Canada should follow England's lead and consider not participating in C'wealth Games

[sputnik]

Actually, we should pull out of both, they're pointless wastes of money.

HERE HERE (agreed completely)

 

[Spade]

The existence of engaged citizens is not mutually exclusive to the existence of The Sovereign. The relationships, roles and responsibilities between the Queen and Her Majesty’s Canadian subjects is an important one (for example, the duty to maintain the Queen’s peace). These are elements that cannot be reasonably reproduced under any other system of Government, and we would be far less in their absence.

So, we commoners are lesser beings without our hereditary betters?

 

[SirJosephPorter]

HERE HERE (agreed completely)

sputnik, I am not trying to be pedantic, but it is ‘hear, hear’, not ‘here, here’. It is a British expression, short for ‘hear what he has to say’, it signifies total agreement. It is used a lot in British House of Commons.

 

[FiveParadox]

So, we commoners are lesser beings without our hereditary betters?

Read my post and then respond again. Your statement has nothing to do with what I’ve said, absolutely nothing.

 

[taxslave]

The alternative to a constitutional monarchy is a republic which will cost taxpayers MORE. Republicans always get it into their heads that somehow republics are cheaper than constitutional, ignoring the fact that the US President's Air Force One costs more than Britain's entire monarchy does each year.

One good example of how a constitutional monarchy works better than a republic (except, maybe, an Irish-style republic in which the Prime Minister is Head of Government and the symbolic President is Head of State, much like a monarch, which is a more superior form of republic than the US-style in which the President is both Head of Government AND Head of State) is the situtation surrounding Italy and Germany during WWII. Both countries were dictatorships, but Italy was a constitutional monarchy in which Mussolini was only Head of Government and Germany was a republic in which Hitler was Head of Government AND State (like Obama).

The people of both countries wanted rid of Hitler and Mussolini. Italy had the advantage that even though Mussolini was a dictator, he was NOT Head of State, and the king duly got rid of him and Italy joined the allies. If Britain and Canada became dictatorships, the Queen could oust the dictator (she has the power to get rid of any PM) and call an election.

Germany, being a republic, had no such advantage, as their dictator was also Head of State, so nobody could get rid of him. The Germans were stuck with him. The US would have a similar disadvantage if Obama became a dictator, as he is not only Head of Government but also Head of State. That is surely an obvious flaw.

And Ancient Rome was a republic, so you can also argue that republics are outmoded.

having an unelected inbred foreigner as head of our government is embarrassing.

 

[FiveParadox]

...foreigner...

A common misperception.

Her Majesty, and all members of the Royal Family, are Canadian subjects.

 

[Spade]

A common misperception.

Her Majesty, and all members of the Royal Family, are Canadian subjects.

Quaint...
The Queen is our subject. Royalty through the looking glass!

 

[dumpthemonarchy]

Quaint...
The Queen is our subject. Royalty through the looking glass!

Totally agree. How the queen, who was not born in Canada, is a Canadian, is hard to fathom. Today, when people are born in England, they hold British passports and must use it when traveling to Canada. She's foreigner all right. Doesn't know or care much about Canada from what I can gather.

The monarchy, like the CW Games have their best days behind them. Are these things like spent nuclear fuel; useless, but radioactive for thousands of years? Like uranium, an element that just refuses to die and become inert for the public good?

 

[FiveParadox]

[...] Doesn't know or care much about Canada...

Now you’re just being disingenuous for political points.

 

[dumpthemonarchy]

Now you’re just being disingenuous for political points.

No, I'm not being disingenuous, which means not being frank or honest. She is not a Canadian, she understands very little about being Canadian. She and her family come to Canada once a decade on their own dime. They create no buzz here, they do not care about Canada. The evidence is plain.

Royalty are by their nature parochial, they know their own business and little else. And they are always surprised when their little people wish to dump them.

 

[taxslave]

If Queenie wishes to be the head of Canada then she must live here full time.

 

[Kreskin]

I'm for keeping any games that provide our athletes and future athletes with opportunities to compete in a secure environment.

 

[dumpthemonarchy]

If Queenie wishes to be the head of Canada then she must live here full time.

One of the requirements for becoming a citizen is to live in the country for a few years. The queen nor any other member of the royal family has ever done that. Then at least they could get de facto status and recognition by putting in some effort and time. And that's because Canada is unimportant to them.

In some obscure quirky way some say the royal family are Canadian, but the royal family snub us. Some enjoy this, call yourselves lackeys.