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	<title>Comments on: This thing called &#8220;European Union&#8221;</title>
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		<title>By: Karl Lattimer</title>
		<link>http://blogs.gnome.org/johannes/2009/09/04/this-thing-called-european-union/comment-page-1/#comment-580</link>
		<dc:creator>Karl Lattimer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:25:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Seems you really don&#039;t understand how this thing ACTUALLY works.

you elect a representative, not an action of the representative, if the representative fails to follow your wish then you&#039;ve got no recourse of action. 

If we were allowed to have REFERENDUMS which is what you&#039;re actually getting confused with, then we&#039;d be able to vote on ISSUES not representatives. Democracy is dictated by the use of REFERENDUMS and ELECTIONS not one or the other. The people no longer have a say as the representatives make decisions in closed rooms. 

Before making a daft &quot;political statement&quot; actually consider what a vote means in both an ELECTION and a REFERENDUM.

Nobody had any choice about this law in any of the countries, there were no referendums of the people at all, you cannot equate the election of a representative with a single issue, especially when that issue was not an election issue.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Seems you really don&#8217;t understand how this thing ACTUALLY works.</p>
<p>you elect a representative, not an action of the representative, if the representative fails to follow your wish then you&#8217;ve got no recourse of action. </p>
<p>If we were allowed to have REFERENDUMS which is what you&#8217;re actually getting confused with, then we&#8217;d be able to vote on ISSUES not representatives. Democracy is dictated by the use of REFERENDUMS and ELECTIONS not one or the other. The people no longer have a say as the representatives make decisions in closed rooms. </p>
<p>Before making a daft &#8220;political statement&#8221; actually consider what a vote means in both an ELECTION and a REFERENDUM.</p>
<p>Nobody had any choice about this law in any of the countries, there were no referendums of the people at all, you cannot equate the election of a representative with a single issue, especially when that issue was not an election issue.</p>
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		<title>By: Luca</title>
		<link>http://blogs.gnome.org/johannes/2009/09/04/this-thing-called-european-union/comment-page-1/#comment-579</link>
		<dc:creator>Luca</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:17:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You said:

 &quot;YOU ARE THE EU, YOU DECIDE!. And if you are dissatisfied with the decision it is up to you to change the European government.&quot;

The problem is not the people who don&#039;t decide, they deserve the consequences. 
But when you decide and you are the minority, this is the big problem!
The majority always win and the majority is always stupid!!!!</description>
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<p> &#8220;YOU ARE THE EU, YOU DECIDE!. And if you are dissatisfied with the decision it is up to you to change the European government.&#8221;</p>
<p>The problem is not the people who don&#8217;t decide, they deserve the consequences.<br />
But when you decide and you are the minority, this is the big problem!<br />
The majority always win and the majority is always stupid!!!!</p>
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		<title>By: Emanuele Aina</title>
		<link>http://blogs.gnome.org/johannes/2009/09/04/this-thing-called-european-union/comment-page-1/#comment-578</link>
		<dc:creator>Emanuele Aina</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:07:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You&#039;re totally right.

It&#039;s a simple matter of being responsible for one&#039;s own action instead of complaining without doing anything to change the state of things.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You&#8217;re totally right.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s a simple matter of being responsible for one&#8217;s own action instead of complaining without doing anything to change the state of things.</p>
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		<title>By: ulrik sverdrup</title>
		<link>http://blogs.gnome.org/johannes/2009/09/04/this-thing-called-european-union/comment-page-1/#comment-577</link>
		<dc:creator>ulrik sverdrup</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:55:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>A very good point. I find german conservativeness charming, just like I find the furious technohype in sweden uncharming. (Other times, these two countries are just the same.)

However: this is a compromise for the environment. On one hand we have saving resources, producing less pollution by producing unclean energy. On the other hand we have a systematic use of Mercury which is a threat to nature and human&#039;s living environment and health.

I think it&#039;s very valid to be skeptical to increased systematic use, distribution and disposal of mercury.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A very good point. I find german conservativeness charming, just like I find the furious technohype in sweden uncharming. (Other times, these two countries are just the same.)</p>
<p>However: this is a compromise for the environment. On one hand we have saving resources, producing less pollution by producing unclean energy. On the other hand we have a systematic use of Mercury which is a threat to nature and human&#8217;s living environment and health.</p>
<p>I think it&#8217;s very valid to be skeptical to increased systematic use, distribution and disposal of mercury.</p>
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		<title>By: Götz Waschk</title>
		<link>http://blogs.gnome.org/johannes/2009/09/04/this-thing-called-european-union/comment-page-1/#comment-576</link>
		<dc:creator>Götz Waschk</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:40:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You did not mention in your rant that we Europeans can vote for the parliament but that one cannot make the laws. The commission was selected by the member state governments. The EU is not democratic.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You did not mention in your rant that we Europeans can vote for the parliament but that one cannot make the laws. The commission was selected by the member state governments. The EU is not democratic.</p>
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		<title>By: Martin Coxall</title>
		<link>http://blogs.gnome.org/johannes/2009/09/04/this-thing-called-european-union/comment-page-1/#comment-575</link>
		<dc:creator>Martin Coxall</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:40:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Remind me when we last elected our European Commissioners?

I think I may have missed that bit.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Remind me when we last elected our European Commissioners?</p>
<p>I think I may have missed that bit.</p>
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		<title>By: Alxe</title>
		<link>http://blogs.gnome.org/johannes/2009/09/04/this-thing-called-european-union/comment-page-1/#comment-574</link>
		<dc:creator>Alxe</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:37:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m Spaniard, and so I belong to the UE, and I agree that people should be the ones voting, each diplomatic showing the results.

I don&#039;t understand why we are forced to change because they demand so, specially without counting our opinions and thoughts. Also, I&#039;ve read that they have some cons that could affect our health, and we were not informed.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m Spaniard, and so I belong to the UE, and I agree that people should be the ones voting, each diplomatic showing the results.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t understand why we are forced to change because they demand so, specially without counting our opinions and thoughts. Also, I&#8217;ve read that they have some cons that could affect our health, and we were not informed.</p>
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		<title>By: Dougal Stanton</title>
		<link>http://blogs.gnome.org/johannes/2009/09/04/this-thing-called-european-union/comment-page-1/#comment-573</link>
		<dc:creator>Dougal Stanton</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:22:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Excellent point! People love to complain after the fact because it&#039;s easier than getting involved.

The British also love to complain about being &quot;ruled from Brussels&quot;, and sometimes I think they see it as the entirety of Continental Europe ganging up on their Traditional British Values(tm) like beer in pints and confusing monetary systems. :-)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Excellent point! People love to complain after the fact because it&#8217;s easier than getting involved.</p>
<p>The British also love to complain about being &#8220;ruled from Brussels&#8221;, and sometimes I think they see it as the entirety of Continental Europe ganging up on their Traditional British Values(tm) like beer in pints and confusing monetary systems. <img src='http://blogs.gnome.org/johannes/wp-content/mu-plugins/tango-smilies/tango/face-smile.png' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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