Recent content by Catherine J

Yep, I tend to use five words when one will do on first drafts. So my posts to boards can be long and convoluted. True enough. Sorry about that. My apologies also for the offensive manner in which I responded. I should probably step back from this discussion as I have overstepped, at the...

Yes, there you have it. As you and Polly, most recently, and others further back in the thread have said, there is a very unsavory underbelly being exposed here. I have a nearly pathological inability to tolerate the sort of pervasive meanness of spirit that finds a tripping fall and the...

That is so offensive and ridiculous that it must be designed simply to arouse and inflame. In case it's not and you are so deluded that you believe you made a reasonable statement: The Duke and Duchess were on private property that was NOT visible to passersby (unless they found the exact...

Yes. This is the crux of it. We argue whether they should have known, whether they were to blame or not, whether they erred in judgement or whatever ... it clouds and obfuscates the issue. There seems to be a direct correlation between persons who express the opinion that William and Catherine...

Yes, the world evolves :) Or that is the hope. I suppose we disagree on the idea that pity ought to be metered out based upon socio-economic standing. Tragedy, mishap, loss, invasion, violation - these are all human tragedies and occur regardless of circumstance and the damage or pain they...

It's always a drag doing things you hate. My condolences. I agree. In fact, I quite specifically said "this is not the shot heard around the world". So, no need to have given yourself any anxiety over the matter as I already knew that. I assume you mean puerile. And no, it most certainly is...

Indeed. I mentioned in one of my many posts (maybe even the one where I said I believed I was done with this discussion :!) that (a) I found it odd William was not really discussed in terms of who was to blame and (b) William's nakedness had somehow completely fallen under the radar. You have...

Can't cite you the actual posts but there were a few so they're not so pure and now the world can see them for what they are type posts, which you might and might not call "glee" - depends upon whether one falls into the linguistic/ideal/analytical or ordinary language school of philosophic...

As usual, your entire post was full of good points. This quoted bit, I can attest personally, is in fact true. Not quite the shot heard around the world yet, but it's certainly not a "blank".

I think one of the problems we have is that we consider this "news" versus a criminal violation and that it must, therefore, have a shelf life. As Muhler points out, this is bigger than a discussion about something which has exceeded its public interest shelf life. In fact, the very idea that it...

It was the "Waaaaaah!" at the end that got me laughing. His description of them, his reference to Hamlet withstanding, is not unlike many others I have read over the years. The summation of them as a couple and as individuals seems to be "vacuous". I admit to a strange fascination with the...

Yes, that makes sense. It must be difficult, as each reign begins the shift to accommodate the next, to determine which members will be "working" royals and which ones will have to get to the other kind of working.

Yes, I think this is so. If one thinks of the BRF as "the firm" then they have been maneuvering the new "board", if you will, into place. I always wondered about Beatrice and Eugenie. It has been clear, in very stern language, enough times (in the news) that they will have no official royal...

Oh my goodness, that must be something to keep straight. I find it odd that the Princess Royal does not fit in there above/with the sons' wives. Maybe when they change the succession rules to allow for a female Heir Apparent they will similarly change the precedence rules.

Well, I do apologize if I have offended you, or anyone else. I can certainly be determined in my own opinions :) However, I do NOT think ad hominem attacks are any way to deal with people in a forum. That said, in expressing my opinion of someone's opinion it is entirely possible that a tinge...