THE NICE THING ABOUT THE NEWS FROM NEPAL...

[Ken Brown]

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