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From: aglew@ccvaxa.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Re: Mountbatten series
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Date: Wed, 19-Mar-86 11:18:00 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar 19 11:18:00 1986
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This "near" Brit is a British citizen, of British parents, who speaks with
as much of a British accent as a Canadian one, who plays soccer rather than
the North American sports, yet who was born and has lived most of his life
in Canada, is also a Canadian citizen, and doesn't really like England
anyway. 

I was wrong in saying "martial law" - how does state of emergency sound?

"Aweful" - unlike rock stars or other vedettes, Mrs. Gandhi had real power.
My question is this: is it not dangerous combining the ceremonial functions
of state with the executive; the executive has real power, the ceremonial
head-of-state "awe"some power, when one person exercises both forms of
power it may be difficult for constitutional mechanisms to control.
Yes, this happens in the USA too - look how close Nixon came to getting away
with Watergate.