People moaning about the Royal Baby

pollypenny

Whilst William, Kate and Harry seem nice, I don't think many of the others are.

Air miles Andy? The Petulant Prince Tax Avoider, Charlie?

I think Diana tried to keep the boys grounded and succeeded up to a point. Who knows about the future.

kwmlondon

BigBlackcat wrote: »

This thread reminds me why I now live overseas...The apathy and negativity to what is a momentous and joyous occasion is sickening.

Unpatriotic people like you are really spoiling a once great country. You should be proud of it's history, achievements, and yes, it's royal family. You have no respect for your country or for each other and you have turned the place into a cynical, depressing, doom and gloom laden hell-hole.

No respect for history eh? Well, how about Oliver Cromwell? I think you'll find that revolution is quite a traditional activity.

marisco_2

It is my misfortune to be surrounded by people at work who adore the royal family. Poor deluded fools. In the staff room they are going on and on about the new arrival. I turn on the news and suddenly the only news worthy event in the world is that a pregnant woman has given birth and is leaving hospital! Breaking news banners across the screen with nothing to report. Driving to work today I switch on the radio and they are pretending to do an interview with HRH Prince of Cambridge. The world has gone cuckoo. The thought of this kind of hysteria over this child for the next 20 years is not appealing.

margaretclare

cloudy11 wrote: »

Why do you have to be proud of the royal family? I am sure they are nice people and everything and I know they have a lot of commitments and engagements, but what have they actually achieved, apart from having the fortune (or not) to be born into that family? Why should I be personally be proud of that?

A new baby is a celebration for any family and becoming a parent for the first time is fantastic. But I find it very strange that if I don't celebrate the new royal baby in this sycophantic way the media is, it makes me somehow less British, cynical and showing a lack of respect for everyone else! I am happy for them, they just have nothing to do with my life so why should I be proud? It's total overkill.

I am happy to be British, I think it's still a great country and not a depressing place full of doom and gloom (despite what papers like the Daily Mail try to make out!). I think it's full of great people who achieve brilliant things, despite not being born into the monarchy.

I still live here, too

I could have written all this myself, except that, for Britain and British, read England and English.

Events like this, while happy for the people concerned, for some of us actually highlight painful occurrences in our own families. The media people are the ones who sicken me most, falling over each other to trot out the most nauseating cliches.

I wish them no harm but I just cannot get into 'oh isn't it wonderful', give them a 'like' on FB etc etc.

BigBlackcat

Funky_Bold_Ribena wrote: »

I would say fe.ck off then but you already did. It's the unpatriotic people that keep this county grounded in reality.

Oh yes, I did indeed "Fe.ck off".

BEST. DECISION. EVER.

Evidently. :cool:

sassyblue

Funky_Bold_Ribena wrote: »

I would say fe.ck off then but you already did.

Wow. Such hatred over a difference in opinion. Nasty.

kwmlondon

BigBlackcat wrote: »

Oh yes, I did indeed "Fe.ck off".

BEST. DECISION. EVER.

Evidently. :cool:

Er, how can you be patriotic and move away? Isn't that a bit wrong?

Also, why can't I be fair and realistic about my own country? If anyone's got a right to be critical about the UK it's the people who live here. I'm proud of some bits, ashamed of others, I think some parts are the best in the world, others need improvement. Is that un-patriotic?

Nobody tells me what to think.

One of the best things about living here is that individuality is a national trait and you can be eccentric and radical.

cloudy11

kwmlondon wrote: »

Er, how can you be patriotic and move away? Isn't that a bit wrong?

Also, why can't I be fair and realistic about my own country? If anyone's got a right to be critical about the UK it's the people who live here. I'm proud of some bits, ashamed of others, I think some parts are the best in the world, others need improvement. Is that un-patriotic?

Nobody tells me what to think.

One of the best things about living here is that individuality is a national trait and you can be eccentric and radical.

Totally agree. I am not sure how having a different opinion makes you cynical, apathetic or contributing to a neverending downward spiral of doom and gloom!

I didn't realise being proud of your country means you accept things unquestionably and that by doing so makes you somehow unpatriotic.

kwmlondon

cloudy11 wrote: »

Totally agree. I am not sure how having a different opinion makes you cynical, apathetic or contributing to a neverending downward spiral of doom and gloom!

I didn't realise being proud of your country means you accept things unquestionably and that by doing so makes you somehow unpatriotic.

I think the most patriotic thing you can do is celebrate your country's attributes and try to improve it's shortcomings.

Personally, I find this country's diversity of thought and wide range of opinion something to celebrate and the ability to express different points of view worth standing up for. I may think that some of those ideas are wrong but I try to change them by reasoned argument.

That only really works if I'm prepared to keep an open mind and accept that I could be wrong myself.

But I'm British - we're quite good at working things out and I'm proud of that!

red_devil

if more young couples were like kate and william the world would be a better place. People could learn something from them?

Can you imagine kate big and fat, fag hanging out her mouth with tattoos all down her arms says it all.