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Your Political Ideology

darkwolf687 said
I never claimed the monarch was needed for protection. In the UK, "The Crown" also refers to state, for instance in a court case "John Doe" decides to sue the country which would be refered to as "The Crown"

"I do of course, also support the responsibilities of the people to the crown. Society is an agreement. You obey the laws, work your hardest and be generally a good person, and you get supported in hard times, protection etc in return"

Could you clarify this?
Also for future reference best not to use "The Crown" and state interchangeably as it may get a little confusing

darkwolf687 said
As for what the House of Windsor has done (Originally under a different name, of course) It has voluntarily surrendered more and more powers when called for by the people, appointed governors for territories (colonial peroid, though this task was of course shared with parliament) appointed governor generals, intervened in diplomatic processes where need be, been a symbol for the British people, visited the soldiers on the lines (World Wars, paticularly King George in WW2) participated in the creation of the UN (George again, his contributions were small. admitedly) Voluntered to storm the beaches on Normandy (George again, stopped by Churchill, both wanted to go. Some say that George actually volunteered to invoke a "If your going I'm going" sort of thing to stop Churchill going.) Served in the military (a variety of members), participated in charity work, headed the Commonwealth of Nations, trimmed a couple of quid off my taxes, made the UK a fair bit of coin. And generally, they've been dutiful.They've been good to the country, and the country has been good for them.

That all sounds like it was done because of the pressure from the public or to boost moral of the common man at war. And as good as some of these things may be why should we keep them around? After all we could have done all of that without their help

As for that George fellow he sounds like a fool. A brave fool, I will give him that but a fool nonetheless.

darkwolf687 said
As for an inheritance tax, are you proposing to only tax the rich? If only! The rich wont even accept a tax on their houses for lords sake, good luck putting in an inheritance tax; Which doesnt really fix the problen at all and people will just circumvent...

Who ever said we get the riches permission? Theres such a thing as "Revolution" you know

darkwolf687 said
And honestly? Luck plays a massive part in our lives. Some people will be lucky, some wont. That'll never change. There will always be the advantaged, there will always be those who were born undeserving of it but rich, born deserving but poor.

That doesn't mean we should not or cant level the playing field

Yog Sothoth said
I'm sorry if this upsets you DarkWolf but I don't support the European Union and believe that several countries to separate from it

Would you like to expand on this?

darkwolf687 said
Sadly, this.I'm in favour of a European super state, though. If the EU were to pull their bloody act together...

Why just go Europe? Thats fairly underachieving of you. Let us go for the whole world

Your Political Ideology

Darcs said
Booooooooriiiiiiiing!

Firstly Lets keep this civil and not discriminate others because of their beliefs

Darcs said
That will only realistically happen at a town or city level though. When an entire public IS individuals that you distinguish and see, 'murca's too big to ever benefit the entire public. Why shouldn't religion and politics be separate? What about the whole issue of having your citizens essentially becoming debt slaves to a declining imaginary fiat currency based off of a paper fiat currency based off of nothing?I agree that people SHOULD be able to have whatever gunz they want, but why the hell does anyone need a machine gun? I like the idea of cities having their own personal weapon statues.That's really all anyone can ask.That's a slippery slope. What is the scientific measure of "particularly-addictive-drugs-that-render-people-dysfunctional-beyond-reason-need-to-be-controlled" drugs? Neurochemistry, like DNA, is always different, and how people respond to drugs relies on that, environmental factors, personal experiences and opinions, and more chemical and psychological stimuli. Someone's 'meth' could be another person's 'pot' and vice versa-- and this isn't even counting the millions of people with addictions to actions and substances you wouldn't even consider "drugs." You can't cherry pick which drugs are okay, and which drugs aren't. Give adults the options to try whatever it is they want to try and trust that they won't all become addicts.(DMT is pretty great though, I don't see a problem if literally everyone in America was addicted to it, hue hue hue)Why?

I agree with your points, however I am curious as to what you describe yourself as

darkwolf687 said
As for the police, of course. Thats what they are there for, to ensure you do not break the social contract you sign by living in the country, and to help uphold the Crowns end of the agreement

Of that is the polices job then why do we need a monarch to get "protection"?

darkwolf687 said
As for the monarch, well, what have the children of the rich, or even the children of the first world, done but pop out of the right vagina?

Thats why we must have a inheritance tax, children of the privileged should not have to rest on their parents laurels while the children of the less privileged must work hard

darkwolf687 said
Its silly to pretend that the children of the rich arent in a position of power and advantage by luck alone, and that the children of the first world arent at an advantage by luck alone. Luck, I suppose, played a part to be born with this specific genetic pattern, decided by factors outside out control, in a place outside our control, to people and circumstances outside our control. Some are more lucky than others.

What else is it but luck? And what a silly thing to decide who gets to be privileged in society and who is not

darkwolf687 said
Besides, the British Royal Fanily have done a lot for my country since they first took the throne. The House of Windsor has won my respect for what they've done.

Oh? Do tell me what the Monarchy has done that is not because of pressure from the progressiveness that is society or something that could not have been done if we did not have the crown

Revolutionary said
Also, to clarify on one of my views, the church should not be forced to do homosexual marriages. Churches should have that right to choose if they want to, or the state should do homosexual marriages one.

Out of curiosity do you think the Church itself should decide their policy or should it be left to the indivdual pastor/priest/bishop/iman?

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