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posted on 13/9/22

comment by AFCISMYTEAM (U14931)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Eagle Fang (U9028)
posted 29 seconds ago
Interesting that over half people polled feel that there has been too much media coverage:

Q: "When it comes to media coverage of the death of the Queen, do you think it has been too much, too little, or about right?"

About right = 39%
Too much = 55%
Too little = 1%
Don’t know = 5%

Link to results:
https://yougov.co.uk/opi/surveys/results/#/survey/67aa0980-3345-11ed-953e-8f54a11f469c
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Who the feck could think 5 days (so far) of non stop , day and night and radio coverage about the queen, is 'about right'
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Tories mostly.

posted on 13/9/22

comment by Bãleš left boot (U22081)
posted 32 minutes ago
nine billion around the world to watch on TV
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That seems like a punchy estimation
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mu52 creating an extra 1 billion people to watch the Queens funeral

posted on 13/9/22

Think you're being disingenuous if you're suggesting the only reason people support the monarchy is because they like it.

Loads of reason have been given over the years like the net contribution to the economy, having global ambassadors, having a head of state who is independent when it comes to politics etc.

It's hardly a straightforward debate like you're implying.

posted on 13/9/22

comment by Boy From The South (U3979)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Henry Chinaski (U21800)
posted 5 minutes ago
comment by Sadiq Khan (world class mayor) - #JC4PM (U18243)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by Sadiq Khan (world class mayor) - #JC4PM (U18243)
posted 0 seconds ago
comment by Henry Chinaski (U21800)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Sadiq Khan (world class mayor) - #JC4PM (U18243)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by Henry Chinaski (U21800)
posted 5 seconds ago
comment by Eagle Fang (U9028)
posted 14 seconds ago
Propoganda maybe a bit strong to describe what are witnessing.

But the oversaturation of coverage on BBC (and elsewhere) of first the platty jubes, and now whatever they're calling the latest pantomime is bordering on the ridiculous.

I get it, the Queen meant a lot to many people.
But equally there is a minority, and a large one at that, who have a passing interest or just don't really care, and participation is being forced down their throats whether they like it or not.
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Yep, I do think 'propaganda' is an appropriate word though because they're trying to convince the populace that something that is bad for them is actually good for them.

How people can deny it I do not understand.
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Because you cannot understand how people that think differently to you feel. You lack empathy my dear fellow and are very blinkered and close-minded.
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Would you say the same if I made similar arguments about people that vote for the Tories despite the infinite reasons not to?
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I fully understand the reasons why people dislike the Conservatives and the reasons why people prefer them over the alternatives.

You don’t seem to understand how the majority of the population feel about the monarchy.
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You just think that we’ve all been brainwashed by propaganda.

I don’t think Labour voters are brainwashed, I don’t think champagne socialists are brainwashed either. I just don’t agree with them.
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Well if the shoe fits...

People here have listed many, many reasons why the monarchy is a bad thing - these are presented to royalists and in the main they reply 'well, I like them anyway so...'

So brainwashing is the only explanation. And in a way I can't blame them because it started when they were children in history class, and continues to this day.
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The thing is, the fact that I and others value tradition is not because of propaganda. I value tradition in a lot of my life, I think it's important.

That plus the benefits of not having an elected HOS are my biggest reasons behind supporting the monarchy.

You just don't value those same things, which is fair enough.

Doesn't mean I'm brainwashed and you know better...
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This is what I mean when I say that they will never understand how others feel. They’ve been told these reasons many times but because they don’t accept it then it’s just us being brainwashed.

posted on 13/9/22

comment by Serious Thorgen Kloppinson - No laughing matter (U1282)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by AFCISMYTEAM (U14931)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Eagle Fang (U9028)
posted 29 seconds ago
Interesting that over half people polled feel that there has been too much media coverage:

Q: "When it comes to media coverage of the death of the Queen, do you think it has been too much, too little, or about right?"

About right = 39%
Too much = 55%
Too little = 1%
Don’t know = 5%

Link to results:
https://yougov.co.uk/opi/surveys/results/#/survey/67aa0980-3345-11ed-953e-8f54a11f469c
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Who the feck could think 5 days (so far) of non stop , day and night and radio coverage about the queen, is 'about right'
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Tories mostly.
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You're so desperate to simplify these things that you can't help box Tories, Monarchists and probably Brexiteers all in the same bucket without realising that they are three entirely different sets of beliefs.

Your desperate generalisation really takes all the weight out of any argument you make.

posted on 13/9/22

comment by Edinspur (U1109)
posted 30 seconds ago
comment by Bãleš left boot (U22081)
posted 32 minutes ago
nine billion around the world to watch on TV
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That seems like a punchy estimation
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mu52 creating an extra 1 billion people to watch the Queens funeral
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French ladies beware….

posted on 13/9/22

Valuing tradition is part of the propaganda, though. That’s something that can been seen in any culture that wants to promote a certain system.

posted on 13/9/22

comment by AFCISMYTEAM (U14931)
posted 5 minutes ago
comment by Eagle Fang (U9028)
posted 29 seconds ago
Interesting that over half people polled feel that there has been too much media coverage:

Q: "When it comes to media coverage of the death of the Queen, do you think it has been too much, too little, or about right?"

About right = 39%
Too much = 55%
Too little = 1%
Don’t know = 5%

Link to results:
https://yougov.co.uk/opi/surveys/results/#/survey/67aa0980-3345-11ed-953e-8f54a11f469c
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Who the feck could think 5 days (so far) of non stop , day and night and radio coverage about the queen, is 'about right'
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It is too much but this is the case for any major news story. It’s inundation for weeks on a massive story then it disappears into nothingness.

posted on 13/9/22

comment by Marcus The Triumvir Antony (U10026)
posted 3 seconds ago
Valuing tradition is part of the propaganda, though. That’s something that can been seen in any culture that wants to promote a certain system.
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Exhibit A right here

posted on 13/9/22

comment by Boy From The South (U3979)
posted 44 seconds ago
comment by Serious Thorgen Kloppinson - No laughing matter (U1282)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by AFCISMYTEAM (U14931)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Eagle Fang (U9028)
posted 29 seconds ago
Interesting that over half people polled feel that there has been too much media coverage:

Q: "When it comes to media coverage of the death of the Queen, do you think it has been too much, too little, or about right?"

About right = 39%
Too much = 55%
Too little = 1%
Don’t know = 5%

Link to results:
https://yougov.co.uk/opi/surveys/results/#/survey/67aa0980-3345-11ed-953e-8f54a11f469c
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Who the feck could think 5 days (so far) of non stop , day and night and radio coverage about the queen, is 'about right'
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Tories mostly.
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You're so desperate to simplify these things that you can't help box Tories, Monarchists and probably Brexiteers all in the same bucket without realising that they are three entirely different sets of beliefs.

Your desperate generalisation really takes all the weight out of any argument you make.
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i don't agree with a lot of what this guy has written today but he has a good point there, the generalisation that you keep doing, doesn't' help the 'decent' points you've made today.

posted on 13/9/22

comment by Sadiq Khan (world class mayor) - #JC4PM (U18243)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Marcus The Triumvir Antony (U10026)
posted 3 seconds ago
Valuing tradition is part of the propaganda, though. That’s something that can been seen in any culture that wants to promote a certain system.
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Exhibit A right here
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Are you actually going to deny that? It’s GCSE history ffs.

posted on 13/9/22

comment by Edinspur (U1109)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Bãleš left boot (U22081)
posted 32 minutes ago
nine billion around the world to watch on TV
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That seems like a punchy estimation
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mu52 creating an extra 1 billion people to watch the Queens funeral
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Even with my prowess I can't create that many. I misheard my other half who was upstairs, it's four billion, which is still quite a lot

posted on 13/9/22

comment by manusince52 (U9692)
posted 26 seconds ago
comment by Edinspur (U1109)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Bãleš left boot (U22081)
posted 32 minutes ago
nine billion around the world to watch on TV
---

That seems like a punchy estimation
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mu52 creating an extra 1 billion people to watch the Queens funeral
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Even with my prowess I can't create that many. I misheard my other half who was upstairs, it's four billion, which is still quite a lot
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Challenge extended

posted on 13/9/22

comment by Edinspur (U1109)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Bãleš left boot (U22081)
posted 32 minutes ago
nine billion around the world to watch on TV
---

That seems like a punchy estimation
----------------------------------------------------------------------

mu52 creating an extra 1 billion people to watch the Queens funeral
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The highlight of the thread. The whole world will be watching, even in North Korea and Russia. Streets and malls deserted and crawling with tumbleweed as the entire world is glued to their screens. The extra 1b viewers are the aliens already living here.

posted on 13/9/22

Who here is actually going to sit down and watch the funeral on Monday???

posted on 13/9/22

I'm going to stand up

posted on 13/9/22

I'm sure the tv/radio companies that are giving 24 hour news coverage to this one story will be getting dogs abuse from folk wanting the cost of living crisis, Ukraine, strikes.....etc to be put back on the agenda.

However they clearly don't give a fack and I don't think much will change until Tues of next week.

posted on 13/9/22

So Royalist have been brainwashed by propaganda.
Non royalists can see through it with their superior intelligence.

They think

posted on 13/9/22

comment by Marcus The Triumvir Antony (U10026)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by Sadiq Khan (world class mayor) - #JC4PM (U18243)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Marcus The Triumvir Antony (U10026)
posted 3 seconds ago
Valuing tradition is part of the propaganda, though. That’s something that can been seen in any culture that wants to promote a certain system.
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Exhibit A right here
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Are you actually going to deny that? It’s GCSE history ffs.
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The current monarchy or valuing tradition wasn’t in my GCSE history. It was essentially WWI & WW2 if memory serves.

I’ll try and put it this way mate, assuming that you’re a football fan. Have you ever been asked why you’re a football fan by a non sports fan? How do you explain it? There are many reasons against being a football fan: being extorted by the teams and companies, it’s just 22 men kicking ball etc etc.

But we love it, we find it entertaining and so on

posted on 13/9/22

comment by Serious Thorgen Kloppinson - No laughing matter (U1282)
posted 29 minutes ago
Abolition became more frequent in the 20th century, with the number of monarchies in Europe falling from 22 to 12 between 1914 and 2015, and the number of republics rising from 4 to 34.

Only one way this is going. All monarchies are doomed, even Swaziland. It's just a matter of time.
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Your not a fortune teller

posted on 13/9/22

comment by manusince52 (U9692)
posted 4 minutes ago
So Royalist have been brainwashed by propaganda.
Non royalists can see through it with their superior intelligence.

They think
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It's hilarious.

Brexiteers said the same about Remainers.

Remainers said the same about Brexiteers.

Tories say the same about Labour voters.

Labour voters say the same about Tories...

How stupid, arrogant and bigoted are people to believe that the only possible way somebody can think different to them is because they've been misled by propaganda.

posted on 13/9/22

Results from another poll, taken same site as the previous one:

Q: "Have you cried or become teary/welled up at any point due to the death of the Queen?"

I have = 44%
I have not = 54%
Don’t know = 2%

Got to admit, thought it would be higher than 44% given the carry on.

posted on 13/9/22

comment by AFCISMYTEAM (U14931)
posted 6 minutes ago
Who here is actually going to sit down and watch the funeral on Monday???
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I'll probably walk the dog and then play on my PS5 instead.

posted on 13/9/22

comment by Eagle Fang (U9028)
posted 5 seconds ago
Results from another poll, taken same site as the previous one:

Q: "Have you cried or become teary/welled up at any point due to the death of the Queen?"

I have = 44%
I have not = 54%
Don’t know = 2%

Got to admit, thought it would be higher than 44% given the carry on.
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Surely this tells you just how important the whole situation is to people?

posted on 13/9/22

comment by Marcus The Triumvir Antony (U10026)
posted 14 minutes ago
Valuing tradition is part of the propaganda, though. That’s something that can been seen in any culture that wants to promote a certain system.
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That's moronic.

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