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Only someone with no clue about programming would suggest something like this. It's very worrying that unelected 'officials' being paid by us can try to pass la
by zcrar70 17y ago
Only someone with no clue about programming would suggest something like this.
It's very worrying that unelected 'officials' being paid by us can try to pass laws that no one wants.
Unfortunately, that type of thing happens all over the world, not just in the EU parliament. I don't think that disbanding the EU would resolve the problem of politicians making decisions about things they have little to no understanding of.
- axod 17y agoTrue, but at least without the EU, the UK would be free again to govern itself unhindered, with its own elected politicians.
- weavejester 17y agoI don't think our politicians are any better, really. Local politicians make equally bone-headed moves, such as the UK's DNA retention schemes, or France's 3-strikes rule. In these cases, the EU has actually been the one opposing political idiocy. It's also worth noting that most dumb ideas from the EU (including this one) come from the unelected European Commission. The EU parliament, whilst far from perfect, doesn't seem to be quite so stupid, and unlike the EC, the EU parliament is made up of elected MEPs. I'd be in full favour of getting rid of the EC, but the EU has been a very powerful economic equalizer in Europe, which in the long term is probably a good thing for all European countries. It's also a force that discourages local politicians from being dumber than average, so schemes like punishing people outside the judicial system, or keeping the DNA of innocent people tend to be resisted by most MEPs. At least, that's been my experience with the EU. Feel free to come up with counterexamples :)