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| hicham el anonymous |
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I think the Queen and the notion of a royal family is a shame on your great country. In order to justify the treatment of the Royal Family, you;d have to make an argument for genetic superiority, which could easily be extrapolated to make similar arguments about race, gender, ethnicity. Join the 21st century, England and get rid of the Royal Family. The family someone is born into should not determine their status in society. (I know that in all countries this is partially true, but the supporting a Royal Family is state sponsored elevation of individuals based on birth.) What say ye? |
| danno |
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I think they just view Royalty as a living (although expensive) museum. I will accept any corrections/mocking from Brits. |
| american loyalist |
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Thou art an idiot. |
| interested observer |
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Monarchism is just a hole for tax payers to dump their money in. This was the same country that had a hissy-fit over the summer when their MPs over spent on their expense accounts... |
| Some coked up Brit |
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I'm British (as you might have gathered!) and would say that "pride" is the wrong word to describe how most British people feel about the Queen. I am certainly not "proud" of her, but I acknowledge that she goes about her private and public business with the dignity, humilty and gravitas that befits her and her position as head of state. (Not sure all heads of the state in the US necessarily do/have done that during the reign of QE2!) The British are essentially pragmatic, unlike our greatest friend and enemy, the French, who are idealistic. An idealist would say that an ideal nation would not have a monarchy and change things swiftly to reach that position. A pragmatist looks at the current situation and wonders how to best to improve it, by working with what we have. In the evolution of the British constitution there will be no resting place. The role of the monarch changes, slowly, incrementally, gradually, reflecting the changing needs of the subjects of Her Majesty. There's no real need to get rid of the monarchy: they are not harmful and (although certain of the lesser royals are fairly awful) they do a large amount of charity work. They also bring in a huge amount of tourism into Britain, which helps our economy. There is also the question of what to put in their place if we do get rid of them! The British look at the pomp and ceremony that many other countries have with their presidents and feel slightly nautious. It's just not very British. It's not really a question of superior genetics. We all know that as a family they are not known for their intelligence or looks! Generally I would agree with the maxim that social status should not be a derivative of birth, but I can't seem to get excited about this small exception. The Queen will open the London Olympics in 2012. (She visited the sites today and walked round the running track. She met people working on building the venues and helped plant a tree.) She's just an old lady who loves her country. Let her be I say. |
| Actually |
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Great Britain owns most of the world. The New World Order is headquartered there. |
| Dr Hook |
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I'm very British and very pro monarchy. Whilst I don't have much respect for the minor royals I have great respect for HM Queen. I would rather dump my money into the monarchy than the Olympics for example. The Queen didn't ask to be in that position and whilst the position has great privileges it also comes with upset. Over the years people have tried to kill her, members of her family have been kidnapped/killed, most notably Lord Mountbatten, so would you swap places with her? At any price? Take a read of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damocles. As for the comparison between her and the MP's most of the MP's that were on the fiddle were the dirty champagne socialist labour party members. The labour party claims to be the party of the working man and funnily enough is also very anti-monarchy claiming that the monarchy are just a bunch of sponges. So whilst complaining about the monarchy the Labour party behave in a similar way but they deny doing it, trying to change the laws so the details never come out etc. The Queen can not change the laws. She just signs them. The labour party has nothing in common with the working man and most MP's have nothing in common with the Queen. So the two issues are completely different. |
| american loyalist |
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http://www.thecrownestate.co.uk/about_us/our_history.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_List William is free to marry a commoner with no effect on the order of succession. He could marry a black woman and have mixed raced kids if he wants. It isn't against any rules. |
| Some coked up Brit |
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He can marry anyone of any race or religion, but he can't marry a Catholic. |
| wellokaythen |
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monarchs are for assholes "this flag dips to no earthly king" -Martin Sheridan (a great American and a man not unlike Meb) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Sheridan |
| stupid race mixing |
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them limeys have a stupid race mixing cult where the queen hooked up with a kraut, then they call the kids english when they are really 1/2 nazi mutts. i don't get how that fag system came about. anyone know ? |
| Fasty McFastington |
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This is what I like about the whole Queen thing. She is a figurehead who does ceremonial stuff. In the U.S., the President does all the meaningless ceremonial bullshit. We turn him into a celebrity. Why not bring in a figurehead so that the president can run the country while someone else reads to school kids and shows up at community development projects to get their picture taken painting a mural. |
| stupid in the least |
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it's stupid in the least. they waste $1B per year on one faggy family of 1/2 bred bastards. princes di was videotaped slurpping down that semitic bastard's load on public tv. her two boys are fraidy cat wimps hiding behind the front lines like americans who join the usaf and usn then go bragging about being real vets. they should dump that family since they were picked only 300 years ago. i.e. short lived in comparison to other dynasties. |
| Some coked up Brit |
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Where did you get the $1B per year figure from? Your ass? |
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http://www.royal.gov.uk/TheRoyalHousehold/Royalfinances/HeadofStateexpenditure.aspx Head of State expenditure is the official expenditure relating to The Queen's duties as Head of State and Head of the Commonwealth. Head of State expenditure has reduced significantly over the past decade, from £87.3 million in 1991-92 (expressed in current pounds) to £41.5 million in 2008-09. In the year 2008-09 The Queen cost the taxpayer just 69 pence per person. Head of State expenditure is met from public funds in exchange for the surrender by The Queen of the revenue from the Crown Estate. In the financial year to 31 March 2009 the revenue surplus from the Crown Estate paid to the Treasury amounted to £211 million. |
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The queen is also free to abdicate at any time. |
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She's married to a Greek. |
| Furious D |
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As a Scot I have to say I cant stand the royal family as they are just a waste of time and are only kept around for those people who love "britishness". I cant wait for independance from those fools. |
| Clifford Diffley |
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well you scots are certainly taking your sweet time about it. |
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Of course, the Queen herself is Scots (well, half). Actually the royals, if you go back far enough, mostly qualify as Krauts. Still, the Queen Mum was a nice little Scottish lady who lived in three centuries (how many can say that?), and her daughter (EII) is a nice little old British lady with quite the queenly rack, which I feel is a point in her favor (sorry, "favour"). Based on her mum's longevity, EII could outlive her son, who's already 60+ (English kings named Charles don't seem to fare too well in any case), meaning the next monarch would be Prince William (if he lives--he's a military pilot). Whether William and his brother have three-digit IQs seems to be an open question. Their mother (Diana) was certainly not the sharpest tool in the shed, and their granddad (Philip) is unquestionably a couple sandwiches short of a picnic. OTOH I suppose the royals may give the average UKer at least a couple pounds' worth of entertainment per year, which I believe is more than they cost, and the Brits have done a good job of removing the monarchs from any activity that actually calls for intelligence. All of which I can sum up, I suppose, by saying that I'm not in favor (favour, sorry) of the monarchy but feel there are much more pressing problems at hand. |
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