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Originally Posted by Nodrog
Theyre both complete non-issues that get recycled every few years whenever people feel like having an argument, and its baffling how the public can get so worked up about them when there are so many more important ways in which the respective coutnries are falling apart.
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It's more of a symbolic argument.
I've never met anyone who thought it was the most important issue facing Britain but it's kind of like if there was a law saying "black people can't eat cress" or "Irish people can't wear orange fedoras". Obviously those laws would be of minimal importance (in and of themselves), but they'd still be explicit proof that Britain was a racist/prejudiced state and therefore it'd probably be preferable if they were removed.
Some people don't like the fact the whole class/privilidge system which exists in the UK and to many the Monarch is the most blatant (albiet trivial) example of this. For the people who support the Monarchy it's often the most obvious example of Britain's heritage/traditions/culture/etc.