Where are you? (politicaly speaking..)
Where are you? (politicaly speaking..)
yes, what's your politics?
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From my 18th till 31st I have always voted centre left. (ie Red)
For Europe, I voted green once.
Since four years we have a purple-green gouvernment.
They had a lot of fights (6 parties in one gouvernment ?)
but I got some sympathy for the work the blue partner (liberal democrats) has done ... considering they are tradionally more centre right wing ... they have worked very well together with red and green, and are the biggest party in Belgium, with Verhofstadt as prime mininster. This guy Guy will have an international career, some day, somewhere.
The mix that came out of the box was fine with me ... I'm pretty sure that green will be dumped .... I guess I'm purple for the time being.
It is the first time I have doubts, ..., getting older has made me less left ... I don't know if you could call that more conservative ... red is more conservative than progressive liberals.
For Europe, I voted green once.
Since four years we have a purple-green gouvernment.
They had a lot of fights (6 parties in one gouvernment ?)
but I got some sympathy for the work the blue partner (liberal democrats) has done ... considering they are tradionally more centre right wing ... they have worked very well together with red and green, and are the biggest party in Belgium, with Verhofstadt as prime mininster. This guy Guy will have an international career, some day, somewhere.
The mix that came out of the box was fine with me ... I'm pretty sure that green will be dumped .... I guess I'm purple for the time being.
It is the first time I have doubts, ..., getting older has made me less left ... I don't know if you could call that more conservative ... red is more conservative than progressive liberals.
Time is on our side ...
I voted for abstension, because, until now, I have always taken the conscious decision not to vote. Despite sometimes finding myself agreeing with right-wing parties' decisions (such as the EURO, which was mostly a right-wing call), I am mostly a left-wing person, but I don't vote, because I don't feel there is one party with which I agree 100% (and I also think there's a lot of flaws in democracy - but that's another story). Actually, in my early teens, I took a pretty thorough self-course in anarchistic thought, and I still retain some ideas from that period. <flashback>It's such a wonderful utopia... Sometimes I wander if it would be achievable.</flashback>
I don't know really, sometimes I agree with the right wing, sometimes with the left wing. I'm green in moost question but also liberal. That's a big mixture, but it's just me.
And I'm definately against the extreme right wing. A friend of mine turned to extreme right this winter and we've had some quarrels later on, I'm trying to make good opposites for his arguments. But it's easy for him, he is into organisations that give him premade ideals and arguments while I try to knock them down by myself
And I'm definately against the extreme right wing. A friend of mine turned to extreme right this winter and we've had some quarrels later on, I'm trying to make good opposites for his arguments. But it's easy for him, he is into organisations that give him premade ideals and arguments while I try to knock them down by myself
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Cool, i did a environmental study as well! And right now I am a environmental adviser, working for diferent cities.BossaNova wrote:cool! the same with mewouter wrote:Left! (of course, I'm a student in environmental sciences that helps )
"The world is like a book, those
who don't travel only read the first page"
who don't travel only read the first page"
Cool, we have a real environmental expert group here this waynodisch18 wrote:Cool, i did a environmental study as well! And right now I am a environmental adviser, working for diferent cities.BossaNova wrote:cool! the same with mewouter wrote:Left! (of course, I'm a student in environmental sciences that helps )
The Force is like Duck-tape, it has a dark side, a light side and it holds the universe together.
The fact is that the "left" and the "right" are not yet the same in our countries...
In Quebec, there is no left and right, but "liberals", "democrats", "souverainists"... The Parti Québécois (independantist) is more on left that the Liberals, but the Liberals are baaad communists for the US partis!
Tony Blair is Labour but is the best ally of Bush, far right. Chirac (right) is working closely with Schröder (left)...
It's a bit confusing.
In Quebec, there is no left and right, but "liberals", "democrats", "souverainists"... The Parti Québécois (independantist) is more on left that the Liberals, but the Liberals are baaad communists for the US partis!
Tony Blair is Labour but is the best ally of Bush, far right. Chirac (right) is working closely with Schröder (left)...
It's a bit confusing.
yes is true.. the concepts are more and more unclear.. specially to define a party as right or left.. now they all love to say they're center-...something.., my poll was really about what each EBT user think it's they're own politics..Olivier wrote:The fact is that the "left" and the "right" are not yet the same in our countries...
In Quebec, there is no left and right, but "liberals", "democrats", "souverainists"... The Parti Québécois (independantist) is more on left that the Liberals, but the Liberals are baaad communists for the US partis!
Tony Blair is Labour but is the best ally of Bush, far right. Chirac (right) is working closely with Schröder (left)...
It's a bit confusing.
I'm a left guy, and already voted right for local elections...
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hmmmm there should be an environmental forum.. only for uscodi wrote:I'm in the club toonodisch18 wrote:Cool, i did a environmental study as well! And right now I am a environmental adviser, working for diferent cities.BossaNova wrote:cool! the same with mewouter wrote:Left! (of course, I'm a student in environmental sciences that helps )
bn