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RE: UK to leave EU
June 24, 2016 at 2:37 am
(June 24, 2016 at 1:35 am)SteelCurtain Wrote: ^^^Fuckin Yup^^^
ETA: Except for the civil rights part. Civil rights referendums can go horribly wrong when there is an underrepresented or disenfranchised minority's rights at stake. If segregation laws were up for referendum, there are some portions of the South in America which would happily vote to segregate schools/businesses. Hell, there are places in America where black people would vote to segregate themselves.
It can go both ways. Weed is being legalized by referendums. Sometimes the population knows better than the government on civil rights issues.
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RE: UK to leave EU
June 24, 2016 at 2:38 am
(June 24, 2016 at 2:35 am)Tiberius Wrote: but I would have preferred no referendum at all.
Well, that's not very democratic of you.
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RE: UK to leave EU
June 24, 2016 at 2:39 am
Quote: I don't care. I just watched my former country fuck itself.
There's a reason we elect representatives: because we want them to make educated decisions for us
Your current country has managed to elect flaming assholes like Louis Gohmert, Steve King, Michelle Bachmann, Trent Franks ( my congressman and a first-class fucktard) and so on. The worst part of democracy is that people seem to elect people who tell them what they want to hear.
Let's hope it doesn't reach its ultimate conclusion.
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RE: UK to leave EU
June 24, 2016 at 2:39 am
(June 24, 2016 at 2:31 am)Alex K Wrote: Well, our vacation plans just got significantly cheaper...
You just come to Italy bro, cheap as fuck shitholes on the Ionian sea! With Greek ruins nearby, if you don't mind the swamp they're buried in
"Every luxury has a deep price. Every indulgence, a cosmic cost. Each fiber of pleasure you experience causes equivalent pain somewhere else. This is the first law of emodynamics [sic]. Joy can be neither created nor destroyed. The balance of happiness is constant.
Fact: Every time you eat a bite of cake, someone gets horsewhipped.
Facter: Every time two people kiss, an orphanage collapses.
Factest: Every time a baby is born, an innocent animal is severely mocked for its physical appearance. Don't be a pleasure hog. Your every smile is a dagger. Happiness is murder.
Vote "yes" on Proposition 1321. Think of some kids. Some kids."
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RE: UK to leave EU
June 24, 2016 at 2:41 am
(June 24, 2016 at 2:38 am)Bella Morte Wrote: (June 24, 2016 at 2:35 am)Tiberius Wrote: but I would have preferred no referendum at all.
Well, that's not very democratic of you.
You know there's a line between democracy and populism, your toes are all over it right now :/
"Every luxury has a deep price. Every indulgence, a cosmic cost. Each fiber of pleasure you experience causes equivalent pain somewhere else. This is the first law of emodynamics [sic]. Joy can be neither created nor destroyed. The balance of happiness is constant.
Fact: Every time you eat a bite of cake, someone gets horsewhipped.
Facter: Every time two people kiss, an orphanage collapses.
Factest: Every time a baby is born, an innocent animal is severely mocked for its physical appearance. Don't be a pleasure hog. Your every smile is a dagger. Happiness is murder.
Vote "yes" on Proposition 1321. Think of some kids. Some kids."
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RE: UK to leave EU
June 24, 2016 at 2:41 am
Good night, all. And good luck, Britain. You're going to need it.
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RE: UK to leave EU
June 24, 2016 at 2:42 am
I have to wonder how much of my retirement savings ia going to get flushed down the shitter in the morning, along with everyone else who didn't have an opportunity to have a say in this stupidity.
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RE: UK to leave EU
June 24, 2016 at 2:42 am
(June 24, 2016 at 2:38 am)Bella Morte Wrote: (June 24, 2016 at 2:35 am)Tiberius Wrote: but I would have preferred no referendum at all.
Well, that's not very democratic of you.
Sure it is. We don't live in a direct democracy. We live in a representative democracy. That means we elect people to make decisions for us. Just because we don't vote on everything individually doesn't mean we aren't democratic.
This was a complicated issue. Most people didn't properly understand it. Lies were spread, there was fear mongering. The vote should have never happened.
Nigel Farage just admitted on TV that the Leave campaign were wrong to say £350 million a week could be spent on the NHS if we left the EU. The lies are already emerging.
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RE: UK to leave EU
June 24, 2016 at 2:44 am
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(June 24, 2016 at 2:42 am)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: I have to wonder how much of my retirement savings ia going to get flushed down the shitter in the morning, along with everyone else who didn't have an opportunity to have a say in this stupidity.
We don't get a say who becomes President in your country, or other decisions of yours that could affect everyone else. Why the hell should your citizens get a say in our affairs?
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RE: UK to leave EU
June 24, 2016 at 2:44 am
(June 24, 2016 at 2:42 am)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: I have to wonder how much of my retirement savings ia going to get flushed down the shitter in the morning, along with everyone else who didn't have an opportunity to have a say in this stupidity.
Mine already got flushed in 2008, so I can relate. I've got nothing left to lose on the financial side, but back in the day, at least the political situation wasn't as ugly as it is now. And that's what we will have to deal with in the upcoming years.
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