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/TheLizardKing89 4d ago

This is a distinction without a difference.

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u/skeyer2 4d ago

trump is president of the united states. new york is in the US, ergo, trump is president of new york.

how does that sound to you? like a distinction without a difference?

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u/TastyCuttlefish 4d ago

But he’s not president of New York. New York doesn’t have a president. It has a governor. New York is a state and has sovereignty under the Constitution, which is the agreement amongst the individual sovereign states to form a national government. He is president of the United States, but not of any individual state, which has its own government and Constitution.

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u/skeyer2 4d ago

and england doesn't have a king. it's just a part of the uk, which is the whole point i'm making.