Thread: The Royal Family, good or bad to have them?

Quote: Originally Posted by Smoothfonzo My family has quite a history with the Royal Family. I've met Prince Charles twice, and Princess Diana once, probably during one of the last two times they came to Canada; I know it was during the same visit where they had their famous visit to Niagara Falls. During one of the Queen's visits in the 80's, my sister had personally handed some flowers to her, something we were told was...

Quote: Originally Posted by Gilles Wouldn't you be concentrating all the power into one person, then ? And it looks like an unelected one at that Giles....... a system fit for a King I'd say.

Quote: Originally Posted by (( p g )) […] there are a whole range of "reserve" powers at his/her disposal... essentially things that the GG has never/rarely exercised, but could in the event of a serious emergency or constitutional crisis stemming from an abuse of power at the executive branch. Considering that the Governor General is hand-picked by the Prime Minister although he is appointed by the Queen, I doubt he...

Quote: Originally Posted by Gilles I would go further, and abolish all political parties ; the citizens then would be able to vote for people who truly represent them. If you think about it, we only have a choice amongst candidates that are screened by the party they belong to, and they have to follow the party line even in contradiction to what the electors think. Even if a person starts out with good intentions by time they have made it...

^ +1 Creating a dictatorship are we?

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Quote: Originally Posted by Gilles I agree. But big corporations and professional politicians fear local views and democracy. The so-called globalization wouldn't have been possible if your neighbors could have voted for you as their representative ; unless they agree to globalize. The concept of "majority" would be totally different than what it is now ; we would have ad hoc and fluctuating majorities, to be negotiated...

rgray and Sinc, for FYI, the description of the monarchy powers is derived from the following link. Advantages of Monarchy (Imperial Qing Restoration Organization) FYI, I have tried to remain impartial in this discussion. I'm 100% behind democracy even though this system is imperfect and full of corruption and cronyism.

Quote: Originally Posted by Rps No problem, just remember though, in times of deepest despair the Royal family were and probably always will be an inspiration to the British. Yes, but is this owing to a monarchical system? Or in other words, could not any head of state and his family have fulfilled this role; whether or not they acheived their position through being born into it, elected into it, or simply took it. Remember, the little...

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