tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390382704873671828.post4543521348761514220..comments2023-11-03T07:23:30.909-05:00Comments on The Monarchist 2.0: Why we must fight the "History Wars"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390382704873671828.post-51240109826387087502008-01-18T18:19:00.001-05:002008-01-18T18:19:00.001-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.David Byershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16964387756766124214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390382704873671828.post-81012263004278053902008-01-18T18:19:00.000-05:002008-01-18T18:19:00.000-05:00Adams, you seem to have missed the whole point and...Adams, you seem to have missed the whole point and spirit of my article. Time for you to read it again and the article it links to and just accept you are barking up the wrong tree. The Crown pre-dates parliament and latter they both evolved into what we have today. You should, if you are anything of a monarchist be out there with me in condemning Robertson’s book.David Byershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16964387756766124214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390382704873671828.post-21420432448296518442008-01-18T17:41:00.000-05:002008-01-18T17:41:00.000-05:00Adams,You may be right that royal and democratic a...Adams,<BR/><BR/>You may be right that royal and democratic absolutism are equally bad in principle.<BR/><BR/>In any case, in practice the latter has turned out worse.<BR/><BR/>I used to believe that both forms of absolutism were equally bad. I still don't endorse any of the forms of absolutism.<BR/><BR/>My views are now more in line with Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn:<BR/><BR/><I>There are totalitarian and monolithic tendencies inherent in democracy that are not present even in a so-called absolute monarchy, much less so in a mixed government which, without exaggeration, can be called the great Western tradition.</I><BR/><BR/>a quote I understand you also partly agree with.J.K. Baltzersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00096616644588479917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390382704873671828.post-41593189388989168312008-01-18T14:40:00.000-05:002008-01-18T14:40:00.000-05:00How about god save us from all forms of absolutism...How about god save us from all forms of absolutism. <BR/><BR/>As I have said before and will say again, the voice of the people is the voice of god is as bad a principal of government as the devine right of kings.<BR/><BR/>The idea of shared power between several diferent locuses of power and the rule of law not men has been the glory of our civilization.adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13008404206373078859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390382704873671828.post-3882013169162174032008-01-18T10:10:00.000-05:002008-01-18T10:10:00.000-05:00Time to abolish the tyrranical monarchy throughout...<I>Time to abolish the tyrranical monarchy throughout the world and establish heads of state native to their respective countries.</I><BR/><BR/>Interesting that someone can label the emasculated monarchs of our time as tyrannical. Very interesting indeed!<BR/><BR/>Perhaps time to abolish the tyrannical, kleptocratic, pervasive mobocracy?<BR/><BR/>God save us from from King Demos!J.K. Baltzersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00096616644588479917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390382704873671828.post-75387810202271983132008-01-18T09:53:00.000-05:002008-01-18T09:53:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.J.K. Baltzersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00096616644588479917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390382704873671828.post-22484829245691920982008-01-17T15:00:00.000-05:002008-01-17T15:00:00.000-05:00Interesting that you are so proud of your views th...Interesting that you are so proud of your views that you could not even put your name to them.David Byershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16964387756766124214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390382704873671828.post-40701762901690888372008-01-17T12:06:00.000-05:002008-01-17T12:06:00.000-05:00I must say I have never been so offended by this b...I must say I have never been so offended by this blog itself. The divine right of kings? Please. That went out along with phrenology.<BR/><BR/>Time to abolish the tyrranical monarchy throughout the world and establish heads of state native to their respective countries.<BR/><BR/>God save us from the queen!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390382704873671828.post-49821563987439211382008-01-16T15:39:00.000-05:002008-01-16T15:39:00.000-05:00Adam, you make interesting points and I would neve...Adam, you make interesting points and I would never say Charles I did not make mistakes and had short coming as King but he was also a great man, if not a successful one. <BR/><BR/>Remember the seizure of Church lands happened under Henry VIII and mismanaged under the sad reigns of his children. Too firmly entranced by the time of Charles I.<BR/><BR/>Also there was no law at that time that said a sovereign must hold parliaments every three years. After reading a great deal about him I stand by the view that in his trial he more than made up for any mistakes to become the greatest King of all time, in my opinion. For his dignity in standing up to an illegal show trial and defence of the rule of law assured that the Monarchy would be restored and survive into our times.David Byershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16964387756766124214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390382704873671828.post-84043585949394079492008-01-16T12:05:00.000-05:002008-01-16T12:05:00.000-05:00First, if parliament had not ated to restrit tunag...First, if parliament had not ated to restrit tunage and pondage, the crown could have ruled without parliment and we would have ended up like france. It may have violated tradition not to grant T&P for life, but it was a tradition parliment had the right to violate in as far as it had the right to grant or withhold T&P. <BR/><BR/>Second did the denial of T&P for life justify leveling ship money on inland provinces ountrary to tradition and without parlimentary grant?<BR/><BR/>Third if the crown had sheparded its resoures after the seazure of the hurch lands, there would have been no need for the additional revenue.adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13008404206373078859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390382704873671828.post-65836508252618300372008-01-15T15:01:00.000-05:002008-01-15T15:01:00.000-05:00I think you might find that the problems were deve...I think you might find that the problems were developing under Henry VIII. When he made seizure of the endowments of religion led to the development of over-mighty subjects that by the time of Charles I were ready to challenge the Kings power. Also from the Middle Ages Customs grants had been given to the king for life on his accession by Parliament. When Charles I came to the throwne Parliament did not grant him this. Parliament was moving faster than the Crown to modify government but the law was still on the side of the King.David Byershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16964387756766124214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390382704873671828.post-66280952477954022002008-01-15T10:36:00.000-05:002008-01-15T10:36:00.000-05:00Quite right. I agree that Cromwell was a dictator,...Quite right. I agree that Cromwell was a dictator, but the fact is that the King was badly abusing his authority. He was in fact by the time of his trial a userper. So was Cromwell, but needs must etc.adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13008404206373078859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390382704873671828.post-41090500360900281722008-01-15T10:25:00.000-05:002008-01-15T10:25:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Tweedsmuirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15545576307045851283noreply@blogger.com