I think that pretty well sums up the rules of life in general, do you not think…? not though when you are one of those annoying people who want society in general to bow to you and your petty little demands…like the po-faced woman and her poor kid in the picture below…
This lady wants her son to be a full member of the British Cub Scouts only she does not want him to adhere to the rules to do so. This woman, supposedly a devout Roman Catholic (note the well placed crucifix around her neck), has a problem with her son swearing an oath of allegiance to the Queen which is an important and very touching part of the enlistment ceremony. She claims that RC’s (and I am one please note) are discriminated against in that they cannot sit on the Throne (who would want to?) and says her son should not have to swear an oath to support a monarchy which would not have her son as spouse to one of it’s heirs.
Is she for real or does she actually see her son as a future Pope…?
For one thing lady it was the British Govt back in 1701, not the Monarchy, who placed the ban on RC’s sitting on the throne of England. Secondly, if you are so anti-Queen then why do you live in the UK at all…? thirdly, you damn well knew the rules and requirements of joining the British Scouting movement beforehand – so why did you push your kid into this in the first place?
Now, as an Australian I have to say that even though I would never lay down my life for Sweaty-Betty I will say that I still very much like the woman and have a lot of respect for her. My two eldest boys were members of the Australian Scouts for four years and they happily took the Oath in support of ol’ Queenie – even though we are RC. Heck, QE2 even tolerates members of her own family marrying us RC’s these days!…
Mrs McVeigh my boys also have no chance in hell of ever being the PM of Britain (who would want to in their right mind?) but even I know that the Queen has nothing to do with who does what in the House of Commons. So what gives apart from the sniff of a nice ‘damages’ payout or the opportunity to present yourself to the world as a complete whinger…?
If you don’t like the rules then don’t join the club. Simple. Stop putting silly adult logic(?) into your kid’s mouth and explain to little Junior that sometimes we cannot have everything we want in life. Sometime’s we have to conform, even follow rules and regulations we don’t like. Just look at that poor kid…he looks so embarrassed thanks to his silly, deluded mother.
And one last thing Tracy Anne…stop calling yourself a Catholic, you are giving us all a bad name.
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The other night we went out for a meal in a very nice restaurant, along with the kids too. We sat and chatted among ourselves and the two little one’s made use of the crayons and paper thoughtfully provided by the staff. I noticed another family arrive and get seated at a table very near to us; the couple had two daughters in their mid to late teens and as soon as they sat down out came the bloody mobile phones.
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