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Old 03-27-2012, 07:56 AM  
gideongallery
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Originally Posted by AdultKing View Post
Nothing stops this except reality, something you are entirely removed from.

Back bench Parliamentarians don't have access to secret trade agreements, only ministers of the realm do and these 4 parliamentarians will not be in the ministry.

Single issue crackpots get elected to parliaments around the world all the time. The only news in this story is that you think it's news.
except that not what happened with acta, that bill was attempted to sneak by/fast tracked until pirate party members used parliamentary procedures to stall (demanding full reading ...) which simultaneously leaking the bill to the public.

If they hadn't done that the bill would have been fast tracked (like it was in many countries) and the uproar that ultimately stopped the bill would never have been effective (because the bill would have already been established into law).
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