Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that people don't have enough to do between Christmas and New Year, but need something to blog and Twitter about. Or it could be due to the slight rise in republicanism in the Netherlands of late. Whatever the cause, the Internet is crawling with criticism of Queen Beatrix's Christmas message. "The Queen doesn't know what she's talking about," and "she's just denying that society has changed," are just two of the many responses to the speech from Internet experts and media watchers. In her annual Christmas address, the Dutch monarch warned about the dangers of the Internet. According to the queen, even though social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter appear to bring people closer together, people remain "at a distance, safely ensconced behind their screens". Briefly summarised, people are spending more and more time with vague Internet friends and less time with their neighbours.
"The Queen doesn't know what she's talking about," and "she's just denying that society has changed," are just two of the many responses to the speech from Internet experts and media watchers. In her annual Christmas address, the Dutch monarch warned about the dangers of the Internet. According to the queen, even though social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter appear to bring people closer together, people remain "at a distance, safely ensconced behind their screens". Briefly summarised, people are spending more and more time with vague Internet friends and less time with their neighbours.
That, and porn.
Did HM wag a fingertip of democracy during the broadcast? Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
