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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bart9349, post: 766228, member: 5682&quot;]I have great respect for British culture and its many contributions to the Western World. Although the Dutch were the first modern nation state in Europe to form a republic , the British have been second to no one to fight for freedom against great tyrannies (Spain, Napoleon, Hitler, etc.)</p><p><br /></p><p>That said, my Scottish friends (and my father’s ancestral relatives) might slightly disagree with your statement:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I think they would feel that no King has <b>legitimately</b> ruled since the late 1200s. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Your following statement would be even more controversial: &quot;We fought a Civil War and had a Glorious Revolution to ensure that Parliament, not the Monarch, rules this country..&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>This statement would make many gringe. </p><p><br /></p><p>(I have great respect, however, for King William III&#039;s Dutch ancestor, William I of Orange.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Otherwise, I think your point is well made and absolutely correct. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>guy[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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