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Re: [bpfk] The powers you give me I will lay down when this crisis has been abated!
Lindar scripsit:
> This is a very interesting concept indeed. A parliamentary
> dictatorship whose election is based on effort put forth... Long reign
> King Uncle Robin!
When the Roman Republic got into Really Serious Trouble, the Senate
would pass a resolution "that the consuls shall see to it that the
State takes no harm." That was their clue to appoint a Dictator,
against whose decrees there was no right of appeal.
His term expired after six months.
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John Cowan cowan@ccil.org http://ccil.org/~cowan
You cannot enter here. Go back to the abyss prepared for you! Go back!
Fall into the nothingness that awaits you and your Master. Go! --Gandalf
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