tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post6464141247536239953..comments2024-03-16T01:00:19.876-05:00Comments on The Mad Monarchist: Mad Rant: The Ridicule of RoyalsMadMonarchisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-61141638966112363742014-02-11T00:53:15.131-06:002014-02-11T00:53:15.131-06:00The possibility of an overreaching government is n...The possibility of an overreaching government is no excuse to allow good, innocent people to be mocked and slandered simply because of who they are. It applies to other leaders, it applies to politicians in republics so it should apply to royals as well. Remember the rodeo clown who was fired from his job and investigated by the Secret Service for making fun of President Obama? The laws that exist now can be misused, that it is no excuse.MadMonarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-46762763388580707252014-02-10T21:50:03.970-06:002014-02-10T21:50:03.970-06:00I strongly disagree that attacks on royalty should...I strongly disagree that attacks on royalty should be outlawed. Even accepting, for the sake of the argument, that it would be just to do so in principle, the government will abuse that power. Among other possibilities, the government could call any speech about the government it doesn't like "attacks on royalty". Before you say it wouldn't happen, look at the statutory rape laws. No reasonable person would call an 18-year old who has consensual sex with a 16-year old a rapist or a pedophile, yet in allot of places the law would. What's to stop the government form adopting an unreasonable definition of "attacks on royalty"?<br /><br />Mockery of a ceremonial monarch is usually highly inappropriate, a ceremonial monarch almost by definition has passed no stupid or tyrannical law that would warrant mocking him over. It's rather like spiting on the flag. Mockery would not undermine any function if the idiot mockers were simply ignored, just because you speak doesn't mean anyone will listen or take you seriously.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12141280937817413536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-50464966161931739642010-06-12T21:36:06.590-05:002010-06-12T21:36:06.590-05:00It is all a farce of course.
That was basically m...<i>It is all a farce of course.</i><br /><br />That was basically my point - they have nothing but abstractions and theories to offer.<br /><br />Motivation is indeed a hard thing to come by (I speak from experiance here). But just do it for kicks. Hell, you could even publish it here (nothing wrong with that, especially if it "won't sell").Professor Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00659779116600213901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-9796447510180870752010-06-12T04:19:46.806-05:002010-06-12T04:19:46.806-05:00They do have an offer- they offer utopia, it all u...They do have an offer- they offer utopia, it all usually boils down to a classless, egalitarian (*cough*communist*cough*) democratic society where all will be sunshine and lollipops. When that happens they have to say that, either they didn't have the right people in charge or bad guys came along and corrupted their perfect system. It is all a farce of course.<br /><br />Thanks for the offer to help in a potential book, my sister the former English teacher would probably lend a hand. It is just hard for me to get strongly motivated on it. I do know it would not be a big seller, much better writers than myself know that royalty/monarchy related books are not best-sellers unless they are the pop-tabloid type. So it wouldn't make much and even if by some miracle it turned even a slight profit, it's still hard to get urgency about it. I'm not in need of money, I'm sure no publisher would buy it, and I'm sure it would cost more to do myself than it would ever bring in. <br /><br />But then again if I could ever stay focused long enough I might do it just for kicks...who knowsMadMonarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-89856491826752551352010-06-11T21:49:26.180-05:002010-06-11T21:49:26.180-05:00It is also ironic that modern republicanism, for a...It is also ironic that modern republicanism, for all its cries that no one should be judged on basis of their blood (they obviously forgot about political dynasties), is only too happy to tear down a royal's reputation simply because they're related to the monarch.<br /><br />But what, beyond hypocrisy, is there in the republican movement? All they want to do is tear down the established order, and to them, the end will justify the means. Their greatest problem is that they offer no distinct alternative.<br /><br />By way of example, when humanity finally begins to colonise other planets, what will be the common strand that unites humanity? Earth, of course. All humans will be able to draw their lines back to the birthplace of their ancestors.<br /><br />Destroy Earth, and you destroy human unity. Think of Earth as a Crown, and you see the analogy I make. Regardless of good intent, it ultimately will serve more harm than good to remove the prime influence of unity.<br /><br />Not that the long term matters to politicians more worried about the next election than the next generation.<br /><br />And with regards to writing a book - if you want, I can help you edit it. 6 years of Jesuit education ought to count for something. As for sales - you'll never never know if you never never go.Professor Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00659779116600213901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-40414309587936558092010-06-11T09:04:32.640-05:002010-06-11T09:04:32.640-05:00I think that this mocking of royal is in a sense t...I think that this mocking of royal is in a sense to bring down their divine status. It's very hard to honor something you make fun of. So the media make royals look silly whenever possible. SInce when if they were to portray them as serious leaders than people would have great respect for them. Knowing the media's anti-monarchy sympathies they take cheap shots at royals.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-65860417073824327102010-06-11T03:56:28.815-05:002010-06-11T03:56:28.815-05:00The smartest man on the internet? Is that rather l...The smartest man on the internet? Is that rather like being the most sane man in the asylum? In any event, I have often considered writing a book, I've considered writing a number of them. Problem is, I would have a very hard time staying on-point and limiting myself to any one subject for the length of a book. I also fear any book I would write would appeal to so small an audience that it would be an act of charity on my part. My money in the bank probably brings in more interest just sitting there than anything I could make on book sells.<br /><br />But, I appreciate the flattery. If you almost always agree entirely with me you must obviously be an extremely intelligent and insightful person yourself!MadMonarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-30100087041998459292010-06-11T03:09:13.007-05:002010-06-11T03:09:13.007-05:00You're the smartest man on the internet Mr. Ma...You're the smartest man on the internet Mr. Mad Monarchist sir.<br /><br />There's next to nothing that I've never completly agreed with.<br /><br />Have you ever considered writing a book? =)Progressmannoreply@blogger.com