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Alan Cox celebrates the queenAlan Cox celebrates the queenPosted Jun 8, 2012 23:55 UTC (Fri) by yokem_55 (subscriber, #10498)Parent article: Alan Cox celebrates the queen
For American readers, I believe it should be made clear, that the political affiliation that Alan Cox is referring to is not the American party of the same name, but rather refers to the belief that the UK head of state should not be an unelected monarch.
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Alan Cox celebrates the queen Posted Jun 9, 2012 13:17 UTC (Sat) by tialaramex (subscriber, #21167) [Link]
And for those who never paid much attention in history class, it's worth making clear that the UK (well, roughly the same political entity but not yet under that name) actually already tried this once, executing Charles I and creating a republic which lasted about a decade until Charles II (the dead king's heir) was installed.
Alan Cox celebrates the queen Posted Jun 11, 2012 14:42 UTC (Mon) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]
It wasn't much of a republic though, having a Protector for life who was treated with similar degrees of deference as the king used to be, and who passed on his position (briefly) to his son.
Alan Cox celebrates the queen Posted Jun 11, 2012 15:05 UTC (Mon) by copsewood (subscriber, #199) [Link] Indeed, and our short republican period for some odd reason was called "The Commonwealth", not to be confused with the Commonwealth of Nations which our current Queen Liz heads, population 2.1 x 10**9.Whatever the rational logic of becoming a republic, Oliver Cromwell wasn't any fun, no-one seems to want a President Blair, Brown, Thatcher or Major either and losing our .uk (United Kingdom) addresses and domains would be unthinkable. And having a term of office so far equal to those of 11 US Presidents ain't bad.
Alan Cox celebrates the queen Posted Jun 11, 2012 17:19 UTC (Mon) by rgmoore (✭ supporter ✭, #75) [Link] our short republican period for some odd reason was called "The Commonwealth""Commonwealth" was an attempt to create an English word that had the same approximate meaning as the Latin "Republic". The "common" in commonwealth is obviously meant to be the same as the "public" in republic. The "wealth" is from an older, more general meaning of good rather than specifically money. So a commonwealth is a government devoted to the common good, rather than to the advancement of the few or the one as in an oligarchic or monarchic system.
Alan Cox celebrates the queen Posted Jun 14, 2012 16:43 UTC (Thu) by ceplm (guest, #41334) [Link]
Notice how many states of USA (yes, USA used to be a plural) are called Commonwealth today (e.g., http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts).
Alan Cox celebrates the queen Posted Jun 9, 2012 13:38 UTC (Sat) by drag (subscriber, #31333) [Link]
I think the whole 'Queen' part gave it away, honestly.
Alan Cox celebrates the queen Posted Jun 9, 2012 15:04 UTC (Sat) by marcH (subscriber, #57642) [Link]
... says drag.
Alan Cox celebrates the queen Posted Jun 9, 2012 15:57 UTC (Sat) by drag (subscriber, #31333) [Link]
Weird. I thought my name was there right above the post.
But thanks for pointing it out, I guess.
Alan Cox celebrates the queen Posted Jun 9, 2012 16:12 UTC (Sat) by cry_regarder (subscriber, #50545) [Link]
:-) Guess he didn't get it -- or he's playin it
Alan Cox celebrates the queen Posted Jun 10, 2012 1:23 UTC (Sun) by rahvin (subscriber, #16953) [Link]
I'm fairly confident he didn't get the joke. In that a guy in drag is a queen.
Alan Cox celebrates the queen Posted Jun 12, 2012 13:31 UTC (Tue) by drag (subscriber, #31333) [Link]
you are right. Too many levels confused me for a moment.
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