Items Tagged ‘Symbolism’
January 24th, 2008 - File under Blog - Tags: Symbolism - 3 Comments;
Good PR cannot save a bad idea, but bad PR can very easily cripple a good one. Canada’s republican movement is, as I have previously noted, a minor movement on an obscure issue. It’s thus vital that in this early stage of the game Canadian republicans are able to present themselves, and their cause, as [...]
December 11th, 2007 - File under Blog - Tags: Symbolism - 172 Comments;
According to monarchist logic, a monarch is supposed to be superior to a president because while the later is an elected, and therefore divisive figure, the former is “above politics” and therefore a figure of unity. This is almost never true in practice, however. Indeed, it is hard to think of a head of state who [...]
