Are you for or against the monarchy?

[pacfan]

...a bit surprised, I thought you subjects loved your Queen... a big contrast with Japan, where hardly anyone question their royalties...

anyways, I vote 'for'. So why the heck a poor fella from a third world country voting for British monarchy? that's a good question.

Would you like her? With the government looking for cuts during the recession, sub-letting a queen could be useful. You'd probably get her for nothing as long as you agree to cover the private jets and the palaces.

...'I wanna be a billionaire, so freakin' bad...
...sleeping next to Oprah and the Queen'...

Before you folks think dirty, I said 'next to' not 'with' and there's a heck lot difference between the two... ...just kiddin' babes...

Naw, Mr.superheavyrhun, I think I'll just take the jets and the palaces... Seriously, is it that bad? If the royalties lose respect from their loyal subjects, then it's time for abolision or abdication or whatever you call it. In the first place, that's what they are for right, to unite their people and the country. It's just that from an outsider far away, Great Britain is known for it's monarchy more than anything else so it's hard to imagine GB without the it...

[therealremi]

I think that people who call themselves "subjects" have no self respect. So I wouldn't like to live in a monarchy.
Other than that, I believe that all things considered dictatorship or authoritarian regime doesn't have to be worse for the people than democracy. Of course it's worse in some aspects but in some it can be superior.

[Beanz]

I think that people who call themselves "subjects" have no self respect. So I wouldn't like to live in a monarchy.
Other than that, I believe that all things considered dictatorship or authoritarian regime doesn't have to be worse for the people than democracy. Of course it's worse in some aspects but in some it can be superior.

You have just walked in a circle whilst pulling a rope. Having passed through your own loop you have now created a knot. Good luck with untying it.

[therealremi]

I think that people who call themselves "subjects" have no self respect. So I wouldn't like to live in a monarchy.
Other than that, I believe that all things considered dictatorship or authoritarian regime doesn't have to be worse for the people than democracy. Of course it's worse in some aspects but in some it can be superior.

You have just walked in a circle whilst pulling a rope. Having passed through your own loop you have now created a knot. Good luck with untying it.

It may seem like that. I probably wouldn't mind living under the rule of a wise dictator who is a humble person (again, a paradox of sorts). Probably, if I were born in 1930s, I would be more or less OK under the rule of general Franco in Spain.
With monarchy you have all that "subjects", aristocracy, the idea that the country is a property of a family,... really that feels humilitating.