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Aha http://www.stockholmnews.com/more.aspx?NID=5919
Looks like the social democrats haven't lost their appetite for forced surgery on what they consider undesirable for social hygiene. You can have it in any color you like as long as it's red, viva la post-war resistance
Time for an update then.
The right wing now have a minority government, thus being forced to haggle with the left. Will be a good four years for political fanboys, lots and lots of gooey deals will be made under the table for sure.
The first decision of bigger interest will be about the Afghan war. The Swedish Democrats (SD) are against the war, and for pulling out ASAP. This is a stance they share with the left, and thus the left wing together with SD could easily block anything the government (who is pro-war) suggests.
The vote about the afghan war will be pretty soon, this fall.
Interesting times!
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Originally Posted by Shibumi
Where are the closet muslims? Where are the pregnant daughters?
Troll post, or did you have a point?
I was merley commenting on how smooth the elections seem to be running.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shibumi
Kids these days, no respect for us old guys
That is never clever, not even in TexasQuote:
Originally Posted by Strike For The South
Does me saying muslim make you cringe?Quote:
Originally Posted by Fragony
Can a guy not make a comment? Do I have to spell everything out for everybody?
I am relativley surprised how smooth the Swedish elections have been going. When one juxtaposes this against the American circus and media frenzy, an American citizen can not help but be a bit worried by the hyperbolic nature of our own. It puts even more lines on ones face when many of the Swedish questions mimic the American ones. It's not as if they have less problems
Better not since English is not my native language, it could confuse me. I guess your original point just got lost in translation;Quote:
Originally Posted by Strike For The South
I am relativley surprised how smooth the Swedish elections have been going. When one juxtaposes this against the American circus and media frenzy, an American citizen can not help but be a bit worried by the hyperbolic nature of our own. It puts even more lines on ones face when many of the Swedish questions mimic the American ones. It's not as if they have less problems
Que? "Where are the closet muslims? Where are the pregnant daughters?"
Sorry if I didnt get you first time around, was a bit to vague for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Strike For The South
But yes, the US elections seem to be a bit of a circus. I think part of it is due to the heavy weight put on the individuals shoulders, the presedential contenders and the ones running for governor.
The Swedish politicians are more in the background, never leaving an opening for, say, the Obama-wave that struck the US. The party is the main figure in the politics here, not the individual as such. And flinging dirt on a party is way harder, one might even say futile, compared to attacking individuals, specially since humans by nature always have some closet skeletons.
We had some scandals this election, but nothing that hurt the party as such. One minister got was hung out in media for having bought sex, he withdrew from his post, and that was about it. I doubt it hurt his party at all.
So yeah, I would say the frenzy in the states are due to individuals having a bigger role, along with broader media. Sweden still has rather limited media, the state run channels run most of the election show. This means medias need to create news (where there are none) is less. Of course, we have some media frenzy here too, and scaremongering and so on. But I guess we just care less.
I think the US politics could have much to win if the individual was less central in the campaigning, after all, it is his partys ideas that is what really matters. Politics should not be about who has a winning smile or not,but then, when trying to convince the stupid masses it works.