It's ok.
I also think it's farcical.
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 11 May 2010, 17:10, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

You be careful too
Or do you want people to get upset with you?
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 11 May 2010, 17:12, Reply)

Well, as a British citizen
my post probably counts as treason. If that were still a punishable offence, I think I could live with the additional consequence of the pro-royal /offtopicers being upset with me.
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 11 May 2010, 17:15, Reply)

It's quite clear - this is a democracy, unless the Queen says otherwise.

( Larry Vest One day at a time, sweet Jesus, FFS., Tue 11 May 2010, 17:19, Reply)

My father supports the King in Spain
However, he keept asking me, when I started voting at 18, "If this is a real democracy, and you choose who is in the goverment, why cannot you choose if you want a king or not?"
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 11 May 2010, 17:22, Reply)

I wouldn't count myself as pro-royal
as such. But I certainly wouldn't want to abolish the monarchy. Make of that what you will
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 11 May 2010, 17:22, Reply)

Pro-royal
Clearly.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 11 May 2010, 17:22, Reply)

if you read what I had written
-not pro-royal. Just not anti them
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 11 May 2010, 17:29, Reply)

Similarly, I'm not necessarily abolitionist
(At least, I've mellowed over the years)
If they still turn a profit as the world's biggest hereditary tourist attraction, then they can carry on as figureheads, I just think it's time we did away with these dreadfully dated parts of the constitution (e.g., as Larry describes it "a democracy, unless the Queen says otherwise"). I know she doesn't wield any real power, it just strikes me as immensely hypocritical that we blunder round the world preaching the benefits and virtues of democracy when our own official head of state is appointed autocratically.
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 11 May 2010, 17:26, Reply)