I see all this talk about how a lot of people dislike president Bush. I want to know why for centuries the Brits put up with these leeches that don't do anything but live off of them. They live extremely well and for what? At least we will be rid of a bad president at the end of his term. When was the last time the queen made any decisions regarding the world?
a while ago
She doesn't make decisions but she rubberstamps them. In the US you have three power bases to ensure that one doesn't control everything right? It's similar here with Parliament, The House of Lords and the Queen. Although admittedly the Queen never refuses to sign legislation but the point is she could. For example, if she was very anti-war then she could have effectively stopped our troops going to Iraq (after all a British soldier fights for Queen and Country).redhawk454 wrote:
I see all this talk about how a lot of people dislike president Bush. I want to know why for centuries the Brits put up with these leeches that don't do anything but live off of them. They live extremely well and for what? At least we will be rid of a bad president at the end of his term. When was the last time the queen made any decisions regarding the world?
Secondly, foreigners and especially the Yanks love our Monarchy and pull in millions of pounds through Tourism. There are many anti-monarchists in the UK but I think that the tradition should stay. It's part of our identity just as the constitution is part of yours. I have had many arguments about how out-of-date that is and how we got rid of slavery, given women equal right etc since they were written but I always get the same response "It's our constitution, it's our tradition". The same goes for our Monarchy....
She's a cuntbag and i want my taxes back.
Blackbelts are just whitebelts who have never quit.
Treason is still a death sentence pal. The amount of your taxes going to the queen is about 40p IIRC, so get over yourself.m3thod wrote:
She's a cuntbag and i want my taxes back.
As EstebanRey says, the monarchy bring in a massive amount of money from tourism, the queen is still the commander in chief of the armed forces, and she does "rubber stamp" decisions and AFAIK has the power to refuse.
We got the same shitty Royal thing(queen) here, those damn Nassau people !
they don't have power but they do you know what I mean
but I dunno in Britain.
they don't have power but they do you know what I mean
but I dunno in Britain.
It doesn't look like the queen has any real power.. She smiles to cameras.. says something boring every Christmas on TV.. Appears quite often in newspapers... And that's it. No reason to like or dislike her
The amount of tourist revenue the royal family pulls in from primarily the Americans and Japaneese far out weighs the burden on the tax payers.
Plus Prince Phillip comes out with some true comedy gold.
To a driving instructor he met during a stroll in Oban, Scotland:
"How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough to get them past the test?"
"You are a woman, aren't you?"
Said in Kenya to a native woman who had presented him with a small gift.
"If you stay here much longer, you'll all get slitty-eyed."
Said to British students in China.
"If it has four legs and is not a chair, has wings and is not an aeroplane, or swims and is not a submarine, the Cantonese will eat it."
Said at a World Wildlife Fund meeting
"Do you still throw spears at each other?"
To an Aboriginal man on Australia's Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural Park
When asked to stroke a Koala bear in Australia in 1992: "Oh no, I might catch some ghastly disease."
Worth 40p a year in my opinion
Plus Prince Phillip comes out with some true comedy gold.
To a driving instructor he met during a stroll in Oban, Scotland:
"How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough to get them past the test?"
"You are a woman, aren't you?"
Said in Kenya to a native woman who had presented him with a small gift.
"If you stay here much longer, you'll all get slitty-eyed."
Said to British students in China.
"If it has four legs and is not a chair, has wings and is not an aeroplane, or swims and is not a submarine, the Cantonese will eat it."
Said at a World Wildlife Fund meeting
"Do you still throw spears at each other?"
To an Aboriginal man on Australia's Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural Park
When asked to stroke a Koala bear in Australia in 1992: "Oh no, I might catch some ghastly disease."
Worth 40p a year in my opinion
Not any more it isn't.DoctorFruitloop wrote:
Treason is still a death sentence pal. The amount of your taxes going to the queen is about 40p IIRC, so get over yourself.m3thod wrote:
She's a cuntbag and i want my taxes back.
Since about '98 I think. Death penalty used to still exist for High Treason and Piracy I think (and possibly burning down a naval dockyard), but not anymore. It's been totally abolished.
Pendantry Police Alert!
P.S No offence guys, I'm just an annoying git...
It was up until around 1996/1997 (sorry can't remember exactly which year it was). But, those 'loop holes' were closed as EU membership dictates that you must not enforce capital punishment for any reason so thus it was totally scrapped then.DoctorFruitloop wrote:
Treason is still a death sentence pal.
A Koala isn't a bear, it's a marsupial....:XDR:.PureFodder wrote:
When asked to stroke a Koala bear in Australia in 1992
P.S No offence guys, I'm just an annoying git...
lol PureFodder I gotta agree those are pure gold.
As to the first question, since this guy killed the King and Parliment was formed http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Cromwell
When he died and the King was reinstated like 20 years later he was dug up and hung. lol
As to the first question, since this guy killed the King and Parliment was formed http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Cromwell
When he died and the King was reinstated like 20 years later he was dug up and hung. lol
You are the first person in the history of my time on the internet to ever point that out before me. +1=OBS= EstebanRey wrote:
A Koala isn't a bear, it's a marsupial....:XDR:.PureFodder wrote:
When asked to stroke a Koala bear in Australia in 1992
Actually, what you're posting is pretty interesting...=OBS= EstebanRey wrote:
P.S No offence guys, I'm just an annoying git...
Cromwell was a bastard of the highest order, i'd dig the fucker up and hang the cunt too..
Cromwell banned christmas
Am I the only one getting a smidgen of deja vu here?redhawk454 wrote:
I see all this talk about how a lot of people dislike president Bush. I want to know why for centuries the Brits put up with these leeches that don't do anything but live off of them. They live extremely well and for what? At least we will be rid of a bad president at the end of his term. When was the last time the queen made any decisions regarding the world?
Oh wait: http://forums.bf2s.com/viewtopic.php?id=13972
Far out a koala isnt a bear!!!!!!!.:XDR:.PureFodder wrote:
The amount of tourist revenue the royal family pulls in from primarily the
Koala bear
Worth 40p a year in my opinion
Some of these comments are just stupid. I really can't be bothered to write in the forum anymore. It really is pointless to even try to educated people who come up with stupid and unthought of threads. If you dont have any idea what your talking about then PLEASE just dont write.
IG-Calibre wrote:
Cromwell was a bastard of the highest order, i'd dig the fucker up and hang the cunt too..
ROFL. 99% of this section would be empty.nighthawk843 wrote:
If you dont have any idea what your talking about then PLEASE just dont write.
Had to skip to the post button cause I really really really want my fucking 17.5% VAT back right fucking now
You write that but have nothing to write yourself... so its probably best if you dont be a hypocrite.nighthawk843 wrote:
Some of these comments are just stupid. I really can't be bothered to write in the forum anymore. It really is pointless to even try to educated people who come up with stupid and unthought of threads. If you dont have any idea what your talking about then PLEASE just dont write.
Don't get me started on the classifacation and reclassifaction of the Panda.....Adams_BJ wrote:
Far out a koala isnt a bear!!!!!!!.:XDR:.PureFodder wrote:
The amount of tourist revenue the royal family pulls in from primarily the
Koala bear
Worth 40p a year in my opinion
Ok I apologize for posting that a Koala is a bear, I should have looked more carefully when I was copying and pasting quotes.
Apparently a Koala is actually some form of giant tree rat.
Apparently a Koala is actually some form of giant tree rat.
True, but surely that could continue without the Royals..... I mean, they come to see the palace, castles and musems, I've never seen a picture of Ben from kentucky having his photo taken with one of the Princes! Not exactly going to tear down buckingham palce now are we? Diana (feck I cant spell) was the only really popular Royal in recent times, who likes charles fs? The tourists can come and see the history, we dont need the family to promote it. Besides, I despise the whole thing, and it is completly outdated. E.g at the moment, the princes arent allowed to marry a cathlolic..... What is this the dark ages? Princes charles get's his Aston Martin serviced at our expense, they pay no tax and to be honest, in a contribute to leech scale, the balance tips one way buddy. Even the Royals in them self, are trapped, not allowed to vote and such. I dont salute the British flag either, and would never sing God save the Queen. We in this country elect our leader, and he/she takes the country forward in whatever direction, the Royals are a relic of the past.=OBS= EstebanRey wrote:
Secondly, foreigners and especially the Yanks love our Monarchy and pull in millions of pounds through Tourism.
Martyn
Last edited by Bell (2007-01-16 08:34:29)
I believe they (or at least the Queen) started paying taxes a few years ago to quell that very accusation...Bell wrote:
they pay no tax
Martyn