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Keith
Keith
Fri, Jul 02, 2010 8:31pm

“If I went around proclaiming myself Emperor just because some water bint thew a scimitar at me, they’d put me away.”

stchivo
stchivo
Fri, Jul 02, 2010 9:39pm

Who made you king? I didn’t vote for you!

Bill
Bill
Fri, Jul 02, 2010 9:54pm

You don’t vote for kings.

Linda Binda
Linda Binda
Fri, Jul 02, 2010 9:58pm

“Help, help, I’m being repressed!”

MaryAnn
MaryAnn
Fri, Jul 02, 2010 10:04pm

Here we see the violence inherent in the system.

doa766
doa766
Fri, Jul 02, 2010 11:12pm

I’ve had it, this is an anarcho-syndicalist site, I’m gonna go play with my shrubbery

DaveTM
DaveTM
Fri, Jul 02, 2010 11:17pm

but there’s some lovely filth over here

Anne-Kari
Anne-Kari
Sat, Jul 03, 2010 8:29am

I mean really, people, supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.