tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7729562980132720815.post4574675296211597749..comments2024-03-22T02:27:30.009-05:00Comments on Royal World: Defending MonarchyTheodore Harveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16242452485576182841noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7729562980132720815.post-19929369363151771592010-01-15T13:29:34.918-06:002010-01-15T13:29:34.918-06:00A very good couple of articles on the whole. I was...A very good couple of articles on the whole. I was a little surprised though to see Luxembourg listed as the "last" real monarchy considering that both Liechtenstein and Monaco are monarchies, officially Catholic ones unlike Luxembourg, and both are "real" enough to be effectively absolute monarchies by some definitions. To me, this whole issue does not reflect much on monarchy itself but on the social sickness of Europe in general that such a law would be accepted and even supported by the public. Even a completely absolute monarch cannot, on his own, stem the tide of an entire civilization hell-bent on its own destruction.MadMonarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7729562980132720815.post-85709254229407251322010-01-15T07:46:01.125-06:002010-01-15T07:46:01.125-06:00Poncrates,
I certainly agree that there are both...Poncrates, <br /><br />I certainly agree that there are both good monarchs and bad monarchs. I just don't believe that a monarchy ceases to be a monarchy just because of the actions of a bad monarch.Aaron Traashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08583767829520077167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7729562980132720815.post-71750007339115725152010-01-14T20:10:09.235-06:002010-01-14T20:10:09.235-06:00Aaron, I respect your opinion, but if a monarch ac...Aaron, I respect your opinion, but if a monarch acts against the interests of his people and consistently undermines the common good then he does start to become tyrannical and weakens his position. That is the basic position of Aristotle through Thomas Aquinas.<br /><br />Or maybe we agree that there are good monarchs and bad monarchs. [Tyrants would be technically something different]. Monarchs who consistently act unjustly and thwart the common good are bad monarchs.Ponocrateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14768418263263048150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7729562980132720815.post-28576223312721849712010-01-13T19:49:46.286-06:002010-01-13T19:49:46.286-06:00Most of this is really quite excellent, but I reje...Most of this is really quite excellent, but I reject his definitions of forms of government -- mostly the "A is a corrupted form of B" thing. A monarchy is a monarchy, regardless of whether the king acts against his peoples' interest. I do have a feeling he was over-simplifying to make a point, but I think he went a bit too far.Aaron Traashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08583767829520077167noreply@blogger.com