I can't forget the good the Queen has done for us in hour of mourning, nor the brother who walked like a warrior. So of course I must wish the newborn well, all things considered. It turns out he comes from a good family.
I recognize, intellectually, how important the royal family is to Great Britain, and how much good the family and individual members have done the Brits over the years.
Still. I confess to a potful of irritation over all the fawning and publicity and general (...) surrounding the birth.
Celebrate the birth of a baby, sure. Then leave the poor woman and baby the H... alone. Their public lives are fair game, more or less. But the things they do privately should stay private.
Frankly, I hope they name the kid something like Ollie Englebert Hampton. Screw the bookies.
Well, remember that I never watch television. I'm not really exposed to the fawning, just the news that it occurred. So take this as an ordinary congratulations to a happy family.
I never took yours any differently. I was railing against the "news" establishment and the gawkers.
Right now, for instance, the "news" is overcome with a baby watch at the main doors of the lady's hospital, just to get a glimpse of what, at this age, is ugly as a stump of mud. Never mind the harassment factor for the baby and its mother. That's just an unimportant side effect while these ego-driven gawkers get their look.
"This baby could take the monarchy to the 22d century--isn't that extraordinary?"
Actually, in a Great Britain that's doing so much to dissolve the family as we know it, it's nice to see family, especially one laden with tradition, celebrated. Take your victories where you can get them. All the best to the young Prince and proud parents.
But you realise we also fought a revolution. I live in a Constitutional Monarchy where even the Monarch is subject to the Rule of Law. That binds us all to the will and judgement of a minority.
There is an interesting ceremony here when the Monarch comes to deliver the 'Queen's Speech' (written by the Prime Minister).
She sends her 'black rod' to command the MPs to attend her Speech in the House of Lords, but he has the door slammed in his face to symbolise their independence, and must knock to gain entry.
What accident of birth? According to Saul Kripke, one's parents are a matter of necessity.
Mr. Sparkle:
I'm familiar with that tradition. Eric knows all about the English Civil War, actually, and the Glorious Revolution. Some of us favored the Cavaliers in the one, and the Jacobites in the other. But not all of us. Major Leggett, the same fellow with the motorcycle, used to be a very staunch and outspoken anti-Jacobite.
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I recognize, intellectually, how important the royal family is to Great Britain, and how much good the family and individual members have done the Brits over the years.
Still. I confess to a potful of irritation over all the fawning and publicity and general (...) surrounding the birth.
Celebrate the birth of a baby, sure. Then leave the poor woman and baby the H... alone. Their public lives are fair game, more or less. But the things they do privately should stay private.
Frankly, I hope they name the kid something like Ollie Englebert Hampton. Screw the bookies.
Eric Hines
Well, remember that I never watch television. I'm not really exposed to the fawning, just the news that it occurred. So take this as an ordinary congratulations to a happy family.
I never took yours any differently. I was railing against the "news" establishment and the gawkers.
Right now, for instance, the "news" is overcome with a baby watch at the main doors of the lady's hospital, just to get a glimpse of what, at this age, is ugly as a stump of mud. Never mind the harassment factor for the baby and its mother. That's just an unimportant side effect while these ego-driven gawkers get their look.
"This baby could take the monarchy to the 22d century--isn't that extraordinary?"
Phooey.
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Eric Hines
Actually, in a Great Britain that's doing so much to dissolve the family as we know it, it's nice to see family, especially one laden with tradition, celebrated. Take your victories where you can get them.
All the best to the young Prince and proud parents.
I am a citizen of the Republic.
I am not a subject.
This fawning over an accident of birth is unseemly.
I am a subject of the Realm.
And a citizen!
But you realise we also fought a revolution. I live in a Constitutional Monarchy where even the Monarch is subject to the Rule of Law. That binds us all to the will and judgement of a minority.
There is an interesting ceremony here when the Monarch comes to deliver the 'Queen's Speech' (written by the Prime Minister).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Dvoj1QP1HSQ&t=99
She sends her 'black rod' to command the MPs to attend her Speech in the House of Lords, but he has the door slammed in his face to symbolise their independence, and must knock to gain entry.
What accident of birth? According to Saul Kripke, one's parents are a matter of necessity.
Mr. Sparkle:
I'm familiar with that tradition. Eric knows all about the English Civil War, actually, and the Glorious Revolution. Some of us favored the Cavaliers in the one, and the Jacobites in the other. But not all of us. Major Leggett, the same fellow with the motorcycle, used to be a very staunch and outspoken anti-Jacobite.
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