Comments on: Elizabeth the Sixth http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2007/05/30/elizabeth-the-sixth/ Everyone has a right to my opinions Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:39:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Robert http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2007/05/30/elizabeth-the-sixth/#comment-75462 Robert Wed, 06 Jun 2007 00:21:02 +0000 http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2007/05/30/elizabeth-the-sixth/#comment-75462 First, I think the barring of women from succession implies a belief that the country would be worse off if they had a Queen/Empress instead of a King. So I think pointing out that women are usually successful as monarchs is a good way to negate that pre-conception. Second, surely the point of inheritance - certainly a hereditary monarchy - is that it has nothing to do with merit. First, I think the barring of women from succession implies a belief that the country would be worse off if they had a Queen/Empress instead of a King. So I think pointing out that women are usually successful as monarchs is a good way to negate that pre-conception.

Second, surely the point of inheritance - certainly a hereditary monarchy - is that it has nothing to do with merit.

]]> By: Clarice http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2007/05/30/elizabeth-the-sixth/#comment-75405 Clarice Tue, 05 Jun 2007 19:46:38 +0000 http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2007/05/30/elizabeth-the-sixth/#comment-75405 So then the Japanese don't need to be convinced of women's track record of merit as monarchs. I think inheritance should be based on value or merit as human beings - of which some would say that women have more than men, but certainly not less, when you average things out. So then the Japanese don’t need to be convinced of women’s track record of merit as monarchs.

I think inheritance should be based on value or merit as human beings - of which some would say that women have more than men, but certainly not less, when you average things out.

]]> By: Robert http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2007/05/30/elizabeth-the-sixth/#comment-74475 Robert Sat, 02 Jun 2007 15:13:08 +0000 http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2007/05/30/elizabeth-the-sixth/#comment-74475 Very true. Very true.

]]> By: Clarice http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2007/05/30/elizabeth-the-sixth/#comment-74278 Clarice Fri, 01 Jun 2007 19:30:18 +0000 http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2007/05/30/elizabeth-the-sixth/#comment-74278 Since when did a monarch's right to reign have to be based on merit? I thought that was the whole thrust of your argument against it - that merit has nothing to do with it. Since when did a monarch’s right to reign have to be based on merit? I thought that was the whole thrust of your argument against it - that merit has nothing to do with it.

]]> By: Larry Teabag http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2007/05/30/elizabeth-the-sixth/#comment-73856 Larry Teabag Thu, 31 May 2007 08:32:58 +0000 http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2007/05/30/elizabeth-the-sixth/#comment-73856 <em>woman are barred from succession to the Crysanthemum Throne</em> Quite right. The annoying thing is that if that latest sprog hadn't been a boy they would have abolished it already. A discussion of the principles is all very well, but a constitutional cirsis is unbeatable for forcing change. woman are barred from succession to the Crysanthemum Throne

Quite right. The annoying thing is that if that latest sprog hadn’t been a boy they would have abolished it already. A discussion of the principles is all very well, but a constitutional cirsis is unbeatable for forcing change.

]]> By: chairwoman http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2007/05/30/elizabeth-the-sixth/#comment-73706 chairwoman Wed, 30 May 2007 21:13:47 +0000 http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2007/05/30/elizabeth-the-sixth/#comment-73706 But Elizabeth I of Scotland? But Elizabeth I of Scotland?

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