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Re: Prince Philip has died

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Post by Thorentis »

nullsense wrote: post #17

I really wish we could just do away with all this royal family nonsense. You guys are somehow special because what? Useless social fiction from antiquity.

I find the idea of a royal family far more inspiring and wholesome than the celebrity culture which has overtaken the West. The vast majority of celebrities get far more air time, live in more obscene luxury, and are more condescending, than the entire royal family put together. One of my biggest worries about Meghan was that celebrity culture would begin seeping into the royal family - and unfortunately it looks like that is what is happening.

Re: Prince Philip has died

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Post by b1476 »

dr_dshiv wrote: post #53

Because Prince Charles is heir to the throne (and has been portrayed more negatively in the news media than any other living person), some in the HN community may be surprised to know that he wrote a book on philosophy . https://www.amazon.com/Harmony-New-Way-Looking-World/dp/0061... I found the book to be astonishingly good. It takes a design approach to Platonism and western esotericism. It goes deep into "sacred g…

> (and has been portrayed more negatively in the news media than any other living person)

Um, did you forget about his first wife?

Re: Prince Philip has died

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Post by MagnumOpus »

celticninja wrote: post #51
iso1631 wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Kardassians seem to have more adoration

So you are suggesting they take over from the royals or from the US president?

While Cardassians are far more popular than the Windsor Royals, they are fictional.

Which has advantages, admittedly -- far lower expenditures and a far lower rate of child-rapes among them -- a lot of the British royalists might object to a change of rulers on that basis.

Re: Prince Philip has died

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Post by zpeti »

1cvmask wrote: post #79

Some famous quotes of Prince Philip. Make your own judgement while you downvote his comments. “If you stay here much longer, you’ll all be slitty-eyed.” (to British students in China, during the 1986 state visit) “Do you still throw spears at each other?” (in Australia in 2002, talking to a successful Indigenous Australian entrepreneur) “There’s a lot of your family in tonight.” (after looking at the name badge of th…

I hope you feel happy that you are basically spitting on someone's grave in HN.

There is no point to what you are doing except statisfying your own narcism.

Re: Prince Philip has died

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Post by Thorentis »

dr_dshiv wrote: post #53

Because Prince Charles is heir to the throne (and has been portrayed more negatively in the news media than any other living person), some in the HN community may be surprised to know that he wrote a book on philosophy . https://www.amazon.com/Harmony-New-Way-Looking-World/dp/0061... I found the book to be astonishingly good. It takes a design approach to Platonism and western esotericism. It goes deep into "sacred g…

Looks like banal, new-age pseudo-science being sold as royal wisdom.

Re: Prince Philip has died

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Post by zpeti »

nindalf wrote: post #72
samizdis wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'd suggest that centuries of tradition have value, not least for the older generations of Brits, but especially for the tourist dollars drawn to the pageantry. Yes, it's a bit Disney, but it has a little more class and visitors seem to love it.

France got rid of their monarchy some time ago. They still get plenty of tourism. I can give plenty of other examples where the royal family was let go and tourism continued to flourish. The important thing is that all of the palaces and castles would still exist and become open to the public as museums. If anything, tourism would improve if people could visit Buckingham Palace like they visit the Palace at Versaille…

Yeah, that getting rid of the monarchy thing, that worked out well in France.

Re: Prince Philip has died

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Post by samizdis »

nindalf wrote: post #72
samizdis wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'd suggest that centuries of tradition have value, not least for the older generations of Brits, but especially for the tourist dollars drawn to the pageantry. Yes, it's a bit Disney, but it has a little more class and visitors seem to love it.

France got rid of their monarchy some time ago. They still get plenty of tourism. I can give plenty of other examples where the royal family was let go and tourism continued to flourish. The important thing is that all of the palaces and castles would still exist and become open to the public as museums. If anything, tourism would improve if people could visit Buckingham Palace like they visit the Palace at Versaille…

That's a good point, and well made, but it is still the case that royal-themed souvenirs fly off the shelves and also that overseas visitors flock to any royal/state spectacle when in the UK; mostly, I reckon, for the sheer anachronistic oddity and weirdness.

But we probably have no need to get rid of our monarchy, the family seems to be doing that job for us. When that happens, we can see whether tourist revenues go up or down :-)

Re: Prince Philip has died

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Post by blueblisters »

1cvmask wrote: post #79

Some famous quotes of Prince Philip. Make your own judgement while you downvote his comments. “If you stay here much longer, you’ll all be slitty-eyed.” (to British students in China, during the 1986 state visit) “Do you still throw spears at each other?” (in Australia in 2002, talking to a successful Indigenous Australian entrepreneur) “There’s a lot of your family in tonight.” (after looking at the name badge of th…

I imagine that's what most European Aristocrats born in the 1920s sound like.

Re: Prince Philip has died

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Post by bidirectional »

boomboomsubban wrote: post #11

As I can't be the only one curious, the South Pacific tribe that deified him plan to worship Charles now. To me, signifying that they are doing it for the publicity now. https://nypost.com/2021/02/27/islanders-who-call-prince-phil...

Why does it signify that? I mean they probably are, but it also seems like the logical step to worship his heir?
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