Belgian politics
Nov. 10th, 2004 02:14 amOur equivalent of the Supreme Court did its job and confirmed that the court of Ghent was correct in its ruling that "Vlaams Blok" is a racist party. The political party is going against our anti-racism law. Blok's claims that the former ruling is a violation of the freedom of speech have been proven to be unjustified. It is not the program points and opinions of the party that have been condemned, it is its targetting of a minority group. Of course, this means nothing. Vlaams Blok will cease to excist as the party has already been thinking of a new name. They have revised their program but the changes are nothing more than a new layer of paint.
I wish I could say that I was hopeful that this conviction will put a stop to the extreme right in our political landscape. I doubt it very much though. Fact remains that one million people voted for them, that is one tenth of our population. Its claims to be the "largest party" in Flanders however make me want to bitchslap them one a continious basis. They are not the largest, if they were they would have been able to form the coalition last year. CD&V (christian party) was the largest for which I am grateful. I wonder how long it will be before Blok will be the largest though. Their support grows with every election and it's damn right frightening. Maybe I should start making banners for the demonstrations when they are the largest party.
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Date: 2004-11-10 03:02 am (UTC)Maybe their goal is to get you to come and they'll stop when you do?
maybe they'll buy us a cow each?
It's a cold buffet for crying out loud. How can you spend so much money on salads? I don't like rabbit food.
Fingersmith and The Bucaneers, the CD was the Radio's *g*
Nope, I'm not in LEuven. *fears your mom* Hmmmmm, I can sneak them upstairs and you sneak them down again?
*zucht* Erg dat ik die al zo lang heb. En waarom zijn wij in het Engels bezig?
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Date: 2004-11-10 03:08 am (UTC)and i like salads. only i don't see why i should be charged so much for what will probably not be anything out of the ordinary. salad, tomato, carrot, probably topped off with a horrible garlic vinaigrette and stale bread. yada yada.
sneaking sounds good *g* i'll find an opportunity to sneak them down, after mom's asleep..
and i'll know nooooooooooooooooothing.
dedju, ik ging overschakelen naar het nederlands maar nu vergat ik het toch
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Date: 2004-11-10 03:11 am (UTC)Sorry voor het ongemak =oS
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Date: 2004-11-10 03:15 am (UTC)en 't is nikske, we hadden dat gewoon al vroeger moeten regelen maar wij zijn luiaards. ik verstop die boeken wel zo wa langs de achterkant van de kast, dan ziet ze die ni direct =)
enfin, slaapwel!
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Date: 2004-11-10 03:17 am (UTC)Jah, 't is erg onze luiheid!
Sloppel!
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Date: 2004-11-10 01:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-11-10 01:10 pm (UTC)