31 January 2006

commonwealth games

Does anyone else wonder if any of the 'Australia should be a republic' side-of-the-fence people get excited about the Commonwealth Games? Just a thought.

quote for the day:
"He hoped and prayed that there wasn't an afterlife. Then he realized there was a contradiction involved here and merely hoped that there wasn't an afterlife."
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)

1 Comments:

Blogger Kat Rant said...

In answer to you question, yes. Being a member of the Commonwealth has nothing to do with whether a country is a republic or not. A number of countries are members of the Commonwealth and are not constitutional monarchies - Canada, India, Malaysia are mere examples. I for one am looking forward to the Commonwealth Games, I'm even a volunteer for them. I am however a staunch republican

1:16 PM, February 02, 2006  

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