# Long live the king! Any king! Just gotta have one! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 10, 2017, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-live-the-king-any-king-just-gotta-have-one/788590 "2017-06-10T14:42:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-live-the-king-any-king-just-gotta-have-one/788590/21 "2017-06-16T13:10:27Z")
> [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > No we don’t. Not once do we allow celebrities to make laws, imprison people, or start wars unless we _also_ elected them via the regular democratic process. We don’t do that with our Royals either. ---
**Author:** ![2Bits](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/e95f7d/32.png) [@2Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2Bits)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-live-the-king-any-king-just-gotta-have-one/788590/22 "2017-06-16T13:33:16Z")
> [@chessic sense](#): > > no we don’t. Not once do we allow celebrities [donald trump\*] to make laws [donald trump\*], imprison people [give him time\*], or start wars [give him time\*] unless we _also_ elected them via the regular democratic process [likely manipulated by Russian interference\*]. Never once has america said “this guy was in a really good [reality t.v. Show\*] movie, so i guess that basically makes him the supreme executive of the state.” \*added by 2bits ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-live-the-king-any-king-just-gotta-have-one/788590/23 "2017-06-16T14:23:07Z")
> [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > No we don’t. Not once do we allow celebrities to make laws, imprison people, or start wars unless we _also_ elected them via the regular democratic process. Never once has America said “This guy was in a really good movie, so I guess that basically makes him the supreme executive of the state.” > [@2Bits](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > no we don’t. Not once do we allow celebrities [donald trump\*] to make laws [donald trump\*], imprison people [give him time\*], or start wars [give him time\*] unless we also elected them via the regular democratic process [likely manipulated by Russian interference\*]. Never once has america said “this guy was in a really good [reality t.v. Show\*] movie, so i guess that basically makes him the supreme executive of the state.” > > \*added by 2bits It is very much against the rules to modify someone else’s quote on this board, **2Bits** (refer to the [FAQ](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7697048&postcount=11)). Don’t ever do this again. ---
**Author:** ![2Bits](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/e95f7d/32.png) [@2Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2Bits)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-live-the-king-any-king-just-gotta-have-one/788590/24 "2017-06-16T15:24:52Z")
I shan’t. Apologies to all concerned! ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-live-the-king-any-king-just-gotta-have-one/788590/25 "2017-06-16T18:11:49Z")
It has been that way pretty much forever: > [@](#): > > 19 Nevertheless, the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel, and they said, “No, but there shall be a king over us, 20) that we also may be like all the nations, that our king may judge us and go out before us and fight our battles.” So sayeth the elders of Israel elders in 1 Samuel 19 & 20 ---
**Author:** ![Grim\_Render](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@Grim\_Render](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grim_Render)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-live-the-king-any-king-just-gotta-have-one/788590/26 "2017-06-16T22:53:34Z")
Americans sometimes think kings and queens hold real power, for some reason. There appears to be an impression of royalty that calcified at the time of the American revolution. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2017, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-live-the-king-any-king-just-gotta-have-one/788590/27 "2017-06-17T04:49:08Z")
> [@Barbarian](#): > > I’m happy with my Queen, and am looking forward to the distant day – assuming a particular court challenge is successful – that Canada gets to repatriate the Crown and Throne, since the line of succession will split from that of England and the other Commonwealth countries. > > Especially since the alternative seems to be Donald Trump. Yes! Canadianize the monarchy! We’ve made a good start with Canadian heraldry, so now we should go all the way. I suggest that our ceremonial head of state should be draped in Indigenous symbolism. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-live-the-king-any-king-just-gotta-have-one/788590.md?page=1)