Scaring people shitless FTW.
We did. We simply chose to ignore them.
I always do.
and i apreciate all the positive feedback, but I cannot accept all the thnx for becuase it was a group effort. But thnx again you are an important part of the Chatroom and your posts have great value.
Good choice! 
Who are you, and what have you done with Altaux?!? 
The Xmas spirit has taken over Alt! OMG!!! 
We have to save him! 
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WUT? My point was that sheep=lambchops. And we all know (I dearly hope anyway) that lambchops=delicious food.
"He's a white sheep" = He's a really innocent person.
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THAT PIC IS AWESOME.
IT EQUALS PURE WIN.
that is all
LOL, yeah Altaux has that talent of finding really cool and/or funny pics that are usually somewhat original 
I agree. That pic is pure WIN.
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* Takes deep breath *
God save our gracious Queen,
Long live our noble Queen.
God save the Queen!
* Deactivates Patriotism Drive *
Lol at the pic 
You're not serious, are you? 
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He is Snipe, he is always serious...Unless he isn't, but then, being not serious can be just as fun if you take it seriously. 
-Twilight Storm
By "serious" do you mean that I genuinely burst into the British national anthem there, or are you referring to some as-of-yet unargued-upon point to do with patriotism?
For the record, my recital of the first three lines of the national anthem was a measured and planned response designed to further jest upon my genuine patriotic feelings. However, if I were being at all serious with my reply I would simply have said something on the lines of "LOL that was funny", as I'm not quite that... eccentric as to randomly burst into song every time I see the Queen.
That good enough for ya? 
Yep 
BTW, I meant if you are seriously praising your Queen so passionately, or if you're just joking.
And I didnt know that these lines where a part of your national anthem, lol.
LOL, you people seem to almost worship your Queen, whats up with that? 
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Not really. Snipe is serious half the time, and British-joking rest of the time.
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BECAUSE SHE'S AWESOME!!!
But seriously, the royal family is a symbol of the nation. Even if they have no "real" or official power, the simple fact that they are there is enough to keep Britain going through anything. In the end, I suppose they are a rallying point for the people. It's complicated, difficult to explain to someone whose country doesn't have a monarchy.
Look back through time though. There has almost always been a King or Queen on the Throne of England. Sure, sometimes someone (Oliver Cromwell) tries a new system, but he got his body dug up and stuck on a spike for being a colossal... unlikeable person, the moment that the son of the King he killed turned up. Olly C banned Christmas, sort of (excessive bias detected :P), if that helps at all.
So yeah, a complicated mix of history, the role of the Monarch, the likeability of the current Queen (though we'd like almost any Monarch nowadays, seeing as they can't screw up our country 
), the general culture of the country, and the fact that the Queen is an authority figure who isn't the Government.
Ok, I get your point, and the whole British philosophy.
However, if I were British, you can rest assured that my moto would be "Screw the Queen", opposing the existing society's philosophy, and feeling sorry for the people who would actually praise the Queen and sing the national anthem.
Dont get me wrong, I like British people, they have a good sense of humor, and are usually really cool
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But you wouldn't say "screw the Queen," because you'd be British, see?
Greece had a monarchy within the last century... And then the Communists tried to take over.
We fought and died for your monarchy damnit! 
And then you got rid of them anyway. But you weren't Communists, that's for sure!
We did the job properly.
The queen still has power in some Caribbean countries.
There is a position called the Governor General who answers to the queen. In times of distress he is supposed to ask the queen(who will ask the PM) for aid.
Most countries will do that, except for mine becuase Grenadians will always do things differently 
Yes, yes I would say that BECAUSE I'd be British 
What? Is it illegal to say that in the UK? Last time I checked there isnt any dictatorship or something in your country.
So yeah, it would be my moto.
First of all, yes we did have a king, until after WWII.
Secondly, these communists you are talking about, were nothing more than powerful and wealthy people, who took over by force, by controlling the military. Basically, the whole military vs civilians.
And they werent communists, I have no idea who told you that. They followed the orders of a General named George Papadopoulos, who became a dictator very soon. What we had back then was dictatorship, NOT communism.
Lastly, these powerful people I mentioned, were actually Colonels, from many different regiments, joining one cause, to take over the country by force. This union was called Junta (Χούντα), and it went on after the war, so it crippled an already crippled country. Many of my people died from hunger during these 7 years, and some people would trade their houses for a sack of grain on extreme cases.
All this happened AFTER WWII (1967-1974).
Unless you are talking about the pathetic attempt of the Communist groups to take over the country, by fighting with each other, causing a small scale civil war. WE got rid of them pretty quickly and easily, I may say, with the use of the military.
The Public just didnt want any kind of Communism.
Now, as far as I know, the British and the Americans supported our military (politically) in our fight vs the Communists.
Also, the military coup that Junta did in Greece in order to take over, did it following the original plan of a CIA agent that had infiltrated into the core of the existing government, 10 years earlier.
The plan was set into action once the CIA agent gave order (1967).
.....or so they say. This is not 100% confirmed, as the US government has denied any involvement in this military coup.
Anyway, our last King, Constantin the Second, (Κωνσταντινος Β') ruled from 1964 - 1973, and he was departed from Greece, from the existing dictators (Junta), thus ending monarchy in Greece.
Before Constantin the Second, we had some non-monarchy based governments, but thats another story. In short, in the period 1949-1974 Greece has changed more forms of government than I can count. Monarchy, Democracy, Communism, Dictatorship, you name it.
So, to answer directly to your comment, I dont consider that there ever were any communists in power, because they stayed for such a short period of time (less than a year), but technically, you can say that they were, and that we got rid of them.
Its....complicated, I'm only giving you the ultra-short version of all this, to get an idea 
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LOL I'm talking about the 1946-1949 Civil War, or rather, the small British involvement straight after WW2. I did, in my usual inability to stay 100% serious, massively overstate the British involvement, because it sounded more dramatic.
But now for a serious response. There were hostilities between Communist sympathisers and the Greek army (with a British presence up until about 1947 by which time we had spent £85 million on the entire thing) from, I would say, when the Nazis withdrew from Greece, and the Allies turned up. The Communist groups who had been antagonising the Nazis were no longer a boon, in the eyes of the West, so that's when I'd say it started.
Moving on. While there were, of course, British soldiers in Greece, I'd say that the bulk of the real fighting was done by Greek forces, as should have happened (unlike in Afghanistan, where the local forces aren't fully able to step up to the plate and fight the Taliban), with the stuff that Britain was involved in being more like peace-keeping against Communist guerillas, and training and equipping the Greek army. 1946 (from memory) is around the time that there was open fighting between the Greek army and the Communist organisations, the names of which I'm sure are out there on the Interwebz.
This is all from what I've learned as part of my History course, so I'm sure you'll know more than me, seeing as it is your country's history, not mine.
PS: This was done in two parts; I went away for a while halfway through this, so the line of argument may not seem entirely coherent... 
Its fine.
You already know all the important facts, but miss the little details.
Like I said, too many things happened after WWII, and as you can understand, it is impossible to remember everything. I have an entire collection of books (12 to be exact) for the period of 1940-1974, regarding my country's history.
I know you were not being completely serious. It was kinda obvious.
Our country was already really crippled when this happened. So as you can understand, even when the Germans/Axis were defeated, and WWII was officially over, Greece was still in an alert "ready-to-fight" kind of state.
IMHO, the attempts of the Communists to take over, were rather pathetic, and I believe that we would be able to dispose of them without any assistance. But that is just my opinion, based on stuff I've read on history books, nothing more.
Anyway, you know quite a lot, I suppose you British people get really good education in schools, or you just like to read
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