Current Affairs Her majesty the Queen

[Charlie Sweet]

Getting bored of all this crap already.

Old woman died. Never worked. Meh.

Charles the muppet is now King. Hilarious.

End of an era for sure. Hopefully.

 

[kev]

While most Americans have loads of respect for the Queen, and many have expressed their sympathy for her death, it feels very cultist to most Americans with the path the Brits are taking with this. We mock the North Koreans for their love for their leader yet we are seeing things like closing down football, TV channels, comedy programmes, parliament all because of the death of 1 person and this will never make sense for any Americans. No human should receive this much love unless its the second coming of Jesus.

Barring the last sentence, I agree totally with this.

 

[Johnniepk]

Is there some sort of VIP area for visiting Buckingham Palace gates?

 

[Rita_Poon]

Has anyone had the radio on for more than an hour or so today? Was the queen really that much of a Toni Braxton fan?

hes well keen on the supremes, if ross turns up at st pauls and greets everyone with 'hello wembley' again, i'm gonna lose my mind...

 

[Rita_Poon]

hats off to the bbc sound dept there...

 

[Bohemian Toffee]

While most Americans have loads of respect for the Queen, and many have expressed their sympathy for her death, it feels very cultist to most Americans with the path the Brits are taking with this. We mock the North Koreans for their love for their leader yet we are seeing things like closing down football, TV channels, comedy programmes, parliament all because of the death of 1 person and this will never make sense for any Americans. No human should receive this much love unless its the second coming of Jesus.

Who was your favourite power ranger, mate?

 

[Wat Tyler]

 

[tommye]

Am I allowed to get out of bed tomorrow or would that be disrespectful?

If it's the Queen's bed then yes, yes it is. Keep her warm you horror.

 

[scratchnsurf]

If it's the Queen's bed then yes, yes it is. Keep her warm you horror.

I guess grief affects us all in different ways.

 

[Martin Alvito]

And the wealth taken over by European settlers from the birth of the nation. And all that African gold you took from us after WW2 etc.

On the genocide of Native Americans, I'll agree with you. The gold story is neatly subsumed by mine.

 

[n01efc]

Getting bored of all this crap already.

Old woman died. Never worked. Meh.

Charles the muppet is now King. Hilarious.

End of an era for sure. Hopefully.

Never worked - she gave her whole life to public service. I think (it used to be from a few years ago) the cost of the royal family compared to the income from the royal estate (mainly from tourism) was far less value to UK. She made more money for this country in this respect than you and I will probably ever do.

 

[Moomin]

Has anyone had the radio on for more than an hour or so today? Was the queen really that much of a Toni Braxton fan?

Or Coldplay????

 

[Diogenes the Cynic]

The choir sound amazing in this service.

I attend choral evensong fairly regularly at Bristol Cathedral, the acoustics give you goosebumps.

 

[catcherintherye]

What she is not pointing out or willing to admit is that slavery was a cultural norm in African communities, that the Asante culture were fundamental in this and that there is every chance that her ancestors were ccaught and sold into slavery by fellow Africans. It all well and good saying that she wants the queen to die in excrutiating pain becuase her ancestors fell victim to slavery but if she is going to be selective about a subject, and as a supposed academic, then she is better off not talking about it, IMO.

Well it was a cultural practice of some African's, but the market for doing so was greatly enhanced by westerners, such as the monarchy of this country and the ancentry of the Queen. As far as I'm aware, no reparations have ever been paid to those victims from the ill gotten gains, mde off the back of enormous suffering and oppression.

I don't necessarily agree with her, but she's certainly entitled to her view as it's not ahistorical. There is a question mark as to whether it is the right time to share such a view. In situations like this, I always think it's best to leave people to their own devices/opinions. It's not doing anyone any harm, and I'm really unsure the position to a black American should be they're not entitled to feel anger towards people who financially gained from the human misery their ancestors needlessly went through.

 

[catcherintherye]

Indeed, many small businesses will suffer this weekend in already horrific times for enforced mourning, uncompensated for stock bought or other outgoings. Not to mention the athletes who have trained their balls off (and already bought their blood transfusions)

The Royal Family, and their supporters don't care.