I did get sent a response to the 'Revocation' that was a good deal more sensible and less rude:

> > A comeback to the "Notice of Revocation of Independence" e-mail. > > (Oo-er...) > > > > > Reintegration: The US Responds > > > > > > To the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, we welcome > > > your > > > concern about our electoral process. It must be exciting for you to see > > a > > > real Republic in action, even if from a distance. As always we're amused > > > by your quaint belief that you're actually a world power. The sun never > > > sets on the British Empire! Right-o chum! However, we regretfully have > > to > > > decline your offer > > > for intervention. On the other hand, it would be amusing to see you try > > > to enforce your new policy (for the 96.3% of you that seem to have > > > forgotten > > > that you have little to no real power). After much deliberation, we > > have > > > decided to continue our tradition as the longest running democratic > > > republic. It seems that switching to a monarchy is in fact considered a > > > "backwards step" by the majority of the world. To help you rise from > > your > > > current anachronistic status, we have compiled a series of helpful > > > suggestions that we hope you adopt: > > > > > > 1. Realize that language is an organic structure, and that you aren't > > > always > > > correct in your pronunciation or spelling. Let's use your "aluminium" > > > example. Sir Humphrey Davy (an Englishman) invented the name "aluminum" > > > note spelling) for the metal. However, in common usage the name evolved > > > into > > > "aluminium" to match the naming convention of other elements. In 1925 > > the > > > United States decided to switch back to the original spelling and > > > pronunciation of the word, at which point we dominated the aluminum > > > industry. We'd also like to point out that the process of actually > > > producing