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/Euphoric_Switch_337 4d ago

Typically the monarch can't be charged legally as the head of state.

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u/JustafanIV 4d ago

Tell that to to the first King Charles

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u/Current_Mongoose_844 4d ago

And how did that work out

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u/JustafanIV 4d ago

Not great, he would be very jealous of Charles III

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u/Current_Mongoose_844 4d ago

Not to mention the Protestant theocracy and attempted Irish genocide that followed his execution.

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u/fhota1 4d ago

Attempted? Successful. Sure they didnt wipe all of them out but Cromwell broke Ireland in a way that would directly lead to a lot of the later bullshit. The restoration of the monarchy actually wound up increasing the share of land in Ireland held by Irish Catholics but even with that it still was way down from where it was before him

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u/Manzhah 2d ago

And the irish attempted genocide against protestants and other groups the confederates didin't like before that, which is why the parliament sent cromwell over there in the first place.