Royal Wedding

I hate to be a grumpy gus about the royal wedding, but honestly I could care less. Monarchy is a thing of the past. It's about time people get over it. How much are the Brits paying for that antiquated apparatus anyway?

Spain and Britain ought to do away with the monarchy. The monarchs are figure heads and the people wind up paying for what in the end is glorified welfare. Think about it. What do the royals do? The real person in charge is the prime minister.

America fought a revolution against tyranny and monarchy, so I don't understand why Americans get so excited about it. To justify their curiosity, people say, "Well, we don't have anything like that here." Precisely! The royals satisfy Americans' obsession with celebrity, and the royals are celebrity to the highest extreme.

Seeing a picture of all those union jacks as an expression of patriotism lining the streets reminds me of what Britain's own native son Sam Johnson said about patriotism: "Patriotism is the refuge of scoundrels!"

mrtmaniri thanks for dropping by. I am truly amazed by the acidic nature and the wordic vitriol that this Royal Wedding has aroused in the writers on Open Salon! However, your comment was quite gentle compared to many I have read...... so much hate abounds!

I am British. I am not a patriot. However, I have seen the effect (with these two physical eyes) that this wedding has had on this nation. I am certainly not asking anyone to care about the wedding - why should you! But I am certainly going to enjoy and bask in the overflowing love that radiates out throughout this small island nation!