In message , Alan Minyard
writes
On Sat, 11 Oct 2003 11:43:56 +0200, Skysurfer wrote:
France ? A monarchy ?
UK ? An absolute monarchy ?????

"That was Alan joke of the day".

Yes, France was a monarchy at the time of the American Revolution, and
while the UK had a Parliament, at the time it was essentially an
absolute monarchy.

No, by then we'd publicly decapitated two kings who thought that their
rule was absolute: the lesson had sunk in by then.

--
When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite.
W S Churchill

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