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From: sahayman@watmath.UUCP (Steve Hayman)
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Subject: Re: The Commonwealth
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Date: Mon, 21-Jul-86 04:03:21 EDT
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Summary: 

Jim Robinson writes:
>I find it truly amazing that not only do the citizens of this *democratic*
>country owe allegiance to a queen, but to a foreign queen to boot. 

Well, for starters, the Queen is "Queen of Canada", and that's good
enough for me.  Be that as it may, I think the Commonwealth is not only
a very valuable link with our history, but a useful forum for
communication between developed and developing nations, current
problems notwithstanding.

We have little enough history or national identity in this country
as it is.  Let's not start severing our ties with one of the
few things we have that keeps us from being just another
faceless nation.

Steve Hayman