In the iconic scene towards the end of the blockbuster movie “Let Willy free” from 1993 we see the killer whale Willy make a giant leap over a causeway. He is finally free from a bondage imposed him to human amusement, where he is being observed, trained and criticized if he does exactly as expected of him. Willy may after emigrating finally live as he wants, far from the limelight he obviously was unhappy strongly.
How dangerous it is than to speculate on the feelings of others, gives the alleged scandal surrounding Crown Prince couple’s Mediterranean cruises during the summer holidays associations of the above film. A clearly uncomfortable Crown had last week left school right in front of a large press corps with repeated questions about the now infamous boat trip. Wiser when it comes to hosts on board, none of us. That membership in the royal family at times is a rather uncomfortable role, however, was more than evident. And it’s definitely not the first time the difficult balancing act between royal and popular, Norwegian and international, exalted and jovial, rich and environmentally conscious, are illustrated. Although there this time was unusually clear that the interviewee could well imagine a breakwater to jump over.
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To raise the voice against the monarchy in Norway puts bizarrely enough sender in a kind of the comic tinge. It kind of makes you not seriously. None of the dominant parties will take the theme. The discussion will never properly started. Many of us are Republicans, but chose to deal with the deep fundamental question of the country’s form of government with a pragmatic shrug. Monarchy works, sort of. King is cool. We look not quite for us a president on Palace Square 1. Who would it then be? The explanation for the lukewarm setting many of us have to own principles inherent in many or all of these factors. Also history dampen our eagerness to tone flags. With three good kings in a row for a young nation – men who have known his role, its people and its responsibilities – fade principles. They should not, for many reasons.
Even though the current royal couple also had their opposition and at irregular intervals has faced criticism in his work, it is their children who have definitely gotten the contemporary world scene come together. The ever stronger demand for transparency and public access makes the royal tightrope impractical. Per Gynt sigh, “I banging or hammering, nevertheless then there wailed,” it must be experienced more aptly for Crown Prince and Princess than good can be. When they show commitment to the environment, they are criticized, bordering the forhånt, for their own consumption. When Crown Prince travels to Davos and the WEF to participate in the fight against world poverty, he gets pepper for being too political and, moreover, to eat canapes with world financial leaders. About Crown Princess choose Norwegian design, it is too expensive, she borrows foreign design instead, she allows himself to be corrupted. If she, somewhat despondent over all dilemmas, should have gone into the H & amp; M and bought a dress for 300 kroner, she would presumably have a combined Norwegian fashion press on the neck. And when she for some time back traveled to India to assist children to close vennepar under what she herself defined as leisure, the criticism so be that it can only be interpreted to mean that she simply did not have something called leisure. She and her husband are locked in their roles 24/7, 365 days a year.
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And there we are at the core of the problem. The monarchy is not only an anachronism that Norway ought to abolish the country’s own sake. It is a golden prison for an entire family. When they receive appanage are the hostages of us all. We believe ourselves entitled to know, flows and external so much about them, in so many areas of life, that I can hardly imagine anyone else in this country who would have found themselves in the same. As such, they are glaring examples of contemporary intimacy tyranny and increasingly weak boundaries around what is ours and ours alone. It is highly unpleasant to testify. To experience it must be far worse. The history of the cruise in the Mediterranean is therefore about more than just being a family living on public funds must be called to account for every movement, every friendship and every penny they get påspandert. The trades most of all that such a statutory obligation, such a restriction on their own lives, must be selected.
If you enter into politics or become executive vice president, if you are the mayor of a city or axles essential community tasks, you must endure to be seen in the cards. Not at all, not by everyone, but so far it is necessary to guarantee the independence and fitness. This is something one knows in advance. This is something one chooses. No one got as punishment in birth gift.
So when he stood there, the Crown Prince, bothered and uncomfortable as he really wanted to talk about outdoor pursuits, with its not yet teenager daughter close and all the microphones from the face, it struck me with even greater strength than before: this should people get release.
It is time to let Willy free.
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