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In reply to the discussion: The Israeli Right still hasn't internalized that Palestinians exist [View all]FBaggins
(27,739 posts)19. Is your memory that short? Or is it just that "creative"?
Do you think that other democratic countries should adopt similar laws?
We just discussed this a couple days ago. You mistakenly claimed that there were no democracies with similar laws (except maybe Russia or Iran ) and then had pointed out three obvious ones (the US, UK, and Canada)
You tried desperately to spin that they were entirely different because in this case the purpose of the rule is different (it isn't, but it wouldn't matter in the least if it was)... but did you expect anyone to buy that? If a state wants to set their speed limit at 65 mph and you claim that nobody has a speed limit that low... will you be able to spin away the error because all of the states with similar or lower speed limits set them for safety reasons and this state is doing it to reduce carbon emissions?
Of course that would be nonsensical. All three major democracies that we discussed have "similar laws" (i.e., Constitution, rules of the legislature, etc.) that have much lower thresholds.
I personally don't see how removing Arab MKs or threatening to remove them if they continue to represent their voters will make Israel more democratic...
It doesn't have anything to do with making them more democratic or less. It allows them to keep criminals and traitors from holding on to seats in their national legislature. Kicking Bob Packwood out was not a decision to make the US more/less democratic.
We just discussed this a couple days ago. You mistakenly claimed that there were no democracies with similar laws (except maybe Russia or Iran ) and then had pointed out three obvious ones (the US, UK, and Canada)
You tried desperately to spin that they were entirely different because in this case the purpose of the rule is different (it isn't, but it wouldn't matter in the least if it was)... but did you expect anyone to buy that? If a state wants to set their speed limit at 65 mph and you claim that nobody has a speed limit that low... will you be able to spin away the error because all of the states with similar or lower speed limits set them for safety reasons and this state is doing it to reduce carbon emissions?
Of course that would be nonsensical. All three major democracies that we discussed have "similar laws" (i.e., Constitution, rules of the legislature, etc.) that have much lower thresholds.
I personally don't see how removing Arab MKs or threatening to remove them if they continue to represent their voters will make Israel more democratic...
It doesn't have anything to do with making them more democratic or less. It allows them to keep criminals and traitors from holding on to seats in their national legislature. Kicking Bob Packwood out was not a decision to make the US more/less democratic.
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It's ironic that a full-blown fascist like Lieberman is making comparisons with "Mein Kampf"...
Little Tich
Jul 2016
#4
Kahanists are fascists, but Hamas & their supporters within BDS are arguably moreso....
shira
Jul 2016
#8
The sadly entertaining part is that they don't realize how badly they're lying to themselves
FBaggins
Jul 2016
#10
If you can't understand the difference between ousting politicians for moral turpitude and having a
Little Tich
Jul 2016
#21
Are you implying that Shaked didn't agree with the content of the article she posted?
Little Tich
Jul 2016
#28
Frankly, if the article was about killing Jews instead of Palestinians, it would be just as bad.
Little Tich
Jul 2016
#30