Louis; hand me that guillotine!

[HoreTore]

Monarchs, and indeed nobility, are people too.

I beg to differ!!

I see them more like dogs. And I have no problem with putting down an old dog....

[naut]

How about changing the inheritance laws so his children gain neither his title nor his wealth. Thus no need to kill him....

[Ice]

How about changing the inheritance laws so his children gain neither his title nor his wealth. Thus no need to kill him....

That's no fun. A big public spectacle would make people feel like they actually accomplished something.

[Rhyfelwyr]

I fully agree HoreTore, this whole scenario is disgusting.

I mean, why on earth is a monarch competing in the market-place? How improper, as if our fine blue-blooded aristocrats should be working for a living like some common peasant. How can we expect them to carry an air of nobility when they have to earn a living like some rags to riches factory owner?

[HoreTore]

I fully agree HoreTore, this whole scenario is disgusting.

I mean, why on earth is a monarch competing in the market-place? How improper, as if our fine blue-blooded aristocrats should be working for a living like some common peasant. How can we expect them to carry an air of nobility when they have to earn a living like some rags to riches factory owner?

I fully support him making a living for himself instead of mooching off my taxes.

I would prefer him not to do it by exploiting his status as Head of State though, just as I'd like it if the minister for oil and energy wasn't a chairman for Shell, for example....

[Philippus Flavius Homovallumus]

I fully support him making a living for himself instead of mooching off my taxes.

I would prefer him not to do it by exploiting his status as Head of State though, just as I'd like it if the minister for oil and energy wasn't a chairman for Shell, for example....

The only good Republican is a dead Republican!

Wait, that sounds a bit intollerant and anti-Hummanist, hmmmm.....

Seriously though, Royal families are cheap, much cheaper than any other head of state.

On the issue of stocks though, they should be declared after a six month clearing period to allow His Majesty's broker to tidy things up and prevent embarressment.

On the issue of the shore: In Britain the first hundred yards or so are owned by the Queen, and thus can only be closed by her or her government. I assume a similar constitutional situation exists in Norway.

[HoreTore]

The only good Republican is a dead Republican!

Wait, that sounds a bit intollerant and anti-Hummanist, hmmmm.....

Yes, while a "King" is an institution and not a person, and as such using the term "dead king" doesn't refer to an actual dead human, a republican can only be a human being. As such, I am talking about ending an institution, while you're talking about murdering people.

Intollerant and anti-humanist indeed.

Seriously though, Royal families are cheap, much cheaper than any other head of state.

What on earth are you on about? Our royal family's social security check is 28 million €. Our prime minister earns around 150k €. Our president earns a little less than that.

On the issue of stocks though, they should be declared after a six month clearing period to allow His Majesty's broker to tidy things up and prevent embarressment.

Your honest opinion is that they should get a 6-month waiting period to cover up corruption....? Seriously...? No wonder labour have been selling titles for years, with voters like you....

On the issue of the shore: In Britain the first hundred yards or so are owned by the Queen, and thus can only be closed by her or her government. I assume a similar constitutional situation exists in Norway.

Nope. The first hundred metres are public land, meaning it belongs to me and my fellow citizens, not some inbred who can barely speak. They cannot be closed by anyone, except by special excemption by the city council. And as loyal underlings are always eager to please their masters, the city council fell over themselves to give them the excemption. They didn't even bother to make up an excuse as to why they broke our law and handed off our collective property, they just stated how happy they were to accommodate the royals.

[Louis VI the Fat]

You'll never get rid of them anymore, horeTore.


The problem with monarchs is that so many people get under the spell of their power. Wealth and power are magnets, they attract. By supporting the monarchy, a bit of its glamour and magnificence shines on the supporter. Like moths hovering around a lamp. Regardless of whether it concerns people in actual power, who lose their republican values the second they get their chance to get close to a monarch, or the masses. Supporting the monarchy makes the lower and middle class supporter believe he is really one class higher than he actually is.

They complain about the politician earning 100k, but willingly grant the monarch his millions. And his beaches. and all other priviliges. All the royal has got to do in return is to marry, to have babies, and to die, so as to fill the tabloids for the reader to fawn over.



Still, why people would willingly be subjects of a monarch will always remain beyond me.

I suppose you people are simply not ready yet for the status of free and equal citizen, the sole master of his own destiny.



Que veut cette horde d'esclaves, de traîtres, de rois conjurés?
Pour qui ces ignobles entraves, ces fers dès longtemps préparés?
Français, pour nous, ah! Quel outrage, quels transports il doit exciter!
C'est nous qu'on ose méditer, de rendre à l'antique esclavage!

Aux armes, citoyens! Formez vos bataillons! Marchons, marchons!!
(O arme, Bordèu!)