The_Barnacle wrote on Aug 6
th, 2017 at 10:34am:
That is a false dichotomy Herp.
In fact there is absolutely no relationship between Australia becoming a republic and the United Nations. Not even sure why you are attempting to link the two, except to find an excuse to promote two of your hobby horses in the same thread. I'm surprised you couldn't find some way to link the death penalty in too.
A referendum on the Death Penalty is denied us because of Agreements signed with the UN.
Ditto euthanasia.
Ditto racial and religious discrimination in our immigration policy.
Ditto corporal punishment in our schools.
Ditto the right to deny employment to people on religious, racial, or cultural grounds.
Ditto to spank our children in the home.
Ditto ...
and the rest ... all signed off with the UN as no longer being allowed an option for voting upon in our elections or referendums. It's a case of our democratic freedoms being greatly at the direction of the Socialists at UN headquarters.
The monarchy is imposing no such sanctions upon us in Australia. They couldn't give a rat's arse how we order things in our own country.