Poll: Do you like the British Royal Family?

[drthmik]

Nah, fucking leeches living off taxpayers. Can't believe the Brits are still putting up with them.

EDIT: For the record I hate royalty in general. Did any of you guys catch the news about that idiot Spanish king shooting endangered wildlife in Africa while Spain goes through the worst economic crisis the country has ever suffered, with an unemployment rate of over 20%? Fucking pests, all of them.

The Royal Family still owns the land is pretty much the gist.

HA! if nobody posted this I was going to
and there's no option for "I could not possibly care less"

 

[Mycroft Holmes]

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.

 

[Eric the Orange]

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)

 

[Tsun Tzu]

Needs more options.
I'm British and...
I mean, it's a little annoying people won't shut up about them when something happens in their lives. But you sort of learn to live with it here.

I'm an American...and I'd like to echo both this sentiment and the video clip conveying it.

 

[Yuuki]

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.

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.

...sorry, that's the only response I could manage to the insanity in that post.

 

[miketehmage]

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.

 

[drthmik]

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.

You should try reading some history before you make claims that are not true

 

[Dr. Pepper Unlimited]

I'm Canadian and while I don't DISlike them I am kind of sick and tired of hearing about them. Like really, I don't give a shit about Kate and her STUPID baby.

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. <_<

The news really needs to take a break from this stuff.

 

[Yuuki]

I'm Canadian and while I don't DISlike them I am kind of sick and tired of hearing about them. Like really, I don't give a shit about Kate and her STUPID baby.

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. <_<

The news really needs to take a break from this stuff.

I wish it was just US news. I'm sitting here in NZ and even less inclined to give a shit about any of that, but local news channels they STILL end up dedicating large chunks of time to the royal family.

 

[DRTJR]

As a Monarchist my default answer is yes, I only wish we had a King/Queen.

 

[Abomination]

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.

You should try reading some history before you make claims that are not true

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.

I think it was an Australian film, I just can't put my finger on where I heard it before.

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

I like where the poll results are going, by the way.

 

[Gizen]

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.

 

[lacktheknack]

Also, when did the British royal family become the royal family of Earth?

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.

It... doesn't bother me. At all. I actually like them, from what I've seen in the tabloids.

 

[lacktheknack]

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.

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=royal+assasination&title=Special%3ASearch

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.

 

[Terramax]

Maybe there should be a 'neutral' option?

I consider 'neutral' to be under the heading 'don't like' as in 'don't care for'.

'Don't like' doesn't mean the same as 'I hate' in this case.

Sorry for the lack of clarification.

 

[Varanfan9]

American here and I dislike the whole idea. Its like those billionaires who hide all their money away in tax havens, except these guys can do it out in the open. Seriously, they get money and a freaking palace for doing NOTHING at all.

 

[Abomination]

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.

Considering how there are now 3 generations of direct male first-born descendents, this particular living dinosaur will out-live YOU.

 

[drthmik]

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.

You should try reading some history before you make claims that are not true

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.

I think it was an Australian film, I just can't put my finger on where I heard it before.

Ah... Well I had no way to know that

 

[KungFuJazzHands]

They seem alright, at least from what I saw in that John Goodman movie.