Hey, even British people don't care. It's just bored housewives with no lives of their own that are interested in this bollocks.DeadFOAM said:
EXTERMINATE..... the Royal Wedding?
- Thread starter TimeLord
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As an American and as someone who is digsuted about the importance put onto unimportant people, I dont understand the big deal.
I dont like the royal family. They are just figurehead, so really they are just wasted space in my view. I also dont condone the idea of royalty outside of fantasy games.
I dont like the royal family. They are just figurehead, so really they are just wasted space in my view. I also dont condone the idea of royalty outside of fantasy games.
Because I want to know?ekkaman said:
That is like saying "You are not American, therefore you shouldn't eat McDonalds."
(Just an example, there are PLENTY of good reasons to not eat there.)[/quote]
Significance um maybe cause he is second in line to be their king, that is just off the top of my head.
BTW your example is pretty stupid as you start you first post with "not caring then again I'm not British".
Almost like you think only the British should or would care.
Woooo! Wedding spirit!
I'll be sitting at my computer, paying no attention to it except the noticeable tweets on twitter.
I'm not all that fussed really. xD It doesn't affect me in any way, although I bet most of the shops will be closed in town today.
I'll be sitting at my computer, paying no attention to it except the noticeable tweets on twitter.
I'm not all that fussed really. xD It doesn't affect me in any way, although I bet most of the shops will be closed in town today.
I'm just saying, being raised to do the job they've got, they'll at least be competent at it.MiracleOfSound said:
I'm no Royalist.
I live next door to England so as long as it's not too loud and doesn't go on all night.
Some of us have work in the morning.
Some of us have work in the morning.
Argh, you lucky thing D: I wish I had a job so I could work a bank holiday and be paid more....TimeLord said:
Never knew there were so many miserable bastards on the Escapist. The reason a huge amount of British people care at least is because of how entwined the Monarchy is in our culture, you know the whole United Kingdom bit. I'm no royalist, I didn't even watch the wedding but the people who take the whole "living in the dark ages" "evil oppresive monarchy" clearly don't have a clue what they're yammering on about.
What especially irks me is the people who spout this nonsense prattle take the view that having an overblown popularity contest every couple of years which falls down who can afford the most advertising somehow makes them a glorious bastion of freedom compared to mine (especially when Britain does the same bloody thing). My country was free back when yours was just a grazing ground for Buffalo.
Yes the Monarchy isn't perfect, isn't even within viewing distance of the word, they're only human after all. But that doesn't justify the nonsensical vitriol being spewed about my country.
What especially irks me is the people who spout this nonsense prattle take the view that having an overblown popularity contest every couple of years which falls down who can afford the most advertising somehow makes them a glorious bastion of freedom compared to mine (especially when Britain does the same bloody thing). My country was free back when yours was just a grazing ground for Buffalo.
Yes the Monarchy isn't perfect, isn't even within viewing distance of the word, they're only human after all. But that doesn't justify the nonsensical vitriol being spewed about my country.
TimeLord said:
I'm pretty sure Princess Diana was a commoner before she married Charles.
Anyway.
I'm British and you cannot fathom the amount of fuck I do not give over this wedding. Yes, lets pull the wool over the eyes of the British public with a pretty wedding whilst we continue to fuck over this country.
[Yes, I believe this whole wedding has been pulled off as a puff piece to try and boost our morals about how shit our country is turning]
I watched the wedding. sort of. As a brit, theres not much else on TV. but i made coffee during the actual ceremony and had a driving lesson during the carriage ride and kiss(es). so I saw parts of it. but really? I couldn't care less.
I like it because I get a day off school, lots of shops are empty and the country probably makes money from all the tourism. Also a good excuse for street partying, mainly because David Cameron made a speech explicitly saying that if we want to have street parties than we can.
However, it is a bit dissapointing that in this day and age of democracy we still keep the monarchy that exploited the working class for all those centuries.
However, it is a bit dissapointing that in this day and age of democracy we still keep the monarchy that exploited the working class for all those centuries.