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| My condolences to my UK and Commonwealth mates |
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| PlainName:
--- Quote ---In some part of the world, the views (example below) are even far more extreme than Dave's, and its understandable from their POV and their history. --- End quote --- I think you can be not keen on someone and still be respectful of their passing. I really REALLY loath Boris, for instance, and would hope he pays a big price for what he's done to the UK. But if he kicked the bucket tomorrow I'd be sad for him as a fellow human and would refrain from disrupting his family's and associates' mourning. Most emphatically, I wouldn't be celebrating his death. I think it's also worth remembering that the Queen represented the Monarchy, just as Boris represents the Government, and whatever you think about the benefits of keeping or losing those, you are arguing about the institutions rather than the person who just happens to be the current figurehead. The Queen was an actual person who had her own feelings and direction. In her case she put herself second, behind the country, for seven decades. No-one could have asked for more from her, and she couldn't have given more. Surely most of us aren't brought up badly enough that we can't wait just a day or two, to allow for the usual celebration of someone's life, before going on the attack again against an institution they just happened to be born into. |
| Fraser:
Beautifully put Dunkemhigh :clap: |
| Ed.Kloonk:
--- Quote from: dunkemhigh on September 09, 2022, 09:53:39 pm --- Surely most of us aren't brought up badly enough that we can't wait just a day or two.. --- End quote --- Has enough time elapsed yet? Because I've got memes. A lot of memes. |
| rsjsouza:
From a fellow Portuguese citizen (although born and raised in Brasil - long history there) to another, I also feel sad about the passing of the leader of our longest allied country and extend the respect to our fellow British and commonwealth folks. The time is for mourning and respect for the ones that remain, regardless of personal views on the figurehead. Although free will is a God granted right that the western world has been able to maintain with a reasonable level of success, some will take that right to sad extents and say things that are not congruent with the humanity of the ones mourning the occasion. Oh well, we can only hope that someday they will see the insensitivity of their words and actions. |
| Ed.Kloonk:
A half hour video examining the gravity of the event.. |
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