Comments on: To referndum or not to referndum http://www.thedossingtimes.com/blog/2008/07/14/to-referndum-or-not-to-referndum/ Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:47:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: V http://www.thedossingtimes.com/blog/2008/07/14/to-referndum-or-not-to-referndum/#comment-3227 V Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:03:14 +0000 http://www.thedossingtimes.com/blog/?p=1803#comment-3227 Correct, and that becomes a severe problem when it comes to the EU. How many people on the street knows what "Coreper 1 and 2" is? And that is the basic stuff. An EU politics course should be compulsory for all second level students in Ireland, just as History is for Germans. We have the most proportional electoral system in the world and we still need referendums? No, it's a circus for loopers every time, and always has been. Let's just take responsibility for our own ignorance and stupidity for once and stop acting like weekend revolutionaries. Correct, and that becomes a severe problem when it comes to the EU. How many people on the street knows what “Coreper 1 and 2″ is? And that is the basic stuff. An EU politics course should be compulsory for all second level students in Ireland, just as History is for Germans.

We have the most proportional electoral system in the world and we still need referendums? No, it’s a circus for loopers every time, and always has been.

Let’s just take responsibility for our own ignorance and stupidity for once and stop acting like weekend revolutionaries.

]]> By: Thriftcriminal http://www.thedossingtimes.com/blog/2008/07/14/to-referndum-or-not-to-referndum/#comment-3220 Thriftcriminal Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:42:35 +0000 http://www.thedossingtimes.com/blog/?p=1803#comment-3220 Yes, but power is given, not taken. The electorate of most western countries votes in a government to deal with the running of the country so that they can get on with their living their lives (and buying lots of shit they don't need). In the process the electorate tends to abdicate all responsibility and (unless life gets shitty) interest. This leaves the government and civil service free to look after themselves and as long as the system keeps going steady, scratch their holes. There is no vision beyond "give the people the freedom and ability to buy shit they don't need and all will be well", which is fine today and tomorrow, but next year and the year after? I want vision from my politicians and I want to be able to exert influence over their decisions, does no one else? And if they do are they busy going "Yeah, that'd be cool, but hey what can I do?" Yes, but power is given, not taken. The electorate of most western countries votes in a government to deal with the running of the country so that they can get on with their living their lives (and buying lots of shit they don’t need). In the process the electorate tends to abdicate all responsibility and (unless life gets shitty) interest. This leaves the government and civil service free to look after themselves and as long as the system keeps going steady, scratch their holes. There is no vision beyond “give the people the freedom and ability to buy shit they don’t need and all will be well”, which is fine today and tomorrow, but next year and the year after? I want vision from my politicians and I want to be able to exert influence over their decisions, does no one else? And if they do are they busy going “Yeah, that’d be cool, but hey what can I do?”

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