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...most famous new religion is the Soka Gakkai, a sect based on Buddhism. Its leader is a man named Daisaku Ikeda, who is treated by his followers more like a monarch than a priest. Then there are more obscure figures who claim to have found the secret of universal happiness and peace for all time. Though these leaders may collect a great deal of money from their followers--and though the involvement of the Soka Gakkai in national politics through its own political party, the Komeito, is widely criticized--most of these religions are relatively harmless...
...looked so happy parading down MassachusettsAvenue that afternoon, glowing with pride andwaving like a monarch to her adoring fans. Shelooked exasperated after the Pudding had finishedwith her. Michelle Pfeiffer never did `meow' forus; that would have been giving away the lastshred of humanity that the Pudding, in itsextraordinary tradition, had seduced from...
...Economist points out that "on the death of George IV in 1830 The Times declared in an editorial that: 'There never was an individual less regretted by his fellow creatures.' Cartoonists such as Gilfray, Rowlandson and Cruickshank attacked the monarch in a manner which would look savage even today.' This intense criticism and lack of respect for the monarchy did not produce a serious, widespread consideration to sack it. Edward VIII's abdication crisis in 1936 might have provided some civil liberties rationale for abolition, but it did not. It was clear that the monarchy practiced discrimination in dismissing members...
Abolishing the monarchy would open up multiple cans of worms all over the world. Excising a nation's head of state from its constitution is no easy matter. The absence of a monarch in the British constitution would lead inevitably to discussions of reform in the House of Lords, the electoral system, a new center of executive power in the Commons and a host of other special interests seeking an opportunity to shape the direction of the nation. Who knows where it would...
Around the world, in constitutional monarchies still relying on the British monarch as the nominal head of state, constitutions will have to be rewritten and new forms of government adopted. In non-Commonwealth nations, the very shock of royal abolition may raise the issue of throwing out other kings and queens, without regard for an objective review and evaluation...