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did you know that America is the most sexually-repressed nation in the world?
It's funny. I believe the exact opposite you do about referendums. They shouldn't be over the small stuff. That's what the legislators are for. Major decisions should be left to voters.
Quote from: "rosieposy87"Referendums in particular are crap. A yes or no answer to a document like this, or indeed to many of the issues put forward in referendums, is too simple to convey any kind of coherent message.
Being Californian, I have a different view. By law in my state, certain things MUST be passed by referendum. It keeps the legislature in check. If we want to pass our own law and bypass the legislature entirely, we can use referendum too, providing we get enough signatures to place an issue on the ballot. The point isn't to convey a certain message with a yes or no. The point is to give the common man a say in a major decision that will affect him, instead of leaving it to a bunch of slimy career politicians.
Quote from: "kev222"Democracy is a joke. It's just a pity that there's no better alternative.
My thoughts exactly.
One thing that lots of people don't seem to notice is that the proposed European Constitution actually concentrates more power in a central government than the US Constitution. The only area where this treaty is weaker than the US Constitution is in foreign policy. That is to say, nations can still conduct their own foreign policy and sign treaties on their own.
It's silly to say a superstate won't result from this. Not that I'm saying that's a bad thing, but the people of Europe are being hoodwinked.
EDIT: Will, mind talking about why you're congratulating the French?
The worst thing though is that this is only going to please Bush, we just showed, as Europeans, that we're incapable of creating a powerful united front that would reomtely outweigh the US :evil:
I voted for the one I think's best. But they're all too long. To much explaning the joke in the caption. The comedic value of captions is sharply, inversely proportional to the time it takes to read them. Short ones are always funnier. Your last one would be funnier if it stopped at the first question mark.
"The veneer is a little on the dark side"
"Luke. I am your mother... father!"
Okay, so we've established that I suck and that I'm not a comedian, but you get the idea.
