Lenny Rider
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To be fair George VI died so suddenly they probably didn’t have a plan, so it was very much trial and error which is why they came up with London Bridge in the early 60’s.
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To be fair George VI died so suddenly they probably didn’t have a plan, so it was very much trial and error which is why they came up with London Bridge in the early 60’s.
portlock seagull
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Of course. Also, pigs can’t look upwards.
Speak for yourself. I wouldn’t bow for anyone.
As you can see from portlock, embarrassing deference is alive and well in this country.
It's all bollocks of course - it's actually worse than it seems, all this OTT mourning. The woman herself would probably never have approved of this sickening cowtowing, and all these lickspittles trying to out-lickspittle each other
LamieRobertson
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All sounds disgusting (but true)
Yeah. Obviously not seen as much of her as you English people but she always struck me as a pretty cool lady, not overly sentimental or bombastic.
Not seen one of those in the "lets all sit home alone and watch BBC because that's the only way to show respect" giving a proper argument for why that would be the right way of treating the situation. A minute or two of silence before playing the games in the home of football would have been so much more powerful than people sitting at home and tweeting about how they sit at home "paying their respects".
jonny.rainbow
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portlock seagull
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Who said anything about bowing?. I was just stating, like it or not, you’re part of a Nation and the Nation has decided to commemorate her life and pay it’s respects in the very many ways it is now doing. Including cancellation of football games. You’ve got no say in that, you will have to abide by that. Like or not. I happen to think it’s a wonderful gesture for such a wonderful Monarch. You don’t. Fair enough. But equally, you must ‘suck it up’ because you’re just a peasant like the rest of us! Same as paying taxes
portlock seagull
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The Queen may be dead but we sure have a King of Trolls here.
Just telling it like it is. Occasionally it’s good to conform and come together instead of rallying against everything just because…
A few things should unite, and if you can’t pay respects to the Queen regardless then you’re probably lacking a bit of respect for yourself and the world in general.
BN41Albion
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Full respect to the Queen of course, but i beg to differ, which is my opinion, just like your statement is your opinion.
portlock seagull
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Who said anything about bowing?. I was just stating, like it or not, you’re part of a Nation and the Nation has decided to commemorate her life and pay it’s respects in the very many ways it is now doing. Including cancellation of football games. You’ve got no say in that, you will have to abide by that. Like or not. I happen to think it’s a wonderful gesture for such a wonderful Monarch. You don’t. Fair enough. But equally, you must ‘suck it up’ because you’re just a peasant like the rest of us! Same as paying taxes
It’s OK, the cricket is on so we can watch that instead.
portlock seagull
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What occasion as a Nation, has been bigger during last 70 years out of interest? I can think of none. State funerals are usually the biggest.
portlock seagull
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I’d imagine things will stop for the actual funeral. I certainly wouldn’t want to miss such a historic occasion. State funeral of longest serving monarch ever, and ever likely to be? Nah, I shall be watching the coverage and paying my respects with the majority of the country and no doubt billions worldwide.
jonny.rainbow
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As other have pointed out, we can effectively pay our respects by spectating and participating in our sporting events, as we do with Remembrance events each year. Cancelling football at all levels is a politically driven decision. Shame.
Who said anything about bowing?. I was just stating, like it or not, you’re part of a Nation and the Nation has decided to commemorate her life and pay it’s respects in the very many ways it is now doing. Including cancellation of football games. You’ve got no say in that, you will have to abide by that. Like or not. I happen to think it’s a wonderful gesture for such a wonderful Monarch. You don’t. Fair enough. But equally, you must ‘suck it up’ because you’re just a peasant like the rest of us! Same as paying taxes
That statement is pretty much a good reason for ending a hereditary monarchy in 2022
jonny.rainbow
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portlock seagull
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I’m teasing you. Because your original remarks struck me as a bit self centric and we live in this era of selfish rather than selfless behaviours. The Queen epitomised the latter, a quality more of us should aspire to IMO. I also believe that an alternative Republican system, which fortunately will never happen in my lifetime, if ever it does, would be far worse. Examples everywhere. Where’s we’ve been stable for centuries. It’s why all the crooks launder their money here…