British Royal Family - Page 3

star43 · June 2nd, 2012, 08:15 PM

For 31 minutes I thought the fight had ended.I will leave it up to everyone else to decide.

Sam Spade · June 2nd, 2012, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by billybunter

The royals can hit back. Can the man with a gun shoved down his throat by HMQ armed forces hit back, an ordinary working man? NO. With the greatest respect you are wrong.

Enough British troops murdered by the " ordinary working man" proves you wrong.

**billybunter** · June 2nd, 2012, 09:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Sam Spade

Enough British troops murdered by the " ordinary working man" proves you wrong.

That's what happens when you invade another country. You don't fight wars with water pistols.

**spitalhouse** · June 2nd, 2012, 09:24 PM

One cannot expect to pose the question 'Are you a Royalist' and not expect some heated debate as a consequence.

We are after all discussing the instiution that provides this nation with its Head of State, irrespective of merit, suitablity or competence - in fact their only qulaifcation for the job is that they just happen to be the next one in the family whose turn it is.

I'd like merely to make one observation in response to those who are quite relaxed about having a head of state who is un-elected. Had Edward VIII not abdicated in 1936 this nation would have inherited a monarch who was an ardent admirer of Adolf Hitler, as well as being a friend and supporter of British Union of Fascists leader Oswald Mosely. Fact!

Regards.

**billybunter** · June 2nd, 2012, 09:31 PM

I very much doubt Charlie will be King. His ma will live way past 100 and he will be old out of touch. One of his kids did not come from his loins. (I forget who's who) pity Phil had Diana killed. She seemed a down to earth nice person.

**otokonomidori** · June 2nd, 2012, 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by spitalhouse

One cannot expect to pose the question 'Are you a Royalist' and not expect some heated debate as a consequence.

We are after all discussing the instiution that provides this nation with its Head of State, irrespective of merit, suitablity or competence - in fact their only qulaifcation for the job is that they just happen to be the next one in the family whose turn it is.

I'd like merely to make one observation in response to those who are quite relaxed about having a head of state who is un-elected. Had Edward VIII not abdicated in 1936 this nation would have inherited a monarch who was an ardent admirer of Adolf Hitler, as well as being a friend and supporter of British Union of Fascists leader Oswald Mosely. Fact!

Regards.

Godwin's Law kicks in after only 27 posts

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law

**spitalhouse** · June 2nd, 2012, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by fleetwood77

Godwin's Law kicks in after only 27 posts

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law

It's not applicable to what I said - and you are being disingenuous to try to make it so. His support of Hitler is a documented fact. FACT!

**electile disfunction** · June 2nd, 2012, 09:39 PM

The only things known to go faster than ordinary light is monarchy, according to the philosopher Ly Tin Weedle. He reasoned like this: you can't have more than one king, and tradition demands that there is no gap between kings, so when a king dies the succession must therefore pass to the heir instantaneously. Presumably, he said, there must be some elementary particles -- kingons, or possibly queons -- that do this job, but of course succession sometimes fails if, in mid-flight, they strike an anti-particle, or republicon. His ambitious plans to use his discovery to send messages, involving the careful torturing of a small king in order to modulate the signal, were never fully expanded because, at that point, the bar closed.

~Terry Pratchett, Mort

(copied from: http://www.lspace.org/books/pqf/mort.html)

**billybunter** · June 2nd, 2012, 09:47 PM

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Originally Posted by fleetwood77

If I was unhappy with the present constitutional arrangements and the fact that they enjoy the support of the majority of my fellow citizens, I would go and live in a handy republic.

BUt I like things the way they are and I'm staying [unless I win the Lottery, in which case I'll be in a tax haven.]

I've heard Haggistan is a nice place to live...

**otokonomidori** · June 2nd, 2012, 09:51 PM

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Originally Posted by spitalhouse

It's not applicable to what I said - and you are being disingenuous to try to make it so. His support of Hitler is a documented fact. FACT!

Godwin's Law states: "As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches ." In other words, Godwin observed that, given enough time, in any online discussion—regardless of topic or scope—someone inevitably makes some comparison to Hitler and the Nazis.

The Law does not make any statement about whether any particular reference or comparison to Adolf Hitler or the Nazis might be appropriate, but only asserts that the likelihood of such a reference or comparison arising increases as the discussion progresses, irrespective of whether it's appropriate or not.

So you're f*cking nicked Spitalhouse, me old beauty!!!

June 2nd, 2012, 09:24 PM	#24
spitalhouse Vintage Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Past caring Posts: 768 Thanks: 2,080 Thanked 12,567 Times in 747 Posts	One cannot expect to pose the question 'Are you a Royalist' and not expect some heated debate as a consequence. We are after all discussing the instiution that provides this nation with its Head of State, irrespective of merit, suitablity or competence - in fact their only qulaifcation for the job is that they just happen to be the next one in the family whose turn it is. I'd like merely to make one observation in response to those who are quite relaxed about having a head of state who is un-elected. Had Edward VIII not abdicated in 1936 this nation would have inherited a monarch who was an ardent admirer of Adolf Hitler, as well as being a friend and supporter of British Union of Fascists leader Oswald Mosely. Fact! Regards. __________________ Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour and it seems like a minute. That's relativity. (Einstein)

June 2nd, 2012, 09:31 PM	#25
billybunter R.I.P. Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Gone But Not Forgotten Posts: 14,404 Thanks: 51,687 Thanked 252,649 Times in 14,171 Posts	I very much doubt Charlie will be King. His ma will live way past 100 and he will be old out of touch. One of his kids did not come from his loins. (I forget who's who) pity Phil had Diana killed. She seemed a down to earth nice person. __________________

June 2nd, 2012, 09:39 PM	#28
electile disfunction Vintage Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Somewhere flat, that's either hot, cold, or windy ... Canada? Posts: 1,966 Thanks: 42,100 Thanked 21,385 Times in 1,903 Posts	Particle theory & royalty The only things known to go faster than ordinary light is monarchy, according to the philosopher Ly Tin Weedle. He reasoned like this: you can't have more than one king, and tradition demands that there is no gap between kings, so when a king dies the succession must therefore pass to the heir instantaneously. Presumably, he said, there must be some elementary particles -- kingons, or possibly queons -- that do this job, but of course succession sometimes fails if, in mid-flight, they strike an anti-particle, or republicon. His ambitious plans to use his discovery to send messages, involving the careful torturing of a small king in order to modulate the signal, were never fully expanded because, at that point, the bar closed. ~Terry Pratchett, *Mort* (copied from: http://www.lspace.org/books/pqf/mort.html)

June 2nd, 2012, 08:15 PM	#21
star43 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ontario,Canada Posts: 118 Thanks: 3,564 Thanked 1,536 Times in 109 Posts	For 31 minutes I thought the fight had ended.I will leave it up to everyone else to decide.