Oh-ffical subsim "Royal Wedding" thread

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by STEED

Missed it all...

What a bloody relief, I have no time for the royals.

That's a pity because you've missed what was one of the greatest British success stories/feats in recent years.

[Skybird]

All the rational critical argument I linked in that essay yesterday, is true, is logical, is undeniable. But - British royalty is nothing that qualifies for being rational, or logical. Quite the opposite - it is totally irrational in modern times. And that's why it fits perfectly and touches something inside people even if they are nbot even British but foreigners, because man is a highly irrational being, and in principle we all want to gather around the camp fire, listen to the stories being told of how the shining knight slays the dragon and protects the ordinary people, and the chieftain of the tribe we expect to lead us into the future, and guarantee safety. Seen that way, by our evolutionary heritage, we all are royalists. This function forms and creates a strong feeling of identity - something that maybe many foreigners envy the British for, because many other modern nations - Germany being oin my mind before any other - have lost this, and when you start reasoning about national culture and identity, you immediately have the political correctness brigade and the thought police in your neck and spend the rest of the week with avoiding to be burned at the stake.

Of course it is irrational, and costs much moeny, and in my opinion it is completely insane. And right for these reasons I grant it to you Brits, all the fairy tale flair of the day and the pomp and flying colours.

Just saw a summary of events on TV, 20 minutes. Wowh, nobody does royalty like the Brits celebrate it. Leaves Hollywood looking like an amateur! For a show like this I just love to be completely irrational!

Would wish we had something like that in Germany. But here we only have political correctness, Schützenfeste and multicultural happenings with Döner and Bratwurst stands in the pedestrian zone. Pitiful.

[mookiemookie]

jimbuna!??!

[Jimbuna]

No not me Mark...once wore the Queens uniform....pretty much a royalist I must admit

[frau kaleun]

I think part of it for me is that it's one of Diana's sons that was married, not that I was a "Diana fan" in any strong sense of the word. I was always kindly disposed towards her but never paid any more attention to her than I did any other member of any royal family. However the tragedy of her death and the fact that those two boys lost their mother so young does make me take a more, I dunno, protective and heartfelt interest in them and wish them happiness in a less general way than I might under other circumstances.

[Ducimus]

I still don't get what the big deal is. People get married all the time. Hell, they got reality TV shows about it now. The only thing that really varies, is how much money the dump into it. *shrug*

[Platapus]

I tell you, this wedding has created quite the internet sensation. I think about 90% of the posts on all the websites in the US are from people posting that they don't care.

If you don't care about the wedding, why post about it????

[TarJak]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

No not me Mark...once wore the Queens uniform....pretty much a royalist I must admit

Did you have it cleaned before you sent it back to her?



This Royal Wedding is an especially joyful occasion in my house because we actually need new tea towels.

Chaser material: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/...430-1e1o2.html

[Jimbuna]

Lol....kept the wig and glasses though

[STEED]

Originally Posted by HunterICX

HunterICX

Originally Posted by jimbuna

That's a pity because you've missed what was one of the greatest British success stories/feats in recent years.

From what I heard, people who watched were cringing at this and that.