Fluff referenda about nothing of merit while other huge issues go untouched.
Arfurbrain’s mention of the 1965 capital punishment Bill earlier got the old noodle going … going-on 60 years since that, society has changed SO much, that (it will NEVER (‘be allowed’) happen) … it seems nigh-on time to review the decision. We all know that politicians can’t be trusted one bit to take any action besides the usual heads-in-the-sand nonsense so instead “referendum” came to mind. Which, of course the politicians have to set in motion, so catch-22.
Come on, the completely blanket-against even ASKING bleeding-heart brigade, sez I, … if you’re so assured of your self-righteous stance, you should be fully confident your righteousness will be confirmed. What are you scared of? The population’s opinion on matters of such gravity should be checked, certainly after five decades and in an undeniably steadily-decaying society, I reckon.
The link will show the Oirish bunch of political cunts are in a tizzy currently about a ‘big’ upcoming referendum on ….. changing the (supposedly offensive, now)wording about a woman’s place in the home, to reflect modern times or some such nonsense.
A decade ago it was about whether the word ‘marriage’ should be bastardized (?) .. (gay stuff, it was, and – of course – passed.) Plenty of space left on the sheet for other questions that day but there mustn’t have been anything else important going on back then.
Now they want to add a second question to the forthcoming one re: diluting the word ‘family’, this time …
Why not make it 10 questions(a decarendum?) seeing as the hullabaloo will already be going on, on the day?
I can think of a few off the top of my head. FAR more important than the shit in that link article. Simple Y/N responses, (and non-binding)…just a feeler(s) for now on what way the wind is really blowing.
*Legalising the aforementioned voluntary human euthanasia.
*Death penalty for the heinous.
*Castration for the perverts.
*Continuing to treat illegal immigrants preferentially to their own born Nationals.
And so on.
It’ll never happen. Afraid the silent majority (busy working!) might just show ’em they’ve had ENOUGH of the shit about nothing that really matters, when everyday life for Joe Normal who has various grownup responsibilities & thus is generally too busy to spend their days arguing with the UNbusy circus that seem to be eternally pontificating about the rights of self-aggrandizing generally useless people to make their hobbies and perversions the most important thing all the time ….
IrishTimes
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