tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2353448821649374270.post1632285236749431422..comments2023-10-02T05:59:03.458-07:00Comments on oldschooltwentysix: Some stuff I would ask Activists on the Leftoldschooltwentysixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15672887176887940797noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2353448821649374270.post-63525807355070077362011-10-23T10:13:05.172-07:002011-10-23T10:13:05.172-07:00Yeah, let's vote for the party that wants to d...Yeah, let's vote for the party that wants to dismantle the democracy.<br /><br />In Turkey, before Erdogan, there was the case of the Welfare Party, Refa Partisi.<br /><br />http://strasbourgconsortium.org/document.php?DocumentID=1142<br /><br />The summary can be found here:<br /><br />http://sim.law.uu.nl/sim/caselaw/Hof.nsf/1d4d0dd240bfee7ec12568490035df05/950aeda61843540041256ccd004ac34d?OpenDocument<br /><br />One of the main goals of the European Convention of Human Rights was to protect democratic ideals. Groups or political parties may not claim the protection of the ECHR when they seek the destruction of these ideals.<br /><br />Dissolving the party was therefore was “necessary in a democratic society,” the protection of which was the very essence behind the ECHR itself.<br /><br />If only such sound reasoning was present today.oldschooltwentysixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15672887176887940797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2353448821649374270.post-69916484708444465982011-10-23T08:30:14.101-07:002011-10-23T08:30:14.101-07:00Great post. The answer to this is in Anon's re...Great post. The answer to this is in Anon's reply to Paul over at Karmas blog post "This is the "Arab Spring" It's how the left thinks.Doodadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03349941094682080146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2353448821649374270.post-90390569149482436992011-10-22T17:26:01.394-07:002011-10-22T17:26:01.394-07:00Yes, it would probably get ignored, but it remains...Yes, it would probably get ignored, but it remains to be asked over and over to reveal the reality.oldschooltwentysixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15672887176887940797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2353448821649374270.post-36853424469282747352011-10-22T08:50:11.600-07:002011-10-22T08:50:11.600-07:00School, you raise a good question, although it is ...School, you raise a good question, although it is one that would get entirely ignored on the left.<br /><br />Their heads are so thoroughly buried in the ground that they would never even allow themselves to consider what you are saying here.Mike L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06450806807610560873noreply@blogger.com