Would Canadians welcome Harry and Meghan?

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  1. James Knapp

    James Knapp Well-Known Member

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    The same as my mixed race household. My Pakistani partner is actually quite embarrassed about the screams of racism, especially towards the UK as a country, which is for the most part, the most tolerant country in the world.

    And during the summer I am darker than Meghan and I am Caucasian. I love how she is portrayed as a 'black' woman.
     
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    :cheerleader::cheerleader::cheerleader:

    I must say, you really "knocked it outta the park" with that post! :above: .
    People pay money to read stuff as good as what you've written here for free! I will "follow" you now.... :thumbsup:

    P.S. -- I still think that some 'Ka-Pow' factor, like superior sphincter-control may have played a significant part in this whole dismal tragicomedy....
     
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  3. ARDY

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    So the recent news is


    LONDON — Queen Elizabeth II said Monday she "would have preferred" Prince Harry and Meghan to remain "full-time working Members of the Royal Family" but respects their decision "to live a more independent life as a family."

    "My family and I are entirely supportive of Harry and Meghan’s desire to create a new life as a young family," Her Majesty said in a statement. "Harry and Meghan have made clear that they do not want to be reliant on public funds in their new lives. It has therefore been agreed that there will be a period of transition in which the Sussexes will spend time in Canada and the UK."

    In your opinion, does the queen have authority conspire with her son to take act.... which by your analysis seems quite illegal?
     
  4. Lil Mike

    Lil Mike Well-Known Member

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    Well the royal family does seem to me to have duties and obligations. I would find it odd if you could skip all that dull stuff and just hang on to the titles and estates. Maybe the Queen will go along with that, who knows?
     
  5. Lil Mike

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    I've never posited any sort of legal analysis about the monarchy. I wouldn't even know where to begin. Where in any of my posts did you see a legal analysis?
     
  6. ARDY

    ARDY Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    I guess the queen is the employer.... somewhat surprisingly she is apparently willing to flout the law. But then, surprisingly, being queen apparently still has some prerogatives
     
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    ARDY Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    I guess I misunderstood.... maybe you just expressed an idle speculation?
     
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    Can you explain more fully, please?
     
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    Do you mean someone who is white, and has an issue with people of colour? I'm not trying to trap you for the purposes of having you censured by the mods, I'm trying to clarify precisely what you think I 'might' be doing. As someone who is concerned about this stuff, it would help me enormously to know if I'm engaging in unconscious white privilege, or something like that.
     
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    I think you know exactly what I'm talking about. Can you imagine how awful it would be to have a "Harry" in the house ... running interference, as though the brown folk are delicate halfwits?
     
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    Poor old dear doesn't have much choice. Not like the good old days, when she could have just had both of 'em beheaded.
     
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    What law is she flouting?
     
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    If she doesnt Harry and Meghan have enough funds to invest and live off the interest ($30 mill+). The Royals are the losers regardless.
     
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    How are the royals the losers? I assume as a commonwealth member, you may be more familiar with the ins and outs of your royalty than I am.
     
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    I say "maybe" as since you began to comment in this thread you have clearly displayed a bias towards Megan mainly based on not being good enough. If that isnt based on race then I withdraw my suspicions. You are entitled to your views, I think though you are being harsh.
     
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    I think Harry is a fine man since he dragged himself away from the nightclub set. He has a very sound military record and has adopted much work similar to his late mother. Megan has embraced this new lifestyle with vigor but disillusion, the latter mainly due to her inability to fit in to the inner Royal world- actually more likely their abrasiveness on her as not being good enough, or not acting 100% how they would like.

    Eg Meghan found palace life difficult with the attention she was getting even from so many staff. Add to that Kate's attitude towards her soured. So Meghan like most of us exploded often. This resulted in a move of castles so to speak. But it was a bandaid remedy. The scar would never heal on the Royal side. She tried, I'll give her that, but I cant see it being fixed.

    I only know this bare information because in Oz we are blasted with Royal news all the time when most of us dont want it that often.
     
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    Very interesting. What makes you automatically jump to the conclusion that her skin tone must play a part, when she's criticised? Why would that even occur to you? It's not 1950, and they live in the UK. The least racist nation on planet earth, easily, and it's the 21stC. Your assumption that everyone is thinking race-related thoughts is a reflection on your own focus on race. It has nothing to do with reality.

    FTR, I don't give a hoot about her personality (I'm sure she's perfectly nice, day to day), she's simply bad marriage material - especially for someone with as much historical, public, and family baggage as Harry.

    PS: You saw my trap before you walked into it, well done. Always pays to know who you're talking to before slinging 'racist!' about.
     
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    What ever law you are referring to that makes this whole thing illegal. Or maybe it is not illegal. In which case i am not sure what we are talking about
     
  19. Lil Mike

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    Sorry, but I've no idea what you are talking about. I have no recollection of making a legal argument about this. If you find a post by me about it, let me know, I would wonder if were drunk posting.
     
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    Its not everyone thinking race related thoughts, but there's enough of the racist louts around the UK, not to mention its the home of yellow journalism with a couple of tabloids that put the national enquirer to shame.

    I'm sure Meg is not the perfect royal. Royalty has survived over the centuries by being a rather closed club and I believe the royal court is the very definition of snootiness. A modern american woman and actress (no less), let alone of mixed race, is pretty well the definition of an outsider to that crowd.

    Meanwhile Harry doesn't want his kids to suffer like he did when his mother was literally hounded to her death. The tabloids and social media weren't letting up on her at all, regardless of her words and deeds. I'm not surprised he wants more for his family than what he was dealt.
     
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    Headlines like ''straight outta Compton'' don't help.
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...arry-s-girlfriend-actress-Meghan-Markles.html
     
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    From the news it sounds like where they were in Canada they were doing fine and had felt able just to walk around like everyone else. The newsperson thought they seemed to be well accepted as she could not get anyone to tell her where they are....but then of course they will be millionaires and they do stick together;) I heard the Queen was genuinely interested in finding a way which would work like other Royal Families in Europe have done. She apparently thought it would be not just for them but something which could be available to others as well.
     
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    Oh please. A few old codgers, a handful of skinheads, and some Indians/Pakistanis/West Indians. No one else gives a flying ****.

    Honestly, this thinking is incredibly archaic. White Westerners haven't been generally and actively racist for decades.
     
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    no so much in north america thats for sure.
     
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    whatever
     

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