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Originally Posted by !@#$%!
so glice & suchfriends argue that the monarchy is good for "the economy" because people waste their money in shitty merchandise; that's like saying cancer is good for the economy because it keeps hospitals and researchers in business (it does--but is it?).
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you misunderstand me. I didn't necessarily say it was the best investment, I just said it was by no means a loss, and in the scheme of things, governments waste a lot more money are a lot worser things, like war and destruction. At least this bullshit wedding made people smile rather than die in the streets
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Originally Posted by knox
The costs/losses were greater than the profits.
Also, let's stop pretending that everyone who criticizes anything is an anarchist. It's a boring game.
Another thing, let's stop speculating that without monarchy tourists wouldn't be interested in going to the UK. That's bullshit.
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Were you even paying attention to this crappy Wedding? It cost pennies compared to the amount of revinues it generated, probably in bullshit TV ratings alone!! Again, I am not trying to say the pageantry is inherently good because it made money, just trying to argue against folks here who are saying that on top of it being morally reprehensible, it always was a loss of money which frankly is not true. I deal with truth, I would not lie just to support my own agenda or ideology, we have to call it as we see it. Sure, there are BETTER ways to invest $45,000,000 but in the scheme of things, couldn't we just be happier that that money was spent on a little over-top pageantry over say, yet another week of bombing campaigns in Libya (which cost approximately the same figures as the wedding). We can't be purists,we have to be pragmatic. The "elected" UK govt is pursuing nothing but austerity measures, so we can't honestly expect them to have invested the money where it belongs, so I say pick the best of the worse evils. We in Rastafari believe in doing the best you can where you at in the circumstances that are there, anything else would quixotic or even arrogant.