@Robert Gentel,
Robert Gentel wrote:
"We're having a wedding, you're paying. You're not invited. Now run along and organise a street party in our honour. There's a good peasant." - Omar Abu Omar
"Arabs take to the streets to protest inherited power and privilege. Brits take to the streets to celebrate it." - Tony Karon
That's very funny yes...but it's had some of its teeth drawn in the UK. The royals can't torture and personally destroy people any more. The Brits did a lot of the heavy duty protesting a long time ago.
I think these things have a sedative effect on the populace, too, in times of economic pain. It's no different from the Presidential pomp and circumstance in essence...and that costs a lot.
Dunno...it's sociologically extremely odd.
I was at a spoof party tonight...and realised I had had no idea at all about how much coverage the thing was getting!~ Our hostess had done a lot of researching order to keep us entertained and the amount of trivial drivel was stunning.
We seem to need some sort of canvas to project something onto though....we Ozzians, for instance, find the Presidential guff that goes on unbelievable...I suppose those so inclined can do it with royalty here, and can see politicians as much more workaday phenomena.
Toronto's weird. People don't even blink if you've got a fascinator on your head as you walk past the food court.
