9th September 2022, 5:05 AM
First of all, the entirety of my thoughts regarding her death is... my condolences to the family.
Beyond that, her life oversaw a lot of rather evil things that she refused to take a stand on such as, but not limited to, the Irish "troubles" and um, "Brexit". More than that, the royal family has centuries and centuries to answer for of terrible colonialism. Now, I don't believe in inheriting guilt or praise for your family line's achievements... but the royal family absolutely DOES believe in that and that particular "inheritance" is baked into British law and grants them authority by birthright. It's valid in this case to bring up the guilt of their family, and to do so again and again until the day the royal family is disbanded as an institution.
So, all the media's fawning over their every move, from births to weddings to funerals, disgusts me quite a bit. This is especially true coming from U.S. media. I mean, what's with this "dynasty worship" in a land that is supposed to reject inherited authority entirely? Just listen to the words they use to describe every even in their lives, calling them "fairy tale" moments or describing the princes and princesses as especially regal as though they have divinely gifted beauty above and beyond us mere peasantry. It's worrying to say the least.
So yes, my condolences to the family, and yes due to their position of authority of course this is newsworthy, but can we stop with the hyperbole? This is not going to be "as memorable as 9/11", and the comparison is sickening. (Oh yes, I do remember where I was when I first found out about the attacks on 9/11. I was right here reading about it in Tendo City and thought it was part of Tendo's "old news reported as new" running gag we had going back then, and a reference to the older attach on the world trade center. Whoops....)
Beyond that, her life oversaw a lot of rather evil things that she refused to take a stand on such as, but not limited to, the Irish "troubles" and um, "Brexit". More than that, the royal family has centuries and centuries to answer for of terrible colonialism. Now, I don't believe in inheriting guilt or praise for your family line's achievements... but the royal family absolutely DOES believe in that and that particular "inheritance" is baked into British law and grants them authority by birthright. It's valid in this case to bring up the guilt of their family, and to do so again and again until the day the royal family is disbanded as an institution.
So, all the media's fawning over their every move, from births to weddings to funerals, disgusts me quite a bit. This is especially true coming from U.S. media. I mean, what's with this "dynasty worship" in a land that is supposed to reject inherited authority entirely? Just listen to the words they use to describe every even in their lives, calling them "fairy tale" moments or describing the princes and princesses as especially regal as though they have divinely gifted beauty above and beyond us mere peasantry. It's worrying to say the least.
So yes, my condolences to the family, and yes due to their position of authority of course this is newsworthy, but can we stop with the hyperbole? This is not going to be "as memorable as 9/11", and the comparison is sickening. (Oh yes, I do remember where I was when I first found out about the attacks on 9/11. I was right here reading about it in Tendo City and thought it was part of Tendo's "old news reported as new" running gag we had going back then, and a reference to the older attach on the world trade center. Whoops....)
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)