Jorg Haider is Dead

[Meneldil]

Who is the leader of the austian communist party?

And your point is ?

an attitude, that if prevalent among the EU quangocrats, that is another reason why i want the
UK to have as little to do with the EU as possible.

/sadface, we will miss UK so much. Oh wait, UK will never leave EU anyway.

that defies belief!
how was the election of haider anything other than democratic?

You're off the point. None said Haider wasn't elected democratically (but then, may I remind you that a lot of :flower: were elected democratically).

What you having a hard time to understand is that Jorg Haider was out of the political spectrum on which are built the basis of an European Community. Thus, the EU as a political entity was perfectly entitled in boycotting him.

Mind you, I can understand all the fuss about the will of the sovereign people of Austria. But if you still believe in 'the will of the people' than I recommend you a reality check.

A lot of countries (including the US) use boycott quite commonly against democratic governments. Why does it suddenly become an issue when the EU boycott a far-right party led by a freak ?

Seriosly people, the person in question is dead. Show some respect.

That whole 'You Shall Not Say Bad Things About That Guy Because He's Dead' is probably the worst part of the PC crap that have been enforced over the western world in the last decades.
The guy lost all respect I could have had for him when he decided to drive while intoxicated.

[Husar]

That whole 'You Shall Not Say Bad Things About That Guy Because He's Dead' is probably the worst part of the PC crap that have been enforced over the western world in the last decades.

I don't always understand it either, maybe I should talk more about the positive sides of Saddam and Vlad the impaler instead of mentioning their cruel aspects all the time, I mean that's pretty disrespectful of such great politicians who did a lot of good to themselves.

[Kadagar_AV]

Vlad the impaler wasnt that bad... He got a bad name in the west, indeed... But newer (less anti-russ) scientific studies has showed that he was more of a folkhero than a villain...

If you have the time, read up on him. He is a quite fascinating character:)