Reply #60: So your a monarchist on America's democratic underground

[sweetheart]

And though we might be discussing britain's royal family, the editorial
view here is that "All people are created equal." You get miffed when
i speak "ignorantly" that the royal family are just regalar people...
and i guess it depends on which bible is the foundation for your
knowledge stack. My stack has the united nations universal declaration
of human rights as the foundation. I view british government through
the lens of that pre-existing foundatoin, which is, by happenstance,
in accordance with the liberal principals espoused on DU of all
people being equal under the law.

The folks i know here in the highlands are not big royalists, as you'd
figure given the prevalence of the scottish national party and socialists
in the highlands. In this regard, i am not out of line with the folks
in my area, even for the UK. To blanch the people of the UK as a
bunch of monarch-worshipping peasants is a propaganda spin i've never
seen in direct experience... rather it seems the tory party of monarchs
and empires is statistically old (over 60 on average) and dying off.

Harry might as well as being your king, be the monarch who NEVER sees
the throne in his life, or for that matter, has the monarchy
secularized and modernized to be like japans or swedens where there
is no royal perogative... and then your knickers are all in a bunch
over nothing.

The divine right of kings has a specific meaning from history and a
general meaning, like i've used... and you're not familiar with that
but it is not uncommon to use the term in a similar vein to "jesuitical".

I've read, just now the UK official stuff: http://www.direct.gov.uk/QuickFind/GuideToGovernment/G2GMenu7/G2GArticle7/fs/en?CONTENT_ID=4003094&chk=DwUEe2
and it only points out that prince henry of wales is 3rd in line
of succession, and gives no outline of any special rights or powers
that are reserved for members of the royal family outside the monarch.

I imagine that if they did try to outline such special rights,
they monarchy would be out on its ass right pronto... as the public
is increasingly intolerant of being saddled by a feudal family of
people who get free life welfare.

Of course it upsets a monarchist, when someone like myself speaks
of the monarchy as just regular folks, and no matter were i to become
a UK citizen one day, would i ever feel any different about that, such
is the view of all people being equal... and it upsets you, my
insolence to question the very moral foundation of the bottom book
of your tower of knowledge... as how dare i question the foundation
of power of the ground on which i stand... and indeed, that is
my very view. The ground on which i stand is millions of years old
and belongs to no man or queen. You can shoot me or imprison me,
whip me to feign otherwise, but the fact remains that mankind are
but fleeting visitors to this earth's crust.

Here on DU, one would hope that we support human rights over the
wrong headed views of monarchists... as indeed the founders of
the american experiment were right, with no need to mention the
current lot of rats gnawing at the hull of the ship.

:-)