On the day of the silver jubilee I attended a rock against racism concert. On the day of the royal wedding in 1981 my friends and I took a four hour bike ride. In 1997, on the day of Diana's funeral I played golf. On the day of Will and Catherine's wedding, my wife and I took a long walk in the forest of Dean. Yesterday we made another walk in the hills south of Abergavenny. Today I am working a shift at our local out-of-hours centre, while my wife will watch Djokavic vs Tsonga in the French Open tennis.
As we can see, I am not really a royalist at heart. I am aware that many countries claim to admire and envy our hereditary head of state, but I still think this system should be dismantled and their wealth distributed to the people who have contributed to it, whether they wanted to or not, for centuries past. And as for a head of state, as it happens I don't believe in the state either, so the question doesn't arise. I have always believed communities should be in charge of their own lives and destinies, and that no one else is entitled to rule in their place. My views are not widely held, or even popular, but I am entitled to them and will continue to espouse them til my dying day. So there.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment