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Religions > Atheism |
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"Uncle Buck" |
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08 Apr 2006 07:17:57 PM |
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Seeking peaceful transitions of power |
I'm looking for instances throughout human history where a country replaced an
established system of government with a new one without having gone through
either a war or some sort of social/economic collapse first. Something along
the lines of what would happen if the U.S. were to suddenly just trash its old
constitution and write a new one from scratch, or where Great Britain's
citizenry decided to dispense with the monarchy and converted peacefully into
more of a republic like the U.S. just because its people wanted to.
Researching on my own, of course, but any pointers from anyone else would be
appreciated. Thanks. :-)
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L8r,
Uncle Buck
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The true mark of a civilized society is when its
citizens know how to hate each other peacefully.
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| User: "Free Lunch" |
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| Title: Re: Seeking peaceful transitions of power |
09 Apr 2006 09:58:20 AM |
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On Sat, 08 Apr 2006 20:17:57 -0400, in alt.atheism
Uncle Buck <UncleBuck@SpamMeNot.com> wrote in
<29kg32dop8730pvhib5irdn6bp4ekmkrcu@4ax.com>:
I'm looking for instances throughout human history where a country replaced an
established system of government with a new one without having gone through
either a war or some sort of social/economic collapse first. Something along
the lines of what would happen if the U.S. were to suddenly just trash its old
constitution and write a new one from scratch, or where Great Britain's
citizenry decided to dispense with the monarchy and converted peacefully into
more of a republic like the U.S. just because its people wanted to.
Researching on my own, of course, but any pointers from anyone else would be
appreciated. Thanks. :-)
France didn't replace all of its constitutions after wars, did it?
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| User: "Douglas Berry" |
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| Title: Re: Seeking peaceful transitions of power |
08 Apr 2006 09:22:29 PM |
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What's so funny about peace, love and Uncle Buck
<UncleBuck@SpamMeNot.com> posting the following on Sat, 08 Apr 2006
20:17:57 -0400 iin alt.atheism?
I'm looking for instances throughout human history where a country replaced an
established system of government with a new one without having gone through
either a war or some sort of social/economic collapse first. Something along
the lines of what would happen if the U.S. were to suddenly just trash its old
constitution and write a new one from scratch, or where Great Britain's
citizenry decided to dispense with the monarchy and converted peacefully into
more of a republic like the U.S. just because its people wanted to.
Researching on my own, of course, but any pointers from anyone else would be
appreciated. Thanks. :-)
Check out Czechoslovakia at the end of communism. They went from a
communist state to a democracy peacefully, then the Czechs and Slovaks
split on good terms.
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Douglas E. Berry Do the OBVIOUS thing to send e-mail
Atheist #2147, Atheist Vet #5
"Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as
when they do it from religious conviction."
Blaise Pascal (1623-1662), Pense'es, #894.
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