Jeffrey Shaw Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 Do you really think the status quo will remain as it is forever, Bassman ? - you seem to have forgotten the changes in Egypt You seem to have forgotten what 'status quo' means! The phrase 'status quo ante' signifies 'the situation that previously existed': not 'the present position'! What's past is past; so, yes, the status quo ante will remain as it is forever and cannot be changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harleyman Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 It means 'Good Clinical Practice'. Bassman refers to Israel's ethnic cleansing and killings of Palestinians as 'GCP'. A sick, vile mind. If only that were true, MB. More and more people are seeing exactly what's happening in the Occupied Territories at the hands of the murderous IDF. Talking of murderous how do you feel about the situation in Syria at the moment ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Dome Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 what do you feel about the violence against the Copts in Egypt, CXC? Will you condemn the intolerance shown toward them by the Muslims? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andygardener Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 Is there only one political party in Israel (GCP)? Thanks to proportional representation there might as well be. Look at the situation now - more people voted for centrist pragmatist kadima than anyone else - whats the government - a complete mishmash of leftists, rightists, russian immigrants, mental settler parties and wierd ultra orthodox parties who probably want to ban electricity. With the party that got more votes than everyone else as the sole voice of sanity in opposition. Any wonder the Israelis are getting ****** off with thier political system? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Dome Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 So what does it mean when we see PBUH after Mohamed? http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110903022636AAgsGzG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassman62 Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 Thanks to proportional representation there might as well be. Look at the situation now - more people voted for centrist pragmatist kadima than anyone else - whats the government - a complete mishmash of leftists, rightists, russian immigrants, mental settler parties and wierd ultra orthodox parties who probably want to ban electricity. With the party that got more votes than everyone else as the sole voice of sanity in opposition. Any wonder the Israelis are getting ****** off with thier political system? But will they get shot for trying to change the system, just look at the massive unrest throughout the Arab Muslim world at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Dome Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 Thanks to proportional representation there might as well be. Look at the situation now - more people voted for centrist pragmatist kadima than anyone else - whats the government - a complete mishmash of leftists, rightists, russian immigrants, mental settler parties and wierd ultra orthodox parties who probably want to ban electricity. With the party that got more votes than everyone else as the sole voice of sanity in opposition. Any wonder the Israelis are getting ****** off with thier political system? So Israel is actually too democratic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Dome Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 i didn't want to quote one of the answers in that link, but i spat coffee when i saw it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andygardener Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 So Israel is actually too democratic. I think any representative system should take into account the democratic representation of all with the balance of not by means of coalition building undue influence being handed to extremists working against the interests of the majority. Israel keeps failing on this level as shas/nrp etc keep ending up as kingmakers so no progress towards peace actually happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Shaw Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 The real problem is lack of constituencies and any link between electees and voters whom they personally represent. The Knesset (Israeli parliament) is elected on, effectively, a national opinion poll of all electors: a single nationwide constituency party list. So if your party gets 27.9% of the votes cast, the top 27.9% of the candidates on your list are elected. Yes, it's actually too democratic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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