Apparently I missed the sarcasm tag...but I do know that a hell of a lot of men (and women, for that matter), died in a little skirmish we like to call the Revolutionary War of Independence...a few years back...for the express purpose of doing away with all that "king" crap.
I still hold those values.
Royalty, in any form, from the faux-crowning of the assobama to the in-bred idiots in Great Britain, can kiss my ass, to put it bluntly.
And if they all died, I still wouldn't be king, nor would I give a...damn.
There's a ";)" at the end, which you did quote there. (I don't use ";)" in the same way as a "sarcasm tag," and for reasons beyond the scope of this thread, I don't tend to use either very much.)
My post was more than a coronation joke, though. When someone tells me what I should find interesting or not, I tend to rebel more than I comply. Call this habit my "revolution." ;)
amen
Sergeant Major, your facts are slightly off, the American Revolution was primarily about Parliament’s (not the Crown’s) treatment of the American colonies. Parliament, not King George III, passed the taxes and imposed burdens upon the colonies without any American representation.
Even back then, the British monarch was expected to sign any law passed by Parliament. Well before the war ended, King George was willing to recognize American independence. It was Parliament that pressed for continuing the war, up until the defeat at Yorktown proved that effort futile. After the war, there was considerable support for naming George Washington as King. But, fortunately for us, he detested the idea.
Our republican representative government serves us well, but Britain’s system has served them well too. If anything, most of Britain’s current ills stem from a Parliament that has too much power, and is all too willing to restrict individual liberties.
The Crown, which is self supporting, and not taxpayer financed, is overwhelmingly supported by the British people. It has 68% overall support of the population and majority support across every major political party. Britain’s government is Britain’s business, and we should respect their choice.