Allegiance to the Monarch? As if!
Mar. 12th, 2008 09:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sawylPledging allegiance to the Queen? Puhleeze.
I remember back when I was a stripling going to a joint concert held the the Woodcraft Folk and a local orchestra. The orchestra started off the evening with an anachronism: the national anthem. When the music started, the Woodies half of the audience remained resolutely seated. The rest of the theatre sprang to its feet and then, realising that the hippy crowd hadn't stood, turned its collective baleful gaze on the sedentary republicans, thereby strengthening the resolve of those of us sitting to remain sitting.
So much, then, for the idea of respect for the monarchy fostering a common bond...
I remember back when I was a stripling going to a joint concert held the the Woodcraft Folk and a local orchestra. The orchestra started off the evening with an anachronism: the national anthem. When the music started, the Woodies half of the audience remained resolutely seated. The rest of the theatre sprang to its feet and then, realising that the hippy crowd hadn't stood, turned its collective baleful gaze on the sedentary republicans, thereby strengthening the resolve of those of us sitting to remain sitting.
So much, then, for the idea of respect for the monarchy fostering a common bond...
