"It certainly can’t be for the reasons he claims, that the “pan-blue side have failed to live up to the standards expected in a democracy.” On the contrary, Taiwan is a perfect example of what routinely happens when a democratically elected majority party from the same political party as the head of government or state collude to pass legislation in what they deem to be in the national interest."Paul Deacon takes a somewhat alternate tack to me in taking a kick at David Reid's proposed democratic reforms. I'll say that not only is Deacon correct, but that when I raised a broadly similar point to Reid, he was content to answer as if I had argued the precise opposite.
Monday, 19 July 2010
Sting Like A 蚊子
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Dean was wrong on one key point: ECFA does not have majority support.
ReplyDeleteI quite agree.
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