The Queen's Jubilee

[Flosshilde]

[MrGongGong]

I think if you ask people whether you want the Queen or President Blair then you will get one answer (which is the one you want)
other options are more than easily available
as i've said before the royal family are just so damn dull and dysfunctional ..............

[scottycelt]

I live in a society where people with a strong belief in the supernatural, a modest minority in practical terms but who indoctrinate children with their tales and values, command a disproportionate influence so I do understand how it is that we live in an infantilised society, yes scotty

So 80% of British adults have previously been 'indoctrinated' and 'infantalised' (by those evil Jesuits in dark cloaks hiding down dark alleyways no doubt) and have now been brainwashed to retain the monarchy ...

Amsey, you're a card .. and so much for your respect for 'the people'.

[amateur51]

So 80% of British adults have previously been 'indoctrinated' and 'infantalised' (by those evil Jesuits in dark cloaks hiding down dark alleyways no doubt) and have now been brainwashed to retain the monarchy ...

Amsey, you're a card .. and so much for your respect for 'the people'.

MrGG spells it out for you, scotty.

The active child indoctrination element of religion is why Dawkins calls it 'child abuse' although sadly there are other reasons for so-doing too

[scottycelt]

MrGG spells it out for you, scotty.

The active child indoctrination element of religion is why Dawkins calls it 'child abuse' although sadly there are other reasons for so-doing too

What are you havering on about, amsey? ... this is a discussion about the monarchy, nothing else ... stop changing the subject to your pet obsessions and stick to the point, man!

Do you really consider yourself to be more 'adult' than 80% of the UK population of voting age, as that's what you appear to be suggesting?

Yes or No!

[Ariosto]

MrGG spells it out for you, scotty.

The active child indoctrination element of religion is why Dawkins calls it 'child abuse' although sadly there are other reasons for so-doing too

Well, Scotty must know a lot about child abuse, seeing as he supports all those priests ...

[scottycelt]

Well, Scotty must know a lot about child abuse, seeing as he supports all those priests ...

Crikey, the republicans here are getting really desperate now ...

[amateur51]

Crikey, the republicans here are getting really desperate now ...

OK I'm stopping now because you're refusing to engage with the arguments, which are in any case OT by this.

[scottycelt]

OK I'm stopping now because you're refusing to engage with the arguments, which are in any case OT by this.

Can't blame you for 'stopping' for any old bogus reason, ams, but, as a matter of interest, this what ... ?

[amateur51]

Can't blame you for 'stopping' for any old bogus reason, ams, but, as a matter of interest, this what ... ?

Last Word Syndrome strikes ...

[cloughie]

Puritanical miseries, spoilsports ... I rest my case .

I'm with you scotty, apart from anything else the queen's official birthday is in June and who would want to party in February?

[scottycelt]

Last Word Syndrome strikes ...

No, you promised that yours would be the 'final word', remember, Ams ... ?

[BBMmk2]

My birthday is the 9th June drat!

[MrGongGong]

Come on, Ams, be fair, there must be very few things less numerous and more weird than a UK republican ...

Probably more than members of the UK Schubert society and they got a whole week of radio to themselves !
You are really on dodgy ground when you are suggesting to a load of niche music enthusiasts that crude popularity is a measure of validity

Arnold Bax ........ ? I rest my case

[antongould]

What really alarms me Mary is that I watched the Coronation on someone else's TV and then went to London for the evening to 'see the sights' and meet friends. Now I can hardly get to the shop across the road

Now that is posh - you had friends who in 1953 had a telly. We didn't even have friends who had electricity!