The nice thing about the news from Nepal is that it gives one the opportunity to use the word "regicide" in conversation. Such a good word; so few opportunities to use it. S a n d y
On Wed, 6 Jun 2001, Sandy Sandfort wrote:
The nice thing about the news from Nepal is that it gives one the opportunity to use the word "regicide" in conversation. Such a good word; so few opportunities to use it.
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On 6 Jun 2001, at 15:47, Alan Olsen wrote:
On Wed, 6 Jun 2001, Sandy Sandfort wrote:
The nice thing about the news from Nepal is that it gives one the opportunity to use the word "regicide" in conversation. Such a good word; so few opportunities to use it.
Unless you are talking about Regis Philbin.
And even then.... -- Roy M. Silvernail Proprietor, scytale.com roy@scytale.com
Sandy Sandfort wrote:
The nice thing about the news from Nepal is that it gives one the opportunity to use the word "regicide" in conversation. Such a good word; so few opportunities to use it.
Indeed, and also "autoregicide". There are few opportunities for that. Apparently it is not the Done Thing in Nepal to accuse the king of any wrongdoing - in fact he has immunity from all prosecution or legal process. (Here in UK you can sue the monarch & it has happened now and again). So they were forced, when Dipendra (did I spell that right) way in intensive care but legally king to say he didn't do it because as king he could have done no wrong. There is a way out of their logical cleft stick. As prince (if we assume the initial reports are true, which of course we don't know) he was a murderer. He became king as soon as he had done the deed. As king he was the embodiment of justice and promptly executed the culprit, himself. Ken
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