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Actually the UK has a bill of rights from 1689 and updated in 1998.
Well there is some encroachment but believe me its less pervasive than say in the US where there is a constitutional bill of rights.
Actually what you refer to of 1689 was the English Bill of Rights,influenced i expect from the Magna Carta(1215) and in 98 The Human Rights Agreement was formed which complements the European Court of Human Rights,where Brits can take their greviances to if failing to receive what that individual may consider as justice in a British court.
As for a Bill of Rights and Freedoms,a cross party consesus with regards to this subject was published in July 07.(Governance of Britain Green Paper)
Present British Prime MinisterCameroon, spoke in it's favour.
Some possible negatives i can think of i suppose would be finding sufficeintly impartial folk to draw up a written constitution.To important to be left solely to politicians perhaps? Also i can see the rigidity of it's statutes a possible problem at times.
But to have it clear understanding of what a person has the right to expect from public authorties sounds pretty good to me as a start.
A written Constitution is near worthless, any future government can pass laws to sidestep.
The "American Patriot Act", basically removes Americans rights and gives them similar rites to what you would expect in Communist China. The US still has there Constitution but its now worthless.
The wording alone was rather cleaver as it blunted any potential protest as being undemocratic and unAmerican. Doesn't make the constitution worthless just means folk must be on guard against the loss of individual freedoms taken away by the state under such patriotic guises.
In what way are we behind the 8 ball on political issues.
Can you think of a time where the "right" thing wasn't done towards the populace?
This is a point.
I wondered why this wasn't made a bigger deal at the time it was introduced.
My turn on that is the name. America in times of crisis it would be unpatriotic to protest. A gift almost to tighten the screws of state control.
Australians don't really engage in politics by and large and show in my opinion very limited interest in the subject.
Living in France prior to coming to OZ the situation was in mant ways in reverse. Politics is an often discussed and acted on subject there and the defence of rights and justice is part of the national character. Most other countries have a keen awareness and cab discuss as well.
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Australians are all saints. Every day we perform miracles and we can tie our shoelaces as well.
The only thing we don't know is how our hats stay on our heads if we are all upside down.
Accent preferences are puzzling. Remember spending some time in Canada and didn't hear an Australian accent for six weeks. Got to the airport to come home and heard the coarse twang of a fellow Australian traveler and just didn't want to go home to listen to that irritation.
Australians are all saints. Every day we perform miracles and we can tie our shoelaces as well.
The only thing we don't know is how our hats stay on our heads if we are all upside down.
Accent preferences are puzzling. Remember spending some time in Canada and didn't hear an Australian accent for six weeks. Got to the airport to come home and heard the coarse twang of a fellow Australian traveler and just didn't want to go home to listen to that irritation.
Much prefer the North American accent to ours.
Agree in general is more pleasant on the ears,but is to me something more important than that it sounds far more alive.
Although another poster,American i believe claimed to have found the Aussie accent sexy.....
Like all accents there are a multitude of difference North American and Australian accents. Myself I prefer some sort of brogue which ends up not being understandable anyway.
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Agree in general is more pleasant on the ears,but is to me something more important than that it sounds far more alive.
Although another poster,American i believe claimed to have found the Aussie accent sexy.....
It's whatever you find exotic. I have to say the Aussie accent is probably anything but sexy (it's kinda raunchy, though), but then alot of accents are. I'd say a smooth American or European accent is more 'sexy.'
It's whatever you find exotic. I have to say the Aussie accent is probably anything but sexy (it's kinda raunchy, though), but then alot of accents are. I'd say a smooth American or European accent is more 'sexy.'
Have met a number of women that find the Irish accent sexy..mmm..not sure i describe many native English speakers as having "sexy" accents,although like a few English ones and as you say a smooth American and especially certain European ones.
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