Story: Here today, gong tomorrow for 'Sir' Bill Gates
Posted by: Adam Hendine (Monday 26 January 2004, 12:10 PM)
To quote from the BBC website...
A constitutional amendment to outlaw such awards was written back in 1810 - just before Britain and the US resumed their warring ways.
"If any citizen of the United States shall accept, claim, receive or retain any title of nobility or honour, or shall, without the consent of Congress ¿ from any emperor, king, prince or foreign power, such person shall cease to be a citizen of the United States, and shall be incapable of holding any office of trust."
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Any office of trust...
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Story: Here today, gong tomorrow for 'Sir' Bill Gates
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I was delighted to read that Tim Berners-Lee was t... Anonymous -
well it is our policy to reward criminals with hol... Anonymous
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How about a £1 million per month licence fee
(sorr... Anonymous
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Ah, Unix users are so funny when they're angry. Walshicus
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Tony Blair has never had a problem with monopolies... Anonymous
