The Royal Wedding : Othor Games

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 4:26 pm

So, I don't get it, is UK a democratic-ish monarchy? Not a republic, I don't think there are that many countries that actually are true republics (having "republic" in the country name doesn't make it a republic!). But, from my understanding, the monarch doesn't have the same power as, like, King George the 8th or Queen Victoria and the like. Do you get to vote for all your officials, or only some who then get to pick their own lackeys and croneys who aren't accountable to citizens?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_monarchy

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 10:35 am

Well actually it isn't, because from my experience the US media are crazier than any other media (no offence intended).

well... :blush:

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 9:31 am

I don't care, and more importantly, I'm annoyed that it gets more news coverage in the US than in the UK. That's a tad backwards.

I find that hard to believe...

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 2:47 pm

So, I don't get it, is UK a democratic-ish monarchy? Not a republic, I don't think there are that many countries that actually are true republics (having "republic" in the country name doesn't make it a republic!). But, from my understanding, the monarch doesn't have the same power as, like, King George the 8th or Queen Victoria and the like. Do you get to vote for all your officials, or only some who then get to pick their own lackeys and croneys who aren't accountable to citizens?

To my understanding, the monarchy is just a for show kind of thing. I don't think they make any decisions. They are more like a wealthy family that lives in the UK.

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 7:39 pm

I find that hard to believe...

It wouldn't surprise me, countries without any pomp and ceremony end up quite obsessed when they see others doing it.

» Wed Feb 02, 2011 1:38 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=podh1wht9RY#t=00m48s!

Go Monarchy!

holy [censored]! thats where the graduation music comes from then....

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 9:20 am

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_monarchy

Thanks, I thought about using wikipedia for that. Makes a bit more sense, but I'm glad it's not the kind of government/country I live in. Not that my country's government is better, it's just that I find it ridiculous and archaic the whole concept of "royalty" and divine right of kings. "Well I didn't vote for you!" - Monty Python.

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 10:18 pm

It wouldn't surprise me, countries without any pomp and ceremony end up quite obsessed when they see others doing it.

Maybe so, but given the amount of media coverage (not just on TV and in the papers) it's gotten here, I find it hard to believe anywhere could have been more rabid about it than our media.

» Wed Feb 02, 2011 12:25 am

So as this overblown nothing clearly shows the only reason royalty exists (at least in Britain) is for easy, once again mentioned, panem et circenses.

edit:

Maybe so, but given the amount of media coverage (not just on TV and in the papers) it's gotten here, I find it hard to believe anywhere could have been more rabid about it than our media.

the US media are crazier than any other media

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 5:16 pm

holy [censored]! thats where the graduation music comes from then....

Well I didn't know, but I looked it up, and apparently, yes, you Americans do graduate to the sound of a hymn extolling the virtues of the British Empire.

Quite funny the different ways a tune will be used.

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 10:44 am

Well I didn't know, but I looked it up, and apparently, yes, you Americans do graduate to the sound of a hymn extolling the virtues of the British Empire.

Quite funny the different was a tune will be used.

At first I thought it was the http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2e9nTeIwFk&feature=related.

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 11:02 pm

Well I didn't know, but I looked it up, and apparently, yes, you Americans do graduate to the sound of a hymn extolling the virtues of the British Empire.

Quite funny the different was a tune will be used.

so, turns, thank you guys for your anthem too. we made a song out of it as well.

and i have always hated that graduation tune :brokencomputer:

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 2:06 pm

So as this overblown nothing clearly shows the only reason royalty exists (at least in Britain) is for easy, once again mentioned, panem et circenses.

Well yes, but it's uplifting for us to see a big matter of state where the slime of the party political machine is kept far away. Nobody in Britain who was serious about gaining power would ever criticise the royalty, because the public love it so much.

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 6:47 pm

Quite funny the different was a tune will be used.

I don't know what this sentence was supposed to be, but it's one of the best I've read in a while.

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 1:41 pm

Well yes, but it's uplifting for us to see a big matter of state where the slime of the party political machine is kept far away. Nobody in Britain who was serious about gaining power would ever criticise the royalty, because the public love it so much.

I dunno who this "public" are, but they don't sound very British to me...

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 5:01 pm

I don't know what this sentence was supposed to be, but it's one of the best I've read in a while.

There was supposed to be a "y" before the "s" in "was".

I dunno who this "public" are, but they don't sound very British to me...

I've never seen much criticism levelled at the Queen by anyone who was literate, in any case.

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 10:00 pm

Well yes, but it's uplifting for us to see a big matter of state where the slime of the party political machine is kept far away. Nobody in Britain who was serious about gaining power would ever criticise the royalty, because the public love it so much.

So... it's all about not making sense for the sake of not making sense? Oh good, that makes it make sense then, because two negatives make a bull[censored].

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 1:32 pm

Thanks, I thought about using wikipedia for that. Makes a bit more sense, but I'm glad it's not the kind of government/country I live in. Not that my country's government is better, it's just that I find it ridiculous and archaic the whole concept of "royalty" and divine right of kings. "Well I didn't vote for you!" - Monty Python.

The British royals had a bit of an earlier education to 'people power' when they (Cromwell) loped off this guy's head. Since then, they've been more progressive than most - which is why they survived the little power shuffle in the 19th century relatively intact, as compared to, say, France. All political systems are a symptoms of its time, just like how most people find the lobbying system in the US to be the perplexing thing they've ever seen.

Help, help! I'm being oppressed!

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 6:12 pm

Corgi says it all: http://corgiaddict.com/post/4988541714

Also: http://corgiaddict.com/post/4738586830

:P

Corgi corgi corgi! ^_^ I guess that's one thing the royal family is good for.

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 8:53 pm

I dunno who this "public" are, but they don't sound very British to me...

TORIES.

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 2:48 pm

Corgi says it all: http://corgiaddict.com/post/4988541714

Also: http://corgiaddict.com/post/4738586830

:P

Corgi corgi corgi! ^_^ I guess that's one thing the royal family is good for.

One of Princess Anne's bull mastiff's mauled the Queen's favourite Corgi. Princess Anne was promptly exiled to Canada.

So... it's all about not making sense for the sake of not making sense?
Oh good, that makes it make sense then, because two negatives make a
bull[censored].

It's about culture and history. The same reason half of anything in a nation get's done. We just have a different focus for it is all.

edit: Also what the [censored] happened to your avatar, mate?

I got sick of slenderman, I made a cartoon of myself.

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 6:11 pm

Well yes, but it's uplifting for us to see a big matter of state where the slime of the party political machine is kept far away. Nobody in Britain who was serious about gaining power would ever criticise the royalty, because the public love it so much.

Agreed.
I'm originally from Maidstone by the way, then lived in Manchester for awhile when I was a kid.

» Wed Feb 02, 2011 12:17 am

One of Princess Anne's bull mastiff's mauled the Queen's favourite Corgi. Princess Anne was promptly exiled to Canada.

Is that for real or a joke?

What, don't look at me like that, I have no idea how crazy you guys are any more.

edit: Also what the [censored] happened to your avatar, mate?

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 5:58 pm

One of Princess Anne's bull mastiff's mauled the Queen's favourite Corgi. Princess Anne was promptly exiled to Canada.

She totally deserved it. :batman:

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 9:09 am

Is that for real or a joke?

What, don't look at me like that, I have no idea how crazy you guys are any more.

edit: Also what the [censored] happened to your avatar, mate?

its his avatar on the fan forum. ~~WHICH WONT EVEN LOAD FOR ME :brokencomputer:~~

now it does....