be treated as a terrorist attack in the UK. The assassination of Lord Mountbatten in the 1970's certainly was.
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