Pale Rider
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Another one for the meaningless bullshit library of Tool phrases.
The Queen / The Monarchy
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Another one for the meaningless bullshit library of Tool phrases.
mudsticks
Squire
Why has it always got to be 'direct harm to someone you know' with you.??
Once again this is a forum about 'politics' and current affairs..
That's 'bigger picture' and 'society' matters.
Not just "A bad thing that happened to a mate of mine"
If you really can't understand or tolerate this, really can't cope with other people actually talking about politics (the subject of this forum) then maybe go elsewhere. ??
Tho I'm sure you'd be heartily missed, by someone 🧐
multitool
Pharaoh
No, just a few sentences that most people, except you, understand perfectly. You are Shep, but with a huge unmerited level of conceit.
Still waiting for your reasons why monarchy is beneficial to nation...
Ian H
Legendary Member
Pale Rider
Veteran
Comedy gold.
Nah, the class sketch with Cleese, Barker, and Corbett is comedy gold.
Mind, you have (unknowingly) alighted on another benefit of the monarchy.
Given all of society's ills are their fault, we wouldn't have those glorious few minutes of comedy were it not for our Royal Family.
God save Cleese, Barker, and Corbett - and the King!
multitool
Pharaoh
Now resorting to hyperbolic misrepresentation.
All uphill
Well-Known Member
As others have said I don't personally have to suffer to despise something. When I see someone verbally or physically abusing someone else I despise that.
The institution of royalty, to me, still is the enduring face of empire, with all it's ills and the whole colonial enterprise. Let me give you an example. There is a Monument near me that celebrates the reign of Victoria and the 'restoration of peace' in South Africa a long time ago. That peace involved the death of many, many young British men in a war to preserve the British Empire and the Empress.
The institution of royalty still epitomises hereditary inequality - in other words unearned privilege. Getting a bigger share of the pie, not because of special achievements or virtue, but simply because of an accident of birth.
I am not envious or jealous of the position Royals find themselves in; I enjoy a quiet and comfortable life like many boomers who had the benefit of a good education and health care system. I am distressed at the position people at the bottom of the pile find themselves in now.
I am surprised that the dissonance between hard working people struggling and the Royals is only now registering with younger people.
multitool
Pharaoh
Great post
All uphill
Well-Known Member
Ian H
Legendary Member
Meientis in ventum.
If memory serves me right Shep has reached quite dizzying heights in his career.
You mean they start off as devotees of the Socialist Workers' Party, and 4 decades later take their seat in the House of Lords.
newfhouse
pleb
HoL apart, I must be getting younger as I get older.
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theclaud
Reading around the chip
Pale Rider
Veteran
Let's have the contra argument.
Clue: stamping your feet and saying I hate the monarchy won't cut it.
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You think if there was no Monarchy this would be different?
There is no 'bottom of the pile' in countries that have no Royal family, USA for example?
People like you just love looking for someone or something to blame.
