tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390382704873671828.post8315904192965524434..comments2023-11-03T07:23:30.909-05:00Comments on The Monarchist 2.0: Everyone is Tribal. No Exceptions.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390382704873671828.post-52184344871960679412007-08-18T07:07:00.000-05:002007-08-18T07:07:00.000-05:00As that eminent 'medicine man' of the 'British' tr...As that eminent 'medicine man' of the 'British' tribe once wrote:<BR/><BR/>'To you from failing hands we throw the torch; be yours to hold it high.'<BR/><BR/>In the dizzying transformation that has occurred in our culture over the past half-century, there still remains that unique, though oft-subdued spirit that is the principal, most precious, and essential civilising force for good in the world that finds its expression in free people and that gives even greater hope to all those of other tribes: the legacy of British law and fortitude and fundamental respect for the individual 'man'.<BR/><BR/>Elusive as it seems to have become toward re-energising that spirit, even within the tribe itself, it's strength is greater than that of it's enemies and will indeed find it's 'hour' again...perhaps not in the same way as we have known or to which we have a particular affection, but it will indeed triumph in succeeding generations.<BR/><BR/>The monarchy, with all its warts, is and will continue to play a role in that enduring cause in another age.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390382704873671828.post-49195313930612479262007-08-17T12:39:00.000-05:002007-08-17T12:39:00.000-05:00Burton, you wise blogger - you know I was referrin...Burton, you wise blogger - you know I was referring to you.The Monarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10362198840081512460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390382704873671828.post-81600687222053283982007-08-17T09:18:00.000-05:002007-08-17T09:18:00.000-05:00Everyone is invested in the past. No exceptions. G...Everyone is invested in the past. No exceptions. Given that the past is absolutely determinative of all present circumstances, that is.<BR/><BR/>BurtonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390382704873671828.post-8692266551727580322007-08-15T22:03:00.000-05:002007-08-15T22:03:00.000-05:00I agree, Kipling. I consider myself a rooted cosmo...I agree, Kipling. I consider myself a rooted cosmopolitan, which I suppose makes me a modern Stoic. And I will not go gently into the night; the pathology of being a tad overinvested in the past, however, requires that I take a more routine reality break :)The Monarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10362198840081512460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390382704873671828.post-28083235326582476232007-08-15T19:45:00.000-05:002007-08-15T19:45:00.000-05:00Do not go gently into that sweet night dear Beaver...Do not go gently into that sweet night dear Beaverbrook! The British Canadian tribe isn't finished and neither is the Crown! My own "tribe" is not British, though it is Britain's oldest ally on the continent, yet I very much appreciate the Peace, Order and Good Government which British Canadians developed and which my ancestors took until the 1970s to figure out. Some "tribes" are better than others and / or better in different ways. <BR/><BR/>As for the idea of cosmopolitanism, I interpret that differently that most. To be cosmopolitan is not be rootless but to be rooted and aware and engaged in other cultures and ideas that are "good and noble." I think the Crown embodies this idea well. It is both a Canadian as well as a Commonwealth institution, it links us both to our past as well as to the wider community that shares the British Crown.Kiplinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04838567321326673782noreply@blogger.com