If a lie is repeated often enough, it will become true.
Also, fighting Republicans makes them more determined to win out of principle. Having a better argument is like having a bigger sword: it doesn't automatically make you the winner.
That is the comment I left on this WWWeb Site:
Talk about shooting yourself in the foot. In... - Australians for Constitutional Monarchy
The way to ensure the succession into the future of the Australian Crown is to take all the seperatge arguments in favour of a Republic, in particular the Social Ideals that are represented by the collective concept of the ideal Republic, but which need not be, and show they can all be achieved better under the Crown, and any changes that might still be needed can be achieved quicker, more smoothly and with wider community consultation and acceptance than via the change to a Republic.
If the change is not intended to achieve any real social change it is just cosmetic. Changing a symbol just because we like the look of the new one more might be valid, but should be seen for what it is and not be treated as an irrelevant side issue, hidden under a lot of other pretend issues that are actually not issues at all, like Australian Independence, which we already have totally.
A debate about symbolism is really all that it is about, because one would hope that any genuine social change that is desirable would have been achieved by now or be in the process, such as gender equality, equal representation under the law and Aboriginal Reconciliation. Were Australia to become a Republic, looking at how social interactions and rights and duties, nothing should change, although an enormous change in the Bureaucratic manifestation would be necessary, requiring the rebranding of every piece of stationary and every title in the entire Public Service; the cost to do effectively nothing but a name change would be vast, though arguably it would be a good Economic Stimulus like the boost from the introduction of the GST.
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