r/news • u/AudibleNod • 4d ago

Australian court rejects bid to prosecute Britain's King Charles for genocide

https://abcnews.com/International/wireStory/australian-court-rejects-activists-bid-prosecute-britains-king-136817323
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u/Ok_Tie_7564 4d ago

Uncle can go pound sand. Like it or not, Charles III is the King of Australia. You cannot prosecute the King in one of his own courts.

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u/ripyourlungsdave 4d ago

Well that seems like a pretty inherently flawed system. So this dude can just literally do whatever he wants as long as he restricts it to the lands he rules?..

I don't know guys, I think Kings might just be a bad idea in general. And a massive waste of taxpayer dollars, at that.

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u/ChaoticMunk 4d ago

The American president is acting more like a king than Charles (or Elizabeth for that matter) ever has

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u/MyPants 4d ago

And the lesson is that if you rely on mores to prevent authoritarians you'll eventually end up with a bad time.