I shan't be on that march.
Whilst I wouldn't call myself a monarchist, I'd rather have them than not. We tried being a Republic, it didn't work out.
( Kroney, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 11:55, 1 reply, 13 years ago)

they make a lot of money for the country
look what all those tourists paid to see that dullard kate middleton's wedding dress.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 11:56, Reply)

We're already a republic in all but name. The monarchy's a powerless figurehead.
What's the point in getting all cross about them? It's as stupid as taking the internet seriou...oh.
( Kroney, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 11:58, Reply)

What we have is a civil list payment system, which sees a load of unelected idiots receive millions of pounds of taxpayers money each year.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 12:01, Reply)

Why is their being unelected an issue? They don't have any power over anything.
Also, they make more money than they spend. The equivalent argument is getting rid of a company's staff because they have to be paid.

Furthermore, they're really very good at staying where they are, so you can hardly call them idiots.

Your argument really isn't very well thought out. It depends more on the fact that you don't like them than any sort of logic.
( Kroney, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 12:08, Reply)

They can technically orevent a Bill form passing into law.
But they never actually have, and probably never will.
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Mon 2 Apr 2012, 12:10, Reply)

They never will because if they tried to exercise it
Parliament would rescind that power and present the bill again. Everybody knows where everybody stands, except Battered and his gang of revolutionaries.
( Kroney, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 12:13, Reply)

I may be misinformed, but don't they take a fair bit from the country too?

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 11:59, Reply)

They turn a net profit, I believe.

( Kroney, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 11:59, Reply)

i think most of the main ones contribute more than they cost (that utter dickwad andrew being an exception)
then they raise britain's profile and tourists come to see them.

plus they employ a hell of a lot of people.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 12:02, Reply)

Aside from the economics of the Monarchy
they are part of our history and our country's national identity and thus it would be a shame to get rid of them.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 12:03, Reply)

it doesn't bear thinking about what it would do to our land law and other legal systems
*shudders with laziness*
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 12:05, Reply)

So is Morris Dancing

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 12:05, Reply)

key distinction
it would NOT be a shame to get rid of that
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 12:06, Reply)

It really would.
I like seeing Morris Dancing at fates (spelling? I'm sure there should be an accent somewhere, or possibly an i). Admitiedly I wouldn't want to be friends with someone who considered it a good hobby, but I'm glad it exists.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 12:08, Reply)

fetes?
with a little hat over the first e maybe
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 12:11, Reply)

You are correct.

(Bazongaloid, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 12:13, Reply)

The last time I saw morris dancing was at a country fair,
where they also had a piano smashing contest and steam rollers. Brilliant.
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Mon 2 Apr 2012, 12:17, Reply)

It is slowly dying out
Although there may just be enough people who would miss it to try to keep it alive. The problem being that you probably wouldn't care enough/be unselfconscious enough until you are much older, by which time the current practitioners will have died out and you'll be learning it from books rather than practice.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 12:20, Reply)

THE FUTURE OF THE MORRIS IS IN YOUR HANDS, AL

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 12:20, Reply)

one kid in my year at school did it
you can imagine how well in there with the cool crew he was.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 12:23, Reply)

I didn't know kids were allowed to morris dance.
Possible health and safety consequences.
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Mon 2 Apr 2012, 12:25, Reply)

They even let women do it nowadays

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 12:27, Reply)

it was 6th form
so he was 17/18
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 12:32, Reply)

i have no problem with morris dancing either
all these things add to the rich tapestry of life. if everyone got rid of everythig they didn't like, we'd be left with nothing except the blandest of lives.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 12:07, Reply)

i like kate middleton, she seems nice

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 12:10, Reply)

+ i bet she loves it in the dirtbox

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 12:13, Reply)

nah i don' think so, she'd snap

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 12:14, Reply)