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Originally Posted by Nate the Great
If they have the same head of state then they can't be separate countries. That's absurd.
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Didn't we (Netherlands) at one point have the same king as some other country? I think it was Austria or something, but I'm not sure. But because there were different laws there, someone else inheritted it.
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Originally Posted by ijdgaf
Yeah, sorry. The whole "we're independent, really!" deal with Canada is hard to swallow for most Americans. We've had the word "freedom" crammed down our throats so much as children that we can't imagine that sort of leash being pulled by another country, no matter lightly.
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I think I know what you mean, but you don't need the same queen to be on a leash held by another country. Our politicians listen to the US government so much, that sometimes I wish I lived in France.
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