Tell you what, Somekid. If I get to meet the Queen, I'll hock a gob in 'er platter, for ye.
Thanks. (Yes, I know you were joking, still, pretty funny.)
"Captain Sobel, you salute the rank, you don't salute the man."
Seems to me to be the same concept at work.
If you mean I hate her because she is a monarch, you are correct. If you mean I should be nice to her because of her position, I think you are flat wrong.
And the fact that our main ally in the world considers this woman to be the titular head of state requires that any DECENT, civil, American accord her the respect that her own nation does.
Not even the Queen of England expects an American to bow and scrape before her.
And, whether you like it or not, the British monarchy is largely responsible for the creation of this country of ours.
I disagree, vehemently; she had better not; and in a way, you are right.
I believe, though, that active duty military personnel in uniform are required to salute them both
Then they have my utmost pity. I wonder though, could one refuse on religious grounds? (I do agree with Jefferson on this matter - disobedience to tyrants is obedience to God.) That said, the only salute towards a Monarch I will
ever give, is the California salute.
She is due a fair amount of respect as being the official head of state of sixteen sovereign states. A certain amount of diplomacy is warrented, as many of those sovereign states are our closest military allies, such as Canada and the UK. I wouldn't say such behavior would definitely start a major war, but probably would.
Canada is hardly an ally at this point. Besides, a troop of boy scouts could earn their rifle marksman merit badges AND conquer Canada at the same time.
Your example of her refusing to speak out against certain UK policies, including oppressive gun laws, is unfair. Due to the nature of her official role, she is not supposed to interfere in policy and politics of the countries she 'rules'.
What, so you are saying she has no freedom of speech? Then she should speak out against that. It doesn't have to be guns, she just needs to do something good for the world.