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<blockquote data-quote="Willie Oleson" data-source="post: 437497" data-attributes="member: 8">I&#039;m reading convincing arguments why the monarchy could/should be abolished, but one thing is not mentioned at all: culture &amp; legacy.Perhaps it could be argued that the monarchy has never been a great insitution to begin with, but we can&#039;t rewrite history.It is what it is and it&#039;s always been part of England (and other European countries).Isn&#039;t is possible that some or many people in the UK (and other countries with a monarchy) feel that their traditions are being taken away from them, but it&#039;s perfectly okay for other nations/cultures/ethnics to maintain their&nbsp;&nbsp; prides and precious customs? I&#039;m not saying that the monarchy is a wonderful and productive necessity but I think it represents more than&nbsp; just the royal family.The monarchy doesn&#039;t affect America at all, except for the fact that it&#039;s always been the one&nbsp; thing they&#039;ve never had.A pro-abolition argument coming from that part of the world seems suspicious.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />Like I said it feels weird to post a pro-monarchy opinion - it&#039;s just that little voice in my head that says &quot;there may be more to it than meets the eye&quot;.And then there&#039;s the simple fact that forum member Angela Channing has a long history of bashing everything quintessential British - and not always without good reason.I still consider the abolition to be an option, but maybe there are things that could be improved before getting rid of it altogether. And once it&#039;s gone you can&#039;t bring it back.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Willie Oleson, post: 437497, member: 8"] I'm reading convincing arguments why the monarchy could/should be abolished, but one thing is not mentioned at all: culture & legacy. Perhaps it could be argued that the monarchy has never been a great insitution to begin with, but we can't rewrite history. It is what it is and it's always been part of England (and other European countries). Isn't is possible that some or many people in the UK (and other countries with a monarchy) feel that their traditions are being taken away from them, but it's perfectly okay for [I][B]other[/B][/I] nations/cultures/ethnics to maintain [I]their[/I] prides and precious customs? I'm not saying that the monarchy is a wonderful and productive necessity but I think it represents more than just the royal family. The monarchy doesn't affect America at all, except for the fact that it's always been [I]the one[/I] thing they've never had. A pro-abolition argument coming from that part of the world seems suspicious.;) Like I said it feels weird to post a pro-monarchy opinion - it's just that little voice in my head that says "there may be more to it than meets the eye". And then there's the simple fact that forum member Angela Channing has a long history of bashing everything quintessential British - and not always without good reason. I still consider the abolition to be an [I]option[/I], but maybe there are things that could be improved before getting rid of it altogether. And once it's gone you can't bring it back. [/QUOTE]

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