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Originally Posted by MaDalton
people elect governments, governments make decisions. if government screws up they don't get re-elected. there is no perfect world, but so far this seems to be the most practical approach.
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The people of Europe overwhelmingly do not support the Treaty of Lisbon (aka the EU Constitution). It was voted down in referendums in France, Holland, certainly would have been in the UK and arguably most of the rest of Europe had they not stopped having referendums due to lack of public support. Instead of listening to the people, politicians in pretty much every country in the EU, except for Ireland, decide to do a backdoor deal of sorts. Politicians in Ireland followed their constitutional mandate and had a public referendum on the adoption of the treaty (constitution) and, just like everywhere else in Europe that did the same prior, it was voted DOWN by the people. You criticize this and referring to it as "a kick in the ass"? Sorry, but you sound like a fucking fascist
