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To: Unam Sanctam
I just don't see them as a panacea for everything

I do not claim that the Habsburgs are "a panacea for everything." I believe that they should be restored to the thrones of Austria, Hungary, and the Czech lands. This is not "everything."

Having always been a traditionalist at heart

You have an odd way of showing it.

However, the behavior of the House of Windsor over the past couple of decades has made a confirmed republican of me.

That makes about as much sense as it would to become a Protestant because of the behavior of certain priests and bishops. As Charles Coulombe put it, [i]f immorality on the part of its leaders were a reason for abolition, there would be no institutions: political, business, religious, or any other sort; remaining on Earth---and that includes even families.

I wish that some of the members of the House of Windsor had behaved differently in their personal lives, but it should not be forgotten that they have also worked extremely hard at charitable endeavors and done a lot of good for their country, more than most British politicians. For example, Prince Charles with his Prince's Trust has helped rescue thousands of urban youth from poverty and drugs. And his mother Queen Elizabeth has been a model of dignity and devotion to duty. There are members of the royal family who have led exemplary lives devoid of adultery or scandal who do not get as much publicity because they do not interest the media. For example, the Duchess of Kent, who is a convert to Catholicism and has devoted her life to teaching music to young children.

190 posted on 12/13/2004 10:32:51 AM PST by royalcello
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To: royalcello

There is nothing to prevent the peoples of Austria, Hungary and Bohemia and Moravia from changing their constitutions and bringing back Hapsburgs. I believe Otto von Hapsburg is or was a European parliamentarian. Since they don't chose to do that, you will have to impose your autocratic monarchy by force, apparently in the name of Metternichian "legitimacy". That is the opposite of Burkean conservatism, which allows for organic and incremental development and proscription. The peoples of Mitteleuropa are free to chose their own destiny. And all you can do is rail at Wilson (and presumably Reagan, since obviously the formerly Communist nations have only recently become free and democratic once again) for helping them have the freedom to do so.


192 posted on 12/13/2004 10:47:32 AM PST by Unam Sanctam
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To: royalcello

By the way, do you know who is the current Jacobite pretender to the British throne? By rules of legitimacy, shouldn't he be the proper king of England? Since you're railing against the French and American revolutions, why not rail at the Glorious Revolution as well? Heck, Tolkien and others were known to rail against the injustice of the Norman Conquest.


193 posted on 12/13/2004 10:50:08 AM PST by Unam Sanctam
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