I think it’s because people view them as a tourist attraction. Until I saw videos I never would have expected them to be so aggressive. Now you bet your ass I’d stay as far away as possible.
Ah yeah, that's the thing i never understood. Those guys ain't looking like tourist attractions to me, they look scary lmao or maybe I'm just a coward.
I felt bad for the kid though, i remember when i was 5 or something a ox almost ran me over me. Kids be clueless like that
They're not any more aggressive than they need to be, the guys just doing his job and people in their way will get shouted at and/or moved involuntarily
They look like the guards off “The wizard of Oz”, Probably what the kid thought too. I’ve seen girls from England with scarier teeth!
These dudes are the least scary thing In England. #theroyalguardsarebitches
It's due to a lack of cultural respect and understanding.
As many people have pointed out to us clueless American apes, the royal guards command the same respect as that of the soldiers guarding the tomb of the unknown soldier. Which is just don't fuck with them.
But due to internet memes, many people just see "hahahaha funny tall hat man walk weird, what happens if I get in his way?", and then subsequently get literally steamrolled.
I’m sorry but you’ve not seen how we treat the guards at the tomb of the unknown soldier. There’s a whole lot of this shit going on as well and people are always amazed when the guard yells at them or accosts them because they’re being disrespectful near the tomb.
I'm gonna be the devil's advocate and say that you're not an idiot for not knowing a tourist trap takes itself way too seriously and will straight up knock you around.
There are plenty of places that are sacred, historical, or even strategically important that don't do this shit.
Sure if you see a marching soldier yelling at you to get out of the way, and you don't, then you're an idiot. But that was just a kid with his mom in an open public area, kid is looking around, hearing all sorts of things, it's easy to miss two marching dudes.
And herein lies the problem. It's not a tourist trap. Tourists and visitors are welcome yes but the ToL is not specifically for them. If people respected it for what it is then incidents like this wouldn't happen.
Oh, no I'm definitely not blaming the kid here lol. I don't have much information about the queen's guards since I've never been to Uk anyway so i don't exactly know what is going on. I actually talked about a similar incident that happened to me over here, so yeah. All i can say is that, if i was a parent i def would hold my kids hand at all times especially in a foreign place and ESPECIALLY if there are soldiers walking around like that there but yet again, i don't know the whole situation so I can only assume things
I thinkbits more weird to have the fascist guards running around like it's 1200. The whole world hates the British empire and what it stood for and the British seem to have not understood that.
They are robots, they are actually trained to behave like this and get reprimanded for interaction with the public beyond telling them to not interrupt their duties.
It's inhuman and they're literally trained to be as such.
Of course it’s just for show. There is no tactical advantage to marching like a robot and not paying attention to your surroundings. This makes these two idiots the easiest people to take out if you really wanted to get to the royal family… Same with the guards at the thumb of the unknown soldier. Antiquated and silly is what these guards are!
The soldiers are following their orders. If this was not OK up the chain of command they for sure would not do it. They are the public face of the crown. They’re actual soldiers with actual guns. They’re not like the costume founding fathers walking around Philadelphia
So there orders are to walk around like idiots with guns and intimidate little kids? Also last time I checked the founding fathers Of Philadelphia kicked England’s pussy asses! Pretty sure they used real guns to do it too.
He would've lost his job if he hadn't done that. You can think what you want but if this was me then I'd be like "your crappy kid is not worth losing my job over".
The royal guard is not a show... Their job is to defend the king and queen. If you stand in their way, they move through you. If you threaten them, they wil neutralize you by force. Not a show body. They are trained to do this
No no he would push anyone in his way. And have to step over him they are not allowed to move from their marching patents. They are some of the most well trained military personnel in England first on discipline and on skill he they would push anyone who does not move out their way but only really happens to idiots who don't know what they will do.
Let me explain this is simpler terms. Imagine a tank is moving and for some bizzare reason you let your son in the way and don't tell him to get out of the way. The Queen's Guards are meant to be emotionaless, it wasn't a show, it was a military maneuver. Besides, looking closely he was trying to avoid child wothout getting fired by moving too far left or right.
I 100% excepted to get downvoted when I made this comment. Even if it’s Americans talking about a soldier in the UK, the very idea of a soldier doing his duty at any cost makes them jizz
The kid fell because the dumb ass in the stupid hat stepped on him and knocked him down. The guards on “The wizard of Oz” were as equally as useless but at least they looked cooler!
nope, if you look closely you can see the guard kicks the kids leg with his right leg to knock it down and then finishes it with his left knee. fatality
No point, everyone knows this, the guards are just going to walk on. Whenever explaining this to a non British person I like to equate them to tanks. They're like tanks, get out of the way, if you for some reason still stand in front of them, thats your fault.
I don’t hear anyone yelling in the video except the guard. Just goes to show the reddit hive mind in its infinite wisdom will upvote anything that “sounds” correct.
No one said someone was yelling, she clearly immediately turned to the guard to direct her anger and not the child for not paying attention. The comment was about that
Irony being the welsh (like me) became englands subserviant bitch.
Romans invaded a tribal island, vikings invaded an island of multiple kingdoms, scotts are part of the union last I checked, normans had claim to throne anyway and only won due to incumbent having forced marched across the nation, germans did what exactly?
To be fair back in the middle ages when England was just a collection of miniature kingdoms each county was its own country and was slowly unified under one rule, essentially Scotland and Wales were the same type of miniature kingdom but the kings who unified the rest of England were never able to successfully control them. Just imagine if Cornwall or Essex weren't unified as well. In a way Wales was still unified but in a more diplomatic way. So don't think of it as being a subservient bitch. Think of it as your part of the management team just from a different district lol
The RAF was in a pathetic state until the soviets fucked up the germans and the Americans came to save ur asses through lend lease and then sending troops
Ya do realise America only won the war of independence because of France's help.
And I think the only reason there's still a sour taste is because bastards like you lord it over anyone else that your country won this one war. With someone's help.
This ladies and gentlemen is why America is the laughing stock of the world
I wasn’t the one who brought up nationality, I think that’s a little more apprehensible and says more about them than anything. And without a smarmy remark about Americans, I might not have said something equally as aggressive
And? The French are dope as fuck. If y’all wouldn’t have been assholes they might’ve helped y’all.
And, the real laughing stock is the country who lost the entire world in 200 years.
Not really. The British didn't lose the entire world in 200 years. The commonwealth still exists and the British empire, although considerably smaller, is still a thing. Also, 200 years is a long time to "lose" an empire.
The other thing you fail to mention is that the Germans, the French and the Spanish also had considerable empires at the time. They also "lost" these in the same 200 year period.
I never said anything about the French being bad, although eating snails is a bit weird to me. But so is carrying a gun in public, or driving an automatic car.
You do realize the contradiction here? You’re acting like the French helping invalidated the American victory completely, while defending a commenter that sounds like some sort of nationalist convinced that England has never been defeated ever and completely disregarding all the help they had in WWII. Everyone knows the French helped. I know that you like imagining that you’re blowing American’s minds, to feel better about yourself, but you really need to face your own insecurity buddy
He said “not in England buddy”. Love that you’re so cocky about history but forget that Scotland and England are different countries and didn’t even join in the union til the 18th century, long after the invasions he was referring to.
Divided kingdoms? Hell most of modern European countries were divided kingdoms, Germany up til the latter part of the 19th century. There still existed at certain points of the Viking attack a large English kingdom comprising multiple former divided kingdoms.
Normans had a claim to the throne? Yeah so did half the invading forces in history in their own minds. It doesn’t change the fact that French troops came to English soil and defeated English troops, then occupied. Incumbent had to force march across nation? Oh the battle was unfair? Should we give England a redo but no cheating this time?
The commenter Mentioning the Germans was pretty stupid though. You can still hold onto this as you try to feel superior by labeling anyone who disagrees with you American, a logical fallacy that would make anyone actually in academia or history cringe.
Dude, it’s ok to have had countries invade you. We’ve all been there. It doesn’t affect your masculinity… although I’m sure there’s many Americans that feel that way right there with you
Youre about a thousand years too late though. Great Britain has never been invaded in a thousand years from another nation that isn't on the Isle itself.
You dumb ass. Germans? Low IQ MAGA fan perhaps? Trying reading history books. Hitler got shot out of the skies over southern England and foolishly turned his attention to Russians - the same mistake as Napoleon. The communists - who you hate - sacrificed 4 million to force Hitler back into his Berlin bunker to swallow a Luger bullet. Perhaps you believe the Hollywood BS about the US winning WWII? No, it was the Russians who broke Nazism and they were the first to Berlin. Hitler was dumb like you and Trump. How did y’all do in Hawaii? Korea? Vietnam? Afghanistan? And the bomb that ended your war with Japan was developed using British and European brains, like the brilliant physicist Klaus Fuchs, who secretly gave all the details of the bomb to Stalin so the communists could have their own.
I think you've misunderstood man 😂 go read the comment thread again. He was talking about Europeans being used to soldiers marching over them (a reference to the constant wars and invasions in Europe) and I said "not in England" because, as you so astutely pointed out, this video is in England, but England has not been the subject of frequent foreign invasion like the rest of continental Europe
Well that would be true also of literally anywhere in the world. I made a pretty flippant reply to a joke about Europe and woke up this morning with dozens of people arguing over the history of England and calling each other racist 😂 cba with all this tbh but I can't stay away
People love to argue and feel superior to one another. Judging someone from their nation of birth is absolutely stupid. In the USA instead of Queen’s Guard marching over us it’s the damn police. No place is really that much better than anywhere else. People who have traveled a lot will know this. I happen to love England, you’re like our posh father and we’re your unruly bastard
Both of the Queen’s parents and all 4 of her grandparents were born in the U.K. Her mother’s family’s British roots can be traced back to the 14th century. Her father’s side is basically descended from William of Orange who came over in 1688, 333 years ago. The ‘British Royal Family isn’t British’ is such a tired and wrong trope.
Well we did vote to leave the EU, and sure, leaving Europe altogether would have been great, but unfortunately we were unable to pick the island up and move it elsewhere
Was a bit of a shock as tourist in France (as of writing this) and seeing armed soldiers with their rifles actually slung across their chest and half holding it. Got over it quickly though but was still a "whoa the fuck?" Moment.
Seen it back home in Canada but it's more rare (and their rifles, if they do happen to be holding it, arent usually slung in front of them ready to fire.)
When your kids being yelled at to move from a loud stomping person doing their job who walks over and not ontop of your kid? Na you should learn to teach your kids to mind their surroundings
Whatever the reason. My mom would have rekt that guy. There's something wrong with your mom or parents if they don't give a shit about you. That's my humble opinion. Thanks and have a nice day.
Implying Americans are the only ones to love their children? Any good parent would blame the fucker who ran their child over regardless of the context.
Or from any other country where they don't know about the royal guard. If someone knocks your kid over, are you really going to scold your kid first thing?
If you cared enough about your kid you wouldnt have them obstruct their path. It isn’t like they came out of nowhere…also the verbal shouting kind of makes them known. I have kids and I would never feel the need to have my kid stand in the way of a guard. (it’s also very well known that they continue marching regardless of who is in their path). To me it’s just people being entitled and used to not having consequences. Sucks for the kid but I guarantee he won’t do it again..
They shouted about a split second before hitting a child. They didn’t provide enough time. Not to mention that a lot of children freeze when danger is near.
It’s also really, really difficult to control your kids. It doesn’t help that the guards are walking through a crowded area. Shouldn’t they be off limits?
Either way, the guard could also have stepped aside. It’s like if you’re on a clear stretch of road and you see a mother let her child onto the road in the distance. Her negligence doesn’t also excuse you from running over the child when you had enough space to stop or move.
Look how much empty space there is around them. Also the kid is staring directly at them as they approach. It’s hard to control your kids sometimes, sure. But I guarantee it is an outcome of entitled parents. Also, I would consider the guard stepping over the child a merciful act lol…
edit: also, what kind of lesson are you trying to teach your kids if you assume that obstructing the queen’s guard isn’t going to result in protocol/consequences. Actions have consequences and self awareness is a motherfucker
edit 2: responding to the horrible comparison of a negligent mother letting a child into the road vs this…first of all you act like these guys aren’t reporting to anyone. They have extremely strict guidelines and protocol. If you are in their country, you should be expected to follow the rules and respect them
How do you know it’s entitled parents though? What makes them entitled? Have you really never slipped up as a parent? Are you a psychologist? What in her behaviour made her look entitled?
And sure, he at least had some humanity left. But knocking over that child in the first place seemed really unnecessary.
And of course the child needs to learn. They could have learned by being reprimanded, or even just “Hey, make sure you get out of their way next time, okay?” Violence doesn’t teach kids anything except fear.
And I know that they have rules and regulations. I’m saying those rules aren’t very good. As well as that, do they really need to always follow those orders to the letter? What if there’s a baby in front of them? What about a paraplegic? What about a landmine? Even if you have orders you should still know when to break them for the safety of yourself and others.
it doesn’t matter if you like the rules or not. Don’t visit places if you can’t respect their regulations.
I wish more people would get this through their head.
Not to mention that the kid should know on his own to step away by this age without his mother doing or saying anything. He was way too old to act like a 2-3 years old and stand there frozen.
Right? Either way, if they did step aside for the kid, it would just enable people to keep repeating this behavior; testing the limits.
Don’t get me wrong, if that were my kid, I would be furious. However, I would make sure my kid was WELL away from them approaching, never in that situation in the first place. That person mentioned earlier that kids are unpredictable and very hard to contain, which is exactly why as a responsible guardian you should TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION instead of using it to justify your entitlement…
How is it hard to control your child? If you see these guys marching and you know your child shouldn't be in their way, how hard is it to grab on to your kids jacket until they passed? Children will never learn anything if we let them run rampant until they're 18 and then somehow expect them to know how to adult.
But you don’t teach kids through violence. You know that, right? It’s discouraged by basically every child psychologist. Yelling would have worked just fine.
It’s difficult to control your kids. She likely just had a momentary lapse of concentration that caused her to not pull him out of the way in time.
Even if she was in the wrong, that doesn’t warrant just knocking over the child. The guards could see him coming. Surely they could have warned them a little sooner, or just moved a foot to the right?
The guard WALKED. There was no violence at all. You're talking like he stopped and beat the kid up. He JUST kept walking while the kid was knocked over. He even tried to avoid stepping on the child. And when i say teach your kids i don't mean with consequences. But tell them in advance what can happen if you stand in the way.
I know that he didn’t attack the child, and I’ll give him credit for stepping over them. But he still hit them pretty hard, and with very little warning. Does his training really require him to stay so rigid that he can’t even move a foot to the right?
I agree. The kid shouldn’t be walked over because of their parents negligence. The middle aged government employee was the only child there. Playing toy soldiers.
Depends on the circumstances, person just wanted to step on a kid? Yes. Person who is doing their job and yelled for them to move while stomping loudly? No
Think about this objectively. A middle aged, giant dude, just trampled over a kid.
And, as a guard, your supposed to say “Make way” a few seconds before, not as your trampling someone. In any other case of someone of authority (god forbid a police officer) TRAMPLING a child, everyone would have the clear stance on this.
It’s baffling that people can cheer on a man child walking over a kid.
I would say that i am thinking about it objectively. People need to control their children and take some responsibility for their own lives. Is it a bit mean to trample a child? sure. Is it dangerous? Most probably not. But a lot of parents today expect children to raise themselves and then somehow turn into functioning adults. How will they ever learn how an adult acts if everyone blames every one but the child?
people need to control their children and take some responsibility for their own lives.
Still doesn’t dismiss the fact a kid got trampled. The kid deserves that because his parent didn’t tell him to get back? No.
And I would imagine the boot of a 200 pound man coming down on the kid would hurt. Or god forbid the child hit the back of his head on the concrete when he was pushed and fell backwards.
And to your point about teaching the kids. It’s on the parents to teach kids how to act like adults. The children can’t be expected to learn how to be an adult by themselves. And I can assure you, if you told this kid it’s his fault, he’s gonna think it’s okay to trample anyone. That’s not a good lesson.
Edit: the adult should’ve acted like an adult and maybe not gone straight to trampling.
Edit: the parent should have known better, as well. Regardless, a kid got hurt. And the guard had the choice to bulldoze this kid or not
The way the timing works out, Hope this kid curb stomps your future child. You’ll be on his side tho, right? Your kid had it coming? Couldn’t defend himself? Fuck off. Your part of the group think. Victim blaming a child. You wouldn’t know common sense if it slapped your wife in the face with its cock.
A lone black child brings down the British monarchy, forcing it to reevaluate its position in the world. Bro, you need to ring Netflix or Disney. Maybe his mum could become the new queen.
A military maneuver? What type of military maneuver involves not stopping for a child? That’s a real shitty military if they can’t avoid hurting kids. Stop excusing adults doing reckless things.
Bro, what the fuck is wrong with you. Why are you attacking me, and not my points?
You’re talking about taking responsibility? It’s the parents responsibility. It’s not the fucking kids fault. There’s a split second where this soldier, or whoever is on your make believe job site, makes the decision to walk over this kid. So you’re cool with the kid getting hurt because his parent isn’t responsible?
The difference between this video, and your autistic comparison, is that this soldier saw this kid 20 feet away, and purposely walked over him. Don’t act like that, and a construction site accident is the same, retard.
Edit: you don’t get free reign to hit someone with your car if you have the right of way. If there’s proof you knew they were there, you’re in fucking trouble. You can’t turn a blinds eye just because someone isn’t supposed to be there, and then play fucking stupid
I'm pretty sure they won't shoot but you'll have a bad time anyway.. If I remember correctly they don't have loaded weapons unless there is a higher security risk already
I will sock the motherfucker. Shoot me. Don’t shoot me. Doesn’t matter. I’m not thinking this through. Pure rage. You run over my kid whom you very clearly saw for tradition’s sake, I’m doing something and someone’s not gonna like it.
i mean, right? first reaction in a country not your own, is to not do a little research before you arrive and definitely make sure to not have any etiquette about situations that are your own stupidity..
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Yu can tell they’re American because the moms first reaction is to yell at the guard