tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770341086445997547.post6876315393736772505..comments2023-10-07T22:37:49.244+13:00Comments on The Hand Mirror: A Royal Spectaclekatyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15742280289613450293noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770341086445997547.post-54519219026792896932011-05-02T17:13:59.381+12:002011-05-02T17:13:59.381+12:00I found myself watching it even though I promised ...I found myself watching it even though I promised I wouldn't and it sucked in even my husband for a while. <br /><br />The most fun to be had was being cutting and rude about some of the 'costumes' on facebook - I'm looking at you Beatrice and Eugenie ... I know you were doomed with Fergie as a mum but really! The ceremony itself seemed very dry, slow and long but I guess there was a lot of protocol to follow.<br /><br />I felt a little hypocritical because I'm not a monarchist at all, don't think I'm totally on the Republican fence either.<br /><br />Julie, your comments about the need to maintain a link in order to resolve some of our Treaty 'trespasses' is a really interesting take on it, that hit me in the guts and puts me further on the fence.Giarnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04029099237980820895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770341086445997547.post-352396065228263482011-05-02T14:31:32.586+12:002011-05-02T14:31:32.586+12:00Hugh, I think it's distinguishing the pomp and...Hugh, I think it's distinguishing the pomp and ceremony from the underlying issues. It's like watching Hollywood film awards while pretending that it's not an awful institution.<br />Yes, I'm not thrilled that people were arrested beforehand because it was suspected they might intend to commit peaceful protests a great distance from the wedding. Although that does make the point about why we would be better off without them. But then we have King Gerry right here in NZ to make that point for us already.<br />Much nicer to watch The Chaser's wedding coverage and wonder at the thought of The Grandson of The Queen of New Zealand marrying someone with a university degree. Or that she has succeeded at such a dramatic and unlikely goal (marrying the prince).Moznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770341086445997547.post-24060357936032452942011-05-02T09:23:53.131+12:002011-05-02T09:23:53.131+12:00I'm not a total Republican. I'm not sure ...I'm not a total Republican. I'm not sure that we can just unhitch ourselves from the Crown until we have really resolved the outstanding Treaty stuff that we keep dodging, generation after generation. If that wasn't the case I would be in favour of becoming a republic in the short term. <br /><br />Thanks for the tipoff about the Herald on Sunday Scube, very weird to see my name in newsprint like that!Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08977150346842277994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770341086445997547.post-58093252108212882862011-05-01T17:53:59.688+12:002011-05-01T17:53:59.688+12:00Not interested in the wedding but I find the virgi...Not interested in the wedding but I find the virgin thing kind of encouraging, to be honest. That is, you get the impression that this is an adult woman who has made an informed choice (not that that helped Princess Masako of Japan, a 30-year old Harvard and Oxford graduate who had worked as a diplomat when she married but has been out of public life since 2002, it is thought due to the pressure of not being successful in producing a male heir).katyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15742280289613450293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770341086445997547.post-80984633222783043562011-05-01T17:21:35.031+12:002011-05-01T17:21:35.031+12:00Love the post and the fact this was quoted in the ...Love the post and the fact this was quoted in the "blogged" section of 'herald on sunday' may 1st page 47.<br />I have to say I was very interested in seeing the wedding (though I haven't yet due to being busy living life!).<br />I don't get particularly excited about royals, don't buy into the religion or think that weddings are compulsory to prove a couples love.<br />But I was gleefully awaiting all the events coordination side of things.. The dress, the flowers, the guests, the entertainment...<br />My feelings on royalty, marriage and any kind of political sensibilities were put aside in the same way they are when I enjoy any other mindless entertainment.<br />And I'm ok with that.Scuba Nursehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00248129325790275090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770341086445997547.post-61819609737252514112011-04-30T21:53:40.781+12:002011-04-30T21:53:40.781+12:00It was in many ways a national cult gathering, whe...It was in many ways a national cult gathering, whether the religion was the monarchy itself (with due reverent adoration for the hope of a renewal of the royal blood line body into the child of a new generation) or by association the patriarchy god of the Nicene Creed and the marriage bed law of the church. <br /><br />All suitably packaged for the colonials who share in the commonwealth of this royal family, so we/they could witness the imperial capital on display to the world via the spectacle of the pageantry. <br /><br />Our connection to the time of empire and before then to the time of royal perogative in determining not only temporal rule but also the spiritual faith of the people.<br /><br />While we are nominally without a state church or religion, via the Crown and these occasions we are informed about who really determines who is fit to sit upon it and who has to be seen to be <br />obeying the laws of the church god to do so. Why our own parliament will also use the phrase our Lord Jesus Christ every time it sits.SPCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770341086445997547.post-5021359033057896052011-04-30T14:07:53.848+12:002011-04-30T14:07:53.848+12:00It's funny, all the people I know who watched ...It's funny, all the people I know who watched the wedding are Republicans, and all the Monarchists I know didn't.<br /><br />You Republicans and your silly royal weddings, what's up with that?DPF:TLDRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06372937855256319716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770341086445997547.post-76712086175390393222011-04-29T22:32:40.918+12:002011-04-29T22:32:40.918+12:00I've heard some people are offended that Kate ...I've heard some people are offended that Kate Middleton is referred to as a commoner. One of the few news things I've seen on this pointed out that her parents are making the token gesture of kicking two hundred thousand dollars to the cost of the wedding.<br /><br />Calling her a commoner isn't so much insulting as it's just plain inaccurate.Apathy Jaclknoreply@blogger.com