tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post7708560386955854977..comments2024-03-11T13:16:19.098-04:00Comments on Ad Orientem: One of history's most unjustly maligned figures...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post-18565933014509455112010-07-06T21:46:43.713-04:002010-07-06T21:46:43.713-04:00Considering the rest of the House of Hanover (now ...Considering the rest of the House of Hanover (now "House of Windsor"), or any other monarchy for that matter, we owe our ancestors a debt we can never repay for getting rid of the whole lot. A republic may not be ideal, but it beats the heck out of hereditary ne'er-do-wells.<br /><br />Jim ColeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post-46313960600129344132010-07-05T21:01:05.813-04:002010-07-05T21:01:05.813-04:00As someone who watched the "Madness of King G...As someone who watched the "Madness of King George" causing the actor to subsequently die (matter of days), I have to say the case against George tends to be overstated. Personal merits however do not speak to governance, and his hidebound tradition wasn't up to the job of dealing with the teeming colonies in these United States. And I for one and happy my ancestors chose to fight for the "other" George... a truly remarkable man who may have gotten the Indians wrong, but didn't miss on much else.James the Thickheadedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11128470567186118742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post-26283951535654982542010-07-05T13:15:15.058-04:002010-07-05T13:15:15.058-04:00He certainly didn't make it easy for colonists...He certainly didn't make it easy for colonists to petition for legal redress. As the 1774 Petition to King George states: "Humble and reasonable petitions from the representatives of the people have been fruitless."Alice C. Linsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13069827354696169270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post-89237617549833194422010-07-04T18:01:12.722-04:002010-07-04T18:01:12.722-04:00The fact that he had no mistress and presumably re...The fact that he had no mistress and presumably remained faithful to his wife, in contrast to so many English monarchs before and after him, leaves him worthy of respect in my book.Ochlophobist https://www.blogger.com/profile/13751003558600087713noreply@blogger.com