• Why we (The United Kingdom), should continue to have a Royal Family.
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[QUOTE=Grimgor13;29494522]The queen can decide what governments can form, for example if the BNP had a winning number of votes she could say nope and not allow them to win.[/QUOTE] That's more than i thought.
[QUOTE=Grimgor13;29494522]The queen can decide what governments can form, for example if the BNP had a winning number of votes she could say nope and not allow them to win.[/QUOTE] That goes against the ideas of democracy.
The Queen is 80+ and she works extremely hard for a woman of her age. She does carries out a variety of tasks such as maintianing foreign relations to awarding our brave soldiers medals. Also, all you Americans remember who colonised you before you go slagging off the Royal Family. [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tN9EC3Gy6Nk[/url] But still, nothing beats the mighty USSR's anthem. [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U06jlgpMtQs&feature=related[/url]
[QUOTE=XtraGaming;29494704]The Queen is 80+ and she works extremely hard for a woman of her age. She does carries out a variety of tasks such as maintianing foreign relations to awarding our brave soldiers medals. Also, all you Americans remember who colonised you before you go slagging off the Royal Family. [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tN9EC3Gy6Nk[/url] But still, nothing beats the mighty USSR's anthem. [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U06jlgpMtQs&feature=related[/url][/QUOTE] More like deserting brits than colonized Americans.
[QUOTE=JohnnyMo1;29494636]Thanks you've convinced me your argument is rock solid and you're not actually nuts at all[/QUOTE] Don't get me wrong I don't know much about the politics behind them, just a few tasty titbits, but I do like the idea of the Royal family because I like tradition. [editline]28th April 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=Coffee;29494692]That goes against the ideas of democracy.[/QUOTE] Might be right might be wrong, I just heard it off a person who is obsessed with them.
[QUOTE=Grimgor13;29494522]The queen can decide what governments can form, for example if the BNP had a winning number of votes she could say nope and not allow them to win.[/QUOTE] Care to provide a source for that? Sounds like bullshit. If the BNP were democratically elected, the Queen can't stop them. Her powers can be pretty much summed up with having the ability to appoint a Prime Minister and dissolve Parliament for early elections (At the request of the government)
Basically parliament is in charge, and have been for a few hundred years. [editline]28th April 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=XtraGaming;29494704]Also, all you Americans remember who colonised you before you go slagging off the Royal Family.[/QUOTE] Technically it wasn't the same royal family. That was the tudors
Isn't that a picture of Mont Saint-Michel in the video? I thought that was a French Castle. :colbert: [img]http://www.dimensionsguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Mont-Saint-Michel-Castle.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=Billiam;29494890]Isn't that a picture of Mont Saint-Michel in the video? I thought that was a French Castle. :colbert:[/QUOTE] He was comparing wasn't he?
[QUOTE=sami-elite;29494952]He was comparing wasn't he?[/QUOTE] Either he's calling it a British Castle or giving a shitty example. It's probably the former since he drew a turd on the prior castle.
I don't see why they all hate the Royal family I think it's awesome how we are carrying on a old tradition and the feeling I get when I know the whole world will be watching London on the wedding day. [editline]28th April 2011[/editline] The Royal family also does an incredible amount for the country and charities.
[QUOTE=Billiam;29494890]Isn't that a picture of Mont Saint-Michel in the video? I thought that was a French Castle. :colbert: [/QUOTE] Thats a nice castle!
[QUOTE=iusehax;29495047]I don't see why they all hate the Royal family I think it's awesome how we are carrying on a old tradition and the feeling I get when I know the whole world will be watching London on the wedding day. [editline]28th April 2011[/editline] The Royal family also does an incredible amount for the country and charities.[/QUOTE] They're also born into an undeserving life of wealth and prosperity, while millions of British men and women struggle to get by.
[QUOTE=iusehax;29495047]I don't see why they all hate the Royal family I think it's awesome how we are carrying on a old tradition and the feeling I get when I know the whole world will be watching London on the wedding day. [editline]28th April 2011[/editline] The Royal family also does an incredible amount for the country and charities.[/QUOTE] Monarchy is just for show. Gold, suits, tradition. Come at us silly traditionless yanks. :( [editline]28th April 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=Bad)-(and;29495162]They're also born into an undeserving life of wealth and prosperity, while the millions of British men and women struggle to get by.[/QUOTE] It's like a fish bowl. You put a fish in and feed it. If it makes babies fishes you put in more food because you don't want them to die. They are there to be pretty.
[QUOTE=Bad)-(and;29495162]They're also born into an undeserving life of wealth and prosperity, while millions of British men and women struggle to get by.[/QUOTE] But without them even more would struggle to survive because the royal family bring in millions to the tourism industry.
[QUOTE=iusehax;29495225]But without them even more would struggle to survive because the royal family bring in millions to the tourism industry.[/QUOTE] As long as Brits continue to speak English I guarantee you the British Tourism Industry will keep their U.S. tourists.
[QUOTE=Bad)-(and;29495162]They're also born into an undeserving life of wealth and prosperity, while millions of British men and women struggle to get by.[/QUOTE] Yeah fuck them for being luckier than you are! Take all their money away! But paris hilton is ok, she can keep her money.
[QUOTE=iusehax;29495225]But without them even more would struggle to survive because the royal family bring in millions to the tourism industry.[/QUOTE] So the only way we can get money from tourism is if we're treating undeserving people to unjustifiable, disgusting levels of wealth. There's absolutely no way we can support the tourism industry without them being unfathomably rich while millions of people starve to death alright then. [editline]28th April 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=Jo The Shmo;29495438]Yeah fuck them for being luckier than you are! Take all their money away! But paris hilton is ok, she can keep her money.[/QUOTE] Why not take their money? they don't deserve it and people will use it better.
[QUOTE=Billiam;29495366]As long as Brits continue to speak English I guarantee you the British Tourism Industry will keep their U.S. tourists.[/QUOTE] But I read the statistics of how much the royal family do and I just find it really annoying when arrogant butt hurt poor people try to blame the royal family and say that they don't do anything when in fact the people complaining are probably the ones on benefits who can't be bothered to work because they messed around as kids. [editline]28th April 2011[/editline] Half the posts above justify my statement.
[QUOTE=Robbobin;29495457]So the only way we can get money from tourism is if we're treating undeserving people to unjustifiable, disgusting levels of wealth. There's absolutely no way we can support the tourism industry without them being unfathomably rich while millions of people starve to death alright then. [editline]28th April 2011[/editline] Why not take their money? they don't deserve it and people will use it better.[/QUOTE] You know, communism doesn't really work that well. Sure on paper it looks fine, but it's pretty hard to get right.
How can anyone not see the problem with the "the royal family work really hard!!!" argument? Nevermind the fact that billions of people work hard and don't get what they deserve. Unlucky m8, you were born into the wrong family [editline]28th April 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=Jo The Shmo;29495513]You know, communism doesn't really work that well. Sure on paper it looks fine, but it's pretty hard to get right.[/QUOTE] You know what doesn't look fine on paper and doesn't work in practice, either? monarchy
Monarchy has proven through history to work for large spans of centuries.
I didn't realise people [i]actually[/i] supported monarchy. wow. [editline]28th April 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=Loures;29495622]Monarchy has proven through history to work for large spans of centuries.[/QUOTE] Not really. We've gotten by, but it's been holding us back. How can anybody not see that monarchy is an illegitimate form of government how
[QUOTE=Robbobin;29495623]I didn't realise people [i]actually[/i] supported monarchy. wow.[/QUOTE] People here in the UK still support the monarchy in fact they are quite popular, ignoring the facebook retards of course. There are still more who support.
[QUOTE=Loures;29495622]Monarchy has proven through history to work for large spans of centuries.[/QUOTE] Until democracy showed up.
[QUOTE=iusehax;29495659]People here in the UK still support the monarchy in fact they are quite popular, ignoring the facebook retards of course. There are still more who support.[/QUOTE] I live in the UK. I was under the impression everyone hated the monarchy because it directly undermines the principle of fairness and democracy
[QUOTE=Bad)-(and;29495162]They're also born into an undeserving life of wealth and prosperity, while millions of British men and women struggle to get by.[/QUOTE] So are celebrities and politicians.
[QUOTE=Robbobin;29495712]I live in the UK. I was under the impression everyone hated the monarchy because it directly undermines the principle of fairness and democracy[/QUOTE] No, it's hated because it serves no actual purpose aside from tourism.
[QUOTE=Robbobin;29495712]I live in the UK. I was under the impression everyone hated the monarchy because it directly undermines the principle of fairness and democracy[/QUOTE] Depends where you live I guess.
I'm so apathetic towards the crown I just can't really be bothered dealing with them, it would be WAY too complicated to remove them and all their bloody family ties and connections (all the Lords, Ladies etc). The Royal Family own this lands through deals, business and God wills it nonsense and although I'm sure it does sound horrifying to people outside of Britain - I have heard way worse situations in the sense of 'land entitlement'. The Royals are celebrities essentially but someone overlooked is they are successful business owners and control a lot of land in Britain (regardless of how they got the damn stuff). If Americans think its barmy we have a Monarchy, I would say they are just as barmy for worshipping people like Paris Hilton.
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