Quote Originally Posted by Crazed Rabbit View Post
Has there been any clamoring for a second vote in Ireland, or is this just the EU insisting it gets its way? Come on now, surely you don't view this as an innocent chance for the Irish people to ponder the question again?
What I find funny is how the jubilant 'no' camp assumes it is the spokesperson for Ireland. Close to half the Irish people voted 'yes'. There is a massive pro-Treaty and an even larger pro-EU camp in Ireland.

Why do they need to be silenced forever? Just because a previous referendum gave the anti-camp their favoured result? Should America never hold an election anymore now that the American people have voted 'correctly'?




The refused treaty, 'Lisbon' was in 2004. The referendum about a new treaty will be held five years later. The world is different, Ireland is different.

For one, for those who haven't noticed: the EU has been going trough its finest hour in the past few months. It is commonly regarded a great instrument of stablity during the financial crisis. The euro has proved its worth as well.