Royal Heinie

I suppose it ' s just harmless fun, but the obsession of the American public with British royalty seems bizarre to me. That a B-list American celebrity is about to marry a parasite on British society (who by the way, is not in the line of succession to the throne unless his brother and his family are wiped out, not that it matters) is the biggest consumer of TV time and column inches even as, well, certain other stuff is happening, seems disconcerting..If I am correctly informed, the colonies who have since become the United States fought a war to get out from under the British throne. Since then, the rest of Europe has eliminated or privatized their monarchies. But the Brits squander massive taxpayer cash on allowances, horse drawn carriages and ceremonial officials whose only function is to wave around ritual objects, soldiers in medieval garb who practice human statue routines, and the maintenance of massive, impractical ancient structures. All this makes the useless twits who constitute the Windsor family the most fascinating people in the world, it seems.In case you didn ' t know it, the pet cause of the Prince of Wales is the promotion of homeopathy.But at least the symbolism of the wedding may be positive. Although it won ' t produce a monarch of African or common descent, it does signify that British culture has changed. Nobody wants to mention that subtext, however. I suppose it would be unseemly to point it out. What would really be a step forward, however, would be...
Source: Stayin' Alive - Category: American Health Source Type: blogs