One more take on The Queen's passing. Why not?
1 posted on
09/09/2022 7:18:48 PM PDT by
Rummyfan
To: Rummyfan
Somewhat more subdued than the coverage of Diana’s death and significantly less obnoxious.
To: Rummyfan
For the same reason that when your friend loses his wife you morn with him.
Even if you did not like her for some reason.
It is what you do for a friend if you are a decent person.
3 posted on
09/09/2022 7:26:45 PM PDT by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(The nation of france was named after a hedgehog... The hedgehog's name was Kevin... Don't ask)
To: Rummyfan
Well I did like her in that “Naked Gun” movie.
4 posted on
09/09/2022 7:29:13 PM PDT by
SamAdams76
(4,040,775 users on Truth Social)
To: Rummyfan
Usa - Uk. Special friends.<>Us hurts - UK hurts (9/11 etc)
Now the UK is hurting - losing a much loved Queen.
5 posted on
09/09/2022 7:30:23 PM PDT by
Churchillspirit
(Pray for President Trump)
To: Rummyfan
'Sacrifice, selflessness and strict attention to duty are always regarded as endangered virtues, especially among our governors. Still, this doesn’t quite explain her status in America. And therein lies a tale.'
Um, yes it does. It is precisely her personification of certain ideals of duty, selflessness and dedication that is so attractive to us. We have sadly few politicians now who exhibit those attributes; but we vaguely recall them and how very valuable they were to us, from our past.
(On the other hand, they did get 'familiarity' right. I said to my husband tonight that we always knew that she would die someday - but we didn't believe that she would.)
7 posted on
09/09/2022 7:32:21 PM PDT by
Jamestown1630
("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
To: Rummyfan
A life of duty from barely past adolescence to death is something will never exist in our system. She had no aspiration for her role, no ambitions. It just was.
To: Rummyfan
I'm glad I don't live in a monarchy but I have no problem at all with a Queen as decent and dignified as Elizabeth was.And I have no problem at all with Brits who are deeply saddened by her passing.
To: Rummyfan
A Queen who wore her country’s military attire in wartime. A great lady. RIP
To: Rummyfan
She was loyal to her citizens for 70 years.
Biden can’t stay loyal to the US for 7 seconds.
15 posted on
09/09/2022 7:55:47 PM PDT by
bgill
(Which came first, the vax or the virus?)
To: Rummyfan
Can we mourn Nancy Pelosi next?
17 posted on
09/09/2022 8:07:19 PM PDT by
algore
To: Rummyfan
Somehow I can’t see the American public giving much of a darn about His Earness...
18 posted on
09/09/2022 8:08:21 PM PDT by
decal
(They won't stop, so they'll have to be stopped)
To: Rummyfan
You don’t have to be a royalist to mourn the loss of a great human being.
20 posted on
09/09/2022 8:18:02 PM PDT by
bigbob
(z)
To: Rummyfan
Why do Americans mourn Queen Elizabeth ll?
My guess is we are not mourning the death of a queen so much as we are mourning the death of world leader who led a long and honorable life and unshelfessly served her nation for almost 3/4 of a century.
RIP QE-ll. A well lived life and a job well done.
23 posted on
09/09/2022 8:43:29 PM PDT by
Tupelo
(Don't under estimate the Republicans ability to f*** things up)
To: Rummyfan
30 posted on
09/09/2022 9:23:30 PM PDT by
DJ MacWoW
(The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
To: Rummyfan
I respect the person, Elizabeth II. But I do not really respect the institution. It’s elitist and obsolete. But they are British. So they are free to do what they want.
To: Rummyfan
It’s not “monarchy” that we mourn but rather how Queen Elizabeth II used it. She was a symbol of unity and continuity not just as Head of State of our strongest allies, but was a steady rock and symbol of Western civilization as whole. She is that constant that is now gone. Even if King Charles III serves admirably and preserves the institution of the monarchy, I don’t see him fulfilling this same role as his mother.
To: Rummyfan
The queen’s passing reminds us how much of the world was once British. 60, 70, 80 years ago, you couldn’t go to Canada without being reminded that it was part of the British Empire (technically Commonwealth, but whatever). Now it takes something like this to remind you.
44 posted on
09/10/2022 6:05:45 AM PDT by
x
To: Rummyfan
Everyone secretly knows deep down that monarchy is the natural order of things. ;-)
53 posted on
09/10/2022 5:09:17 PM PDT by
Impy
("We didn't steal the election, we swear!!!" - Sincerely, The Election Thieves )
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