Joshua_me
IntoxicatedwithHunkiness
Hmm...It's crazy to suggest that the current economic problems compare in any way with post-WWII austerity. I work with people in their 80s and 90s who experienced it first hand. Vast numbers of people in the UK lived without electricity or indoor plumbing well into the 1960s.
OK, I admittedly over-reached with my comparison to the conditions in the U.K. during the post WWII years.
But, my essential point remains.
Let's broaden the scope beyond the U.K. We live a world where more than half of the population go to bed (if they have one) hungry every night. This is just a fact.
If Kate and William want to get hitched, more power to them. But, must it be done with such a blatant display of wealth and privilege ?
The cost of this wedding would be enough to provide a small country (or two) with food and medicine for years to come.
Now, I realize this world has always been composed of the "haves" and the "have nots", but is this really something to celebrate ?
The bottom line here is that the event serves as some sort of fantasy projection for the "unwashed masses" that will watch it on their TV's, (those lucky enough to have them) and know they will never be a part of this elevated class, while those lucky enough to be in attendance will convince themselves that the rest of the world is not their problem.
Perhaps it isn't.
As an American, I can't wait to order my commemorative plates from Royal Dalton to memorialize this historic event.
They'll look stunning over my George W. Bush inaugural collection.



I recall a former coworker that lived and breathed everything Diana. She was otherwise a relatively sane/rational person, but I'll bet dollars to donuts she's already got her dress picked out for this upcoming event...
but thinkin' 'bout the "Young Prince" & his beloved Bride made me think of the old stand-by joke