Meeting in the Taiwanese parliament

[Combat Ingrid]

From Swedish newspaper DN : "When the defense committee of the Taiwanese parliament had a meeting today, there was a debate about procedural issues. The debate seemed to be slightly more intense than that in the Swedish parliament"

Can anyone fill in the details?

[uh Clem]

They're practicing for their semi-final meet with the Japanese Diet. Winner takes on North Korea.

[Sikander]

Originally posted by uh Clem
They're practicing for their semi-final meet with the Japanese Diet. Winner takes on North Korea.

All the people standing around must be the sound effects technicians.

[Combat Ingrid]

Btw, in Sweden, we call this situation "Polish Parliament"

[Bosh]

And here's one of the Korean parlaiment (all members of the ruling party).

[Q Classic]

yeah. i love asian democracies. hardly a month goes by without a brawl in either the japanese, korean, or taiwanese assemblies.

they're almost as volatile as the knesset.

[Az]

puh-lease. don't compare your dirty politcos with our noble statesmen.







seriously, Ours never had THIS!

[uh Clem]

We need more of this in America. It would really liven up C-SPAN.

[Kropotkin]

As far as I know, this 'tradition' in the taiwanese parliament started when a younger generation in it started to oppose and replace the old men that sat there as representatives for regions in mainland China. Maybe some that knows more can correct me or fill in the blanks.

[Q Classic]

@az.

you're right. ours, dirty as they are, are still better 'cuz they're east asian.

[Urban Ranger]

This gives "power politics" an entirely different dimension.

[Theben]

Talk about democracy in action!

[Lefty Scaevola]

Talk about worthless ****heads who should be digging ditches rather than being in goverment.

[Dinner]

They were elected by the people. It's a common weakness in democracy that the persons elected don't have to be qualified they just have to be popular. Fortunately, the upside of democracy far out weights the downsides like this.

[Kropotkin]

Originally posted by Combat Ingrid
Btw, in Sweden, we call this situation "Polish Parliament"

No, not at all. The definition of "polish parliament" or "polsk riksdag" is when the members of parliament spend most of their time debating things that have little or nothing to do with the issue at hand. (from the time when everyone in the polish parliament, Sejmen, had veto-power).

Lets hope they where fighting about something important, not if Britney Spears career is over or not or witch one of Beckham's haircuts is the best one to date.