I am NOT a royalist and hate what the royal family stands for.
Hanging onto the traditions of a monarchy is effectively supporting and saying there's nothing wrong with murdering/torturing people simply for not supporting the administration. We have moved on since those days and we now have something called freedom of speech and elections. I also think it's a bit hypocritical that thr royal family are now passing themselves as pillars of the community when to get to the particular status they hold, their families had to engage a lot of the time in senseless killing, sometimes having children watch while their fathers were murdered.
I also don't believe in the idea that some people are more worthy than others. I don't see how Princess Diana dying in a car crash is any more tragic than the thousands who die each day in car crashes, yet we have to feel an extra sadness and everything stands still. One of the teachings of all major religions and several philosophers is that "everybodys equal" and that is a belief I believe we need to hang onto. A human being should be valued as a person, not just which family they belong to.
Hanging onto the traditions of a monarchy is effectively supporting and saying there's nothing wrong with murdering/torturing people simply for not supporting the administration. We have moved on since those days and we now have something called freedom of speech and elections. I also think it's a bit hypocritical that thr royal family are now passing themselves as pillars of the community when to get to the particular status they hold, their families had to engage a lot of the time in senseless killing, sometimes having children watch while their fathers were murdered.
I also don't believe in the idea that some people are more worthy than others. I don't see how Princess Diana dying in a car crash is any more tragic than the thousands who die each day in car crashes, yet we have to feel an extra sadness and everything stands still. One of the teachings of all major religions and several philosophers is that "everybodys equal" and that is a belief I believe we need to hang onto. A human being should be valued as a person, not just which family they belong to.