RIP Queen Elizabeth

[Tank]

2 hours ago, Blarg said:

Dude is lucky it's not a couple centuries back where he would receive a public flogging. In this case he will probably have to pay a fine. Nice that a couple of citizens decided to remove him from the event. Funerals, whether carried out in public or private, should be off limits to protest. 

speaking out against the king or queen often resulted in an execution (and thus a huge reason for the first amendment). he'd be lucky ONLY to be flogged.

[cals]

3 hours ago, Blarg said:

Dude is lucky it's not a couple centuries back where he would receive a public flogging. In this case he will probably have to pay a fine. Nice that a couple of citizens decided to remove him from the event. Funerals, whether carried out in public or private, should be off limits to protest. 

Westboro Baptist Church disagrees.

[Jason]

1 hour ago, cals said:

Westboro Baptist Church disagrees.

I always wondered if they were totally serious or just the worlds biggest asshole trolls 

[Blarg]

2 hours ago, Tank said:

speaking out against the king or queen often resulted in an execution (and thus a huge reason for the first amendment). he'd be lucky ONLY to be flogged.

He was heckling a Prince. They have so many of them there's just no time on the gallows to schedule them all. 

[Blarg]

23 minutes ago, Jason said:

I always wondered if they were totally serious or just the worlds biggest asshole trolls 

Yes to both. 

[gotbeer]

Anyone else tired of the every single move coverage yet?  

[Tank]

1 hour ago, gotbeer said:

Anyone else tired of the every single move coverage yet?  

i'm not. we haven't seen a funeral for a monarch in my lifetime so i'm interested from a historical pov about what they do.

is there too much pomp and circumstance? yes. is there a way to scale it back? no idea . . . yet.

[Jay]

I've been watching BBC World News which has been pretty much 24/7 Queen Elizabeth for the last several days. Interesting to see the British coverage not just of the death but also the life of the Queen.