Comments on: It occurs to me… https://thenewneo.com/2016/03/30/it-occurs-to-me-2/ A blog about political change, among other things Thu, 31 Mar 2016 05:47:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Brian Swisher https://thenewneo.com/2016/03/30/it-occurs-to-me-2/#comment-1041260 Thu, 31 Mar 2016 05:47:47 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=58389#comment-1041260 Say you weren’t watching “Wolf Hall”…

]]> By: neo-neocon https://thenewneo.com/2016/03/30/it-occurs-to-me-2/#comment-1041037 Thu, 31 Mar 2016 03:53:14 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=58389#comment-1041037 Yankee:

You might be interested in seeing what I had to say about that series “The Tudors,” and its earlier predecessor.

]]> By: Yankee https://thenewneo.com/2016/03/30/it-occurs-to-me-2/#comment-1040643 Thu, 31 Mar 2016 00:10:51 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=58389#comment-1040643 This also brings us back to 1965, with Herman’s Hermits and the song “I’m Henery the Eighth, I Am”. And a few years ago, I watched several seasons of “The Tudors” on DVD, about a young Henry VIII. I found it hard to get into, with all the execution and the cruelty of those times.

]]> By: blert https://thenewneo.com/2016/03/30/it-occurs-to-me-2/#comment-1040408 Wed, 30 Mar 2016 21:56:19 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=58389#comment-1040408 No king loses at golf — or any other ‘competitive’ sport.

So you must take the lofty praise for the formalism that it represents.

]]> By: Harry The Exremeist https://thenewneo.com/2016/03/30/it-occurs-to-me-2/#comment-1040263 Wed, 30 Mar 2016 20:24:06 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=58389#comment-1040263 Was that “The Tudors” Neo? Thats a great series. Give it a chance.

]]> By: Big Maq https://thenewneo.com/2016/03/30/it-occurs-to-me-2/#comment-1040073 Wed, 30 Mar 2016 18:41:24 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=58389#comment-1040073 “At best a ‘cad’ and a proven murderer.”

Geoffrey Britain – Probably the best summation.

Never understood the “fascination” (which gets to be almost a “romanticization” in some) with monarchies.

Today we would simply call them dictatorships. Only, they had some quasi-religious authority bestowed upon them, something that holds minimal value today.

Henry could not even pretend to let others have that power over him, when it didn’t suit him, and did away with it, claiming his own legitimacy as head of the church.

His behavior and “legacy” is rather disgusting really, no matter how athletic and great he was at sports, particularly jousting (no doubt, his height and corresponding extra reach had something to do with his “prowess”).

That only puts a “romantic” spin on how awful it was for ordinary people to live under such arbitrary rule, especially for his wives.

]]> By: roc scssrs https://thenewneo.com/2016/03/30/it-occurs-to-me-2/#comment-1040045 Wed, 30 Mar 2016 18:22:39 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=58389#comment-1040045 He also sang, played lute, harpsichord and organ, and composed. Complete Music of Henry VIII is available on CD, order through Neo’s Amazon button.

]]> By: Brian Swisher https://thenewneo.com/2016/03/30/it-occurs-to-me-2/#comment-1040024 Wed, 30 Mar 2016 18:08:20 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=58389#comment-1040024 As the saw goes about Henry’s six wives: “Divorced, beheaded, died; divorced, beheaded, survived.”

]]> By: Monte Meals https://thenewneo.com/2016/03/30/it-occurs-to-me-2/#comment-1040017 Wed, 30 Mar 2016 18:03:03 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=58389#comment-1040017 ” As a small child, I had become quite fascinated with Henry’s marital history and was some sort of wee minor expert on it.”

Perhaps a reference to “Herman’s Hermits”
is in order ;->

]]> By: Geoffrey Britain https://thenewneo.com/2016/03/30/it-occurs-to-me-2/#comment-1040005 Wed, 30 Mar 2016 17:55:43 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=58389#comment-1040005 At best a ‘cad’ and a proven murderer.

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