Prince Philip has died • Hacker News Board

Re: Prince Philip has died

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Post by Scea91 » Mon, Apr 12, 2021, 3:44 PM UTC

Fazel94 wrote: post #547

spectramax wrote: post #503

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I didn’t mean any personal animosity. Most men in 1930s were sexist and it was accepted in the society. Even, Switzerland allowed women to vote 1980’s . The point is to let go of the decades old past.

Most men in 1943 didn't took part in govs taking the food in such a scale that cause a famine with 2 million dead. So I would give them a pass. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famine_in_India#Bengal_famine_...

In 1943 Philip was serving in navy fighting Nazis. Not sure why you are linking him to a famine over which he had zero influence.

Re: Prince Philip has died

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Post by utxaa » Thu, Apr 15, 2021, 3:14 PM UTC

kiririn wrote: post #540

utxaa wrote: post #538

seriously? a racist relic of a not-so-bygone era? does anyone really give a fuck?

At times like this I wish I had a downvote button

for telling the truth? here, have an upvote.

Re: Prince Philip has died

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Post by pseudalopex » Wed, Apr 21, 2021, 11:18 PM UTC

yardstick wrote: post #528

pseudalopex wrote: post #484

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I'm saying the implication the royals are important to tourism should be quantified and supported. The city statistics include business travel. And I don't know what point you're trying to make with them.

The royals appear to be net contributors to the economy. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-fea...

> Viewed from that perspective, the additional royal-related revenues start to look somewhat trivial.

> Moreover, we should treat even estimates of economic activity linked to the royals with a large dash of scepticism.

> The economic boost from visits and festivities related to royal celebrations should certainly be treated with caution given these can displace economic activity as well as create it.

> In the end, the question of whether the Royal Family is worth it, or not, is probably less a financial question than a political, moral and aesthetic one.