harry the nazi

[littlepea]

this was a few weeks ago, but it might be an interesting discussion: harry the nazi

the (infamous) british tabloids had a field day as prince harry wore a costume to a fancy dress party with a nazi swastika armband.

prince harry has been the subject of articles in the past for things such as smoking dope and beating up a paparazzi photographer in a nightclub (probably while drunk).

personally, i couldn't care less. if he had a worn a devil costume to the fancy dress party everyone would be laughing, even the church of england wouldn't have batted an eyelid, just because he wears a swastika doesn't make him hitler incarnate ...

[Tigress]

The swastika. Not to be confused with the Neo-Nazi triskele.

[littlepea]

my mistake

the lack of interest in this topic pleases me - obviously no-one else in the world cares about this either ;D

[Tara]

Now you know how I feel sometimes.

[PhantomsPandora]

Like it or not, Harry's born into Royalty-so he has to keep a tighter hold on himself because of what he represents. I would never personally dress up in nazi uniform because to me that's very offensive. To some dressing up as Satan is offensive-but them little devil costumes are everywhere. And yeah, I'd probably dress up as a little devil, if I felt like it. I'm not royalty however. And I guess I don't blame Harry or Will for being rebelious, I'd be that way too if someone told me where to go and what to do all the time.

I think they're nothing more than privalaged dolls in a dollhouse, and it's not to say I don't care.

[littlepea]

yeah, it must be tough being in the media spotlight constantly - but at the same time he'll never have to worry about having enough money or material possessions, so maybe that's the price he has to pay ...

i think that there should be no royal family, i don't see the point other than some silly tradition, they don't appear to do anything worthwhile.

in the UK you get a letter from the queen when you reach your 100th birthday, though i don't think it's handwritten - so it's not that valuable

[Tara]

So what's the point of the letter if it's not direclty handwritten from the Queen?

Where did that tradition come from anyway?

[littlepea]

i've no idea where it came from, though maybe from the olden days when there were lords and ladies around - maybe the queen would only send them a letter when they turned 100 (cos there probably wouldn't be very many each year).

there probably still aren't that many each year, i dunno though. maybe she does hand-write them if there's, like, less than 50 each year, but i'd imagine there'd be more than that, probably more than one a day, and that would be too much for the queen to keep up with.

maybe she signs them by hand, though she doesn't write it all out.

the queen is the only person in the country who can sign documents at the top - she "superscribes" the document. everyone else "subscribes" documents, ie. signs at the bottom. interesting ...

[Tara]

wonder what the letter says...

...exactly how many people turn 100 each year anyway?

[littlepea]

i've no idea what the statistics are, but there's about 60 million people in the UK, so maybe someone could look it up and figure it out from that ... i'll see what i can find ...