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Originally Posted by Janey
Why wouldn't people care about it? with the weight of history, tradition, institutionalism, power, wealth, history. Did i say history? well, what about precedence. Just about every law we have is based on English precedence.
We care because it shows where our nation evolved from. Even if we don't support the institution of monarchy in this day and age* ignoring it is cultural and historical myopia.
I think there is so much more to say on both sides of the "This", but in the end, why deny where we started from?
* I have a bone to pick about the monarchy. We maintain a set of representatives of the head of state in our country. The Governor General (nationally) plus Leiutenant-Governors (provincially). We are always moaning and griping at the cost of maintaining these offices. My question is, if this continues merely to havethe Queeen's representative maintained in Canada, why isn't Buckingham Palace paying the shot????
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My words were probably a bit harsh. Yes, monarchy is definitely soemthing we should all know about, and have interest in, as a historical fact, and as a 'remember your roots' sort of thing. But it bears absolutely no significance on life today. They are not God-ordained. They just happened to be born to the right people.
Re: bone.
I also don't see any -good- reason for our country to be paying these representatives either. I'd sooner put the queen on a boat back home than give her a dime of our taxes. Sure, it's where we came from. but we declared independence for a reason.