And if it is William? At least he is good-looking, will this redeem him in the eyes of the brigade?DaveDodo007 wrote:As Feck said while monarchy is a Grandmother figure, the British public are supporters or apathetic. If the major loon Charles ascends to the throne us anti-monarchy brigade will find our voices once more.
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That's true pretty much every where.Millefleur wrote:I guess most people don't even think about it, its just there, no one pays any attention, it doesn't really have any effect on our day to day lives..
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We had a revolution killed the king once ...turned out to be a stupid idea FFS we could have ended up like France :shudder : Or swearing allegiance every morning and Loving God and the President ,and loving our country Merkin style .Deersbee wrote:Same situation with god in US probably, some people care, others don't, what's the heck with him anyway?!




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Well, having a choice between god and a king I'd choose the king any time, at least you can kill him and abolish the monarchy, with god things are different apparently. 

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Unless he has inherited his fathers traits then it looks like will will never have a republic in my lifetime. :sighsm:Deersbee wrote:And if it is William? At least he is good-looking, will this redeem him in the eyes of the brigade?DaveDodo007 wrote:As Feck said while monarchy is a Grandmother figure, the British public are supporters or apathetic. If the major loon Charles ascends to the throne us anti-monarchy brigade will find our voices once more.
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Zilla, it makes us scratch our heads as much as you - if we ever stop to think about it, but the only real impact the royal family have on us is purely their entertainment value in the mass media. That's literally about it.Feck wrote:I have a conversation that involves the royals about once in 6months on average apart from this forum and often around here it's someone telling us how terrible it must be to live under the rule of a monarch , like it's the 16 hundreds and royal troops are collecting traitors heads for the walls of the Tower .Gawdzilla wrote:Feck, it's the "monarchy" thing as it stands that makes us scratch our head.
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You mean, they are at no cost? C'mon!Pappa wrote:Zilla, it makes us scratch our heads as much as you - if we ever stop to think about it, but the only real impact the royal family have on us is purely their entertainment value in the mass media. That's literally about it.Feck wrote:I have a conversation that involves the royals about once in 6months on average apart from this forum and often around here it's someone telling us how terrible it must be to live under the rule of a monarch , like it's the 16 hundreds and royal troops are collecting traitors heads for the walls of the Tower .Gawdzilla wrote:Feck, it's the "monarchy" thing as it stands that makes us scratch our head.
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Of course there are.... but we just sort of forget about it.Deersbee wrote:You mean, they are at no cost? C'mon!Pappa wrote:Zilla, it makes us scratch our heads as much as you - if we ever stop to think about it, but the only real impact the royal family have on us is purely their entertainment value in the mass media. That's literally about it.Feck wrote:I have a conversation that involves the royals about once in 6months on average apart from this forum and often around here it's someone telling us how terrible it must be to live under the rule of a monarch , like it's the 16 hundreds and royal troops are collecting traitors heads for the walls of the Tower .Gawdzilla wrote:Feck, it's the "monarchy" thing as it stands that makes us scratch our head.
Believe me, I'd love to see the lot of them strung up and disembowelled, but I'm in a minority.
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And because going to church becomes part of the regular social ritual of the community, where paying lip service to an arbitrary set of beliefs is the entry ticket to a rewarding tribal feeling...Ian wrote:I'm convinced the same is true for a great many Merkins.Pappa wrote:I'm 100% sure that a large proportion of those who identify as religious do so merely because they were Christened and have never really thought about it at all.
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Herd mentality is strong here.JimC wrote:And because going to church becomes part of the regular social ritual of the community, where paying lip service to an arbitrary set of beliefs is the entry ticket to a rewarding tribal feeling...Ian wrote:I'm convinced the same is true for a great many Merkins.Pappa wrote:I'm 100% sure that a large proportion of those who identify as religious do so merely because they were Christened and have never really thought about it at all.
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Deersbee wrote:You mean, they are at no cost? C'mon!Pappa wrote:Zilla, it makes us scratch our heads as much as you - if we ever stop to think about it, but the only real impact the royal family have on us is purely their entertainment value in the mass media. That's literally about it.Feck wrote:I have a conversation that involves the royals about once in 6months on average apart from this forum and often around here it's someone telling us how terrible it must be to live under the rule of a monarch , like it's the 16 hundreds and royal troops are collecting traitors heads for the walls of the Tower .Gawdzilla wrote:Feck, it's the "monarchy" thing as it stands that makes us scratch our head.
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Nahh she's a mythus.Deersbee wrote:What is the queen but a living myth?
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Think what you could do with 62p/year over the course of a lifetime?Deep Sea Isopod wrote:Deersbee wrote:You mean, they are at no cost? C'mon!Pappa wrote:Zilla, it makes us scratch our heads as much as you - if we ever stop to think about it, but the only real impact the royal family have on us is purely their entertainment value in the mass media. That's literally about it.Feck wrote:I have a conversation that involves the royals about once in 6months on average apart from this forum and often around here it's someone telling us how terrible it must be to live under the rule of a monarch , like it's the 16 hundreds and royal troops are collecting traitors heads for the walls of the Tower .Gawdzilla wrote:Feck, it's the "monarchy" thing as it stands that makes us scratch our head.
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Modern countries show patriotism in reponse to an outside threat. Religion is thrown in as part of tradition.
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