I'm American and consequently fall under the stereotype of rarely having an opinion about anything that happens outside of my country.
Poll: Do you like the British Royal Family?
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I have no reason to either dislike or like them.
I do, however, experience moments where I feel bad for them. That baby that was just born will never have a private moment in his entire life, just because he was born in the royal family. Sure, he'll have a silver spoon in his mouth the whole way, but he'll have the gigantic microscope of the world media analyzing every little thing he does, and picking apart every little mistake he makes. Poor kid.
I do, however, experience moments where I feel bad for them. That baby that was just born will never have a private moment in his entire life, just because he was born in the royal family. Sure, he'll have a silver spoon in his mouth the whole way, but he'll have the gigantic microscope of the world media analyzing every little thing he does, and picking apart every little mistake he makes. Poor kid.
Royalty is important because it is the right way to set up a country. A president is just a person that doesn't really matter; that is why people try to kill them all the time. We have had 4 presidents assassinated and pretty much every president has had people try to kill them. But royalty is more important and better than most normal people, they have a degree of dignity that makes assassins step back and say 'lets not do this;' because killing them is something different where they see the majesty of royalty before them and they are too in awe to try and kill them.
I don't know if I hate them but I don't like them so to speak. In that i don't really know what there purpose is if they don't run the country. Moral I guess?
(non-British FYI)
(non-British FYI)
Can't really vote on the poll because I don't like them, but I don't "not like" them either. There is no particular reason to hate someone just because millions of other people have decided to put them on a pedestal and think royal blood is still relevant in the 21st century.
It's not the royal family's fault. They can't just "shut down" (i.e. tell the public+media to fuck off and stop giving them so much importance) because that will make them look cowardly, and it would break a lot of people's hearts.
I simply don't care about the royal family, and that's how most people on these forums will feel. They are nothing more than a tourist attraction, a group of extremely rich celebrities that occasionally do stuff for charity. Which is cool n' stuff, but I'm really just not interested, just completely indifferent.
It is a bit annoying how much the media is focusing on them though. I don't know whether the media is doing it on it's own accord, or whether it's simply giving the millions of fans what they want, or whether it's a combination of both.
I can't imagine the media giving attention to the royal family "just for the heck of it", there has to be a HUGE amount of interest from the regular public (read: American) that are giving views to the news reports and are hungry for more.
...sorry, that's the only response I could manage to the insanity in that post.
It's not the royal family's fault. They can't just "shut down" (i.e. tell the public+media to fuck off and stop giving them so much importance) because that will make them look cowardly, and it would break a lot of people's hearts.
I simply don't care about the royal family, and that's how most people on these forums will feel. They are nothing more than a tourist attraction, a group of extremely rich celebrities that occasionally do stuff for charity. Which is cool n' stuff, but I'm really just not interested, just completely indifferent.
It is a bit annoying how much the media is focusing on them though. I don't know whether the media is doing it on it's own accord, or whether it's simply giving the millions of fans what they want, or whether it's a combination of both.
I can't imagine the media giving attention to the royal family "just for the heck of it", there has to be a HUGE amount of interest from the regular public (read: American) that are giving views to the news reports and are hungry for more.
Mycroft Holmes said:
...sorry, that's the only response I could manage to the insanity in that post.
To everyone that thinks the royal family costs us money.. you're wrong. They generate it.
That said, I couldn't care less about them so i suppose no, I don't like them. I nothing them.
Prince Harry is good for a laugh though.
That said, I couldn't care less about them so i suppose no, I don't like them. I nothing them.
Prince Harry is good for a laugh though.
I feel the same way. The U.S. news is just...spewing out article after article about that damned baby. I don't dislike them since I don't know anything about them, but I swear, if I hear "royal baby" one more time I'm going to punch a baby. <_<canadamus_prime said:
The news really needs to take a break from this stuff.
Actually that's a sarcastic piece of satire, I just can't put my finger on where I've read it before but it was used by some total pillock in his attempt to make the United Kingdom - when it had a powerful monarchy - seem "better" than the United States.drthmik said:
I think it was an Australian film, I just can't put my finger on where I heard it before.
I'm Canadian, and I actually do like the British Royal Family. Lots of people say they're outdated, and I agree whole-heartedly. That's the exact reason WHY I like them. They're a leftover from another time, they're essentially a living fossil. I appreciate them the same way you appreciate an exhibit in a museum. I look at them kind of like a miraculously still living dinosaur. I don't really care about the people in the family, or what they do and don't actually do, but just the fact that they still exist in some capacity amazes me and I'll actually be sad when they're finally gone.
Ever since Britain was the master of the colonies. That means Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India, etc, all have official diplomatic allegience with Her Majesty.Casual Shinji said:
It... doesn't bother me. At all. I actually like them, from what I've seen in the tabloids.
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=royal+assasination&title=Special%3ASearchMycroft Holmes said:
And need we remind you of French Revolution "Let's behead the king and queen" or the Russian Revolution "Let's shoot the adolescent princess in her f***ing head"?
Those are even MORE bold statements against monarchy than individual assassins, because revolutions are powered by a whackload of people.
