The Escapist Diamond Jubilee 2012 Thread

[JoJo]

I couldn't find a recent thread about this anywhere on this site so here goes:

[HEADING=1]The Escapist Diamond Jubilee 2012 Thread[/HEADING]​

That's right, for anyone who's been living in a cave for the last three months, today is the beginning of a four day UK-wide celebration of the Queen's sixty years on the throne, including a four day weekend! An almost universally loved figure, the Queen of not just the United Kingdom but also Canada, Australia, New Zealand and a number of Caribbean islands has spent over half a century dedicating herself to the service of her countries.

1952-2012, so far​

So yeah, currently my town is covered in British flags, I've just finished decorating the front of my house with several flags and I'm attending at-least one street party, possibly two. So I ask you today, what are you doing for the Jubilee and what are your thoughts on it and the monarchy in general?

If you're anywhere near the UK, expect to see a lot of these over the next few days​

As a side note, since the Jubilee is all about inclusiveness, grouchy republicans and non-Brits are welcome on this thread, don't forget the festive spirit though!

Edit: Here's the official Diamond Jubilee song, it's got quite a Commonwealth theme but it's pretty nice, the young girl at the beginning and end particularly is a marvellous singer.

Spoiler

 

[hazabaza1]

I could not give less of a shit about the royal family. I've seen some flags around town though. Luckily enough, none on my street.

 

[Flamezdudes]

I could not give less of a shit about the royal family. I've seen some flags around town though. Luckily enough, none on my street.

Same here, I agree.

I'm not a royalist at all and don't agree with us still having a monarchy. I'm not doing anything special for Jubilee... to the disdain of my father.

 

[Luftwaffles]

Thanks Queeny, for the long weekend. That is all.

 

[Hazy992]

I don't think there's anything I care less about quite frankly. I've been a republican (no not that kind) pretty much as long as I can remember.

 

[bobmus]

This thread depresses me. The Queen is great guys, pull it together!!

OT: My street is having a street party tomorrow, but I know like one other person who lives on that road so it's gonna be kinda dull I expect.

I'm 19 on the 5th, which is still a bank holiday, so that's pretty cool I guess.

 

[Jonluw]

I'm going to celebrate by hanging out with friends in an entirely unrelated manner.
Funnily, I'm on a break from school at the moment since the teachers are on a strike, so it's a bit like I'm celebrating the diamond jubilee. Heh.

 

[dyre]

Do the English generally not care about the Royal Family? I always found absurd the attention Royal family stuff gets in the US (you should see the attention it gets on CNN), but I thought at the very least the English probably cared.

Anyways, the only way the Diamond Jubilee affects me is that all the news here will be reporting about it instead of covering actual news.

 

[bobmus]

To all the anti-royalists in this thread, may this video help explain how very wrong you are. Oh so very, very wrong.
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Especially you.

You should see this too.

Oh and you.

 

[370999]

I'm Irish so I would rather celebrate a successful Al-Qaeda assassination on the Royal family, then the Queen's birthday. God how much I hate them so.

EDIT: This is an overreaction on my part. I would like to state that this view is not officially endorsed by the people of Ireland.

 

[DirtyJunkieScum]

Shits given = 0. I don't even get extra time off, so everyone else is having fun while I'm not, in fact it just makes my workload even higher because there's more people off work to come into my workplace.

There may be some value in the monarchy in that they make a good tourist attraction, whether that offsets the money they get from taxpayers every year IDK.

 

[Hazy992]

To all the anti-royalists in this thread, may this video help explain how very wrong you are. Oh so very, very wrong.
<youtube=bhyYgnhhKFw>

Especially you.

You should see this too.

Oh and you.

Good to see you put a price on your democracy then ^_^ It's not simply about the money; the fact that the Royal Family are born into power (no matter how symbolic and ceremonial) is bullshit IMO.

As for the whole 'well their land makes us money' argument, well quite frankly the Royal Family shouldn't have been allowed to just take the land for themselves simply because they're royalty in the first place.

 

[hazabaza1]

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I'm not anti-royalist. I just don't care. All the street party will do is make noise anyway. I get enough of that with the church just opposite the house.

 

[bobmus]

Good to see you put a price on your democracy then ^_^ It's not simply about the money; the fact that the Royal Family are born into power (no matter how symbolic and ceremonial) is bullshit IMO.

As for the whole 'well their land makes us money' argument, well quite frankly the Royal Family shouldn't have been allowed to just take the land for themselves simply because they're royalty in the first place.

Nah, but there's a lot of people criticise them for being a financial burden, which is wrong.

The Royal Family never took land just for being royal, they are historically just lands they never sold off. And as for them being born into power, they're just born into a symbolic position. Their own power is exceptionally limited, aside from the power to screw up, and the modern Royals perform a great job as figureheads of the 'traditional British' way of life.

 

[Aerosteam]

One day off? Awesome.

That's the only thing I care about the Jubilee.

I've also written a 500-word persuasive essay in school about me hating the royal family for an exam. >=3

True Story. Seriously.

 

[Reginald]

Yes! I love cults of personality!

To all the anti-royalists in this thread, may this video help explain how very wrong you are. Oh so very, very wrong.
<youtube=bhyYgnhhKFw>

Especially you.

You should see this too.

Oh and you.

You do realize, that through the implementation of new laws and such, the Monarchy could be done away with without sacrificing any of the benefits? Or, we could replace the frightfully dull Windsors with some people who might do more to help out around the country. Or, we could perhaps get someone interesting. It's not like being a monarch is a difficult job, nowadays. I could probably do it, if I was asked politely.

 

[Hazy992]

Good to see you put a price on your democracy then ^_^ It's not simply about the money; the fact that the Royal Family are born into power (no matter how symbolic and ceremonial) is bullshit IMO.

As for the whole 'well their land makes us money' argument, well quite frankly the Royal Family shouldn't have been allowed to just take the land for themselves simply because they're royalty in the first place.

Nah, but there's a lot of people criticise them for being a financial burden, which is wrong.

The Royal Family never took land just for being royal, they are historically just lands they never sold off. And as for them being born into power, they're just born into a symbolic position. Their own power is exceptionally limited, aside from the power to screw up, and the modern Royals perform a great job as figureheads of the 'traditional British' way of life.

Like I said I don't care how symbolic the power is, the fact that they're even born into any power is wrong and is just a throwback to feudalistic oppression.

If people want to stand in the way of democracy and progress 'because it's tradition' then be my guest, but I don't.

 

[Rawne1980]

Not a fan of the royals but there is a street party starting in 94 minutes that me and the missus are going to.

It has beer.