Comments on: Haggling Over The Election Law http://beirutspring.com/blog/2008/05/20/haggling-over-the-election-law/ Blogging Lebanese politics, business and society since 2005 Wed, 23 May 2012 14:09:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Ace http://beirutspring.com/blog/2008/05/20/haggling-over-the-election-law/#comment-11648 Ace Tue, 20 May 2008 16:51:26 +0000 http://beirutspring.com/blog/2008/05/20/haggling-over-the-election-law/#comment-11648 They are all short sighted as usual and make decisions based on past results. The 2000 Law was designed (from what I've read) to take power away from Hariri - but it failed to do so because the voters still wanted Hariri. If they just have the courage to go with a decent law that is as fair as can be under the bizarre Lebanese proportional system .... the voters will still vote for the candidates they think are best. I'm sure they don't even consider that there will be many more voters at the polls under a reasonable system. The results of the 2005 elections have no bearing on the situation on the ground today. Too much water under the bridge for that to happen. They are all short sighted as usual and make decisions based on past results. The 2000 Law was designed (from what I’ve read) to take power away from Hariri – but it failed to do so because the voters still wanted Hariri.

If they just have the courage to go with a decent law that is as fair as can be under the bizarre Lebanese proportional system …. the voters will still vote for the candidates they think are best. I’m sure they don’t even consider that there will be many more voters at the polls under a reasonable system.

The results of the 2005 elections have no bearing on the situation on the ground today. Too much water under the bridge for that to happen.

]]> By: Solomon2 http://beirutspring.com/blog/2008/05/20/haggling-over-the-election-law/#comment-11647 Solomon2 Tue, 20 May 2008 13:59:31 +0000 http://beirutspring.com/blog/2008/05/20/haggling-over-the-election-law/#comment-11647 "Obvious"? To me? To M14? To Hezbollah? To Iran? To Syria? The Lebanese people themselves aren't players in this negotiation, for there are no mobs on the street as happened in 2005. “Obvious”? To me? To M14? To Hezbollah? To Iran? To Syria? The Lebanese people themselves aren’t players in this negotiation, for there are no mobs on the street as happened in 2005.

]]> By: A-Kara http://beirutspring.com/blog/2008/05/20/haggling-over-the-election-law/#comment-11646 A-Kara Tue, 20 May 2008 13:52:07 +0000 http://beirutspring.com/blog/2008/05/20/haggling-over-the-election-law/#comment-11646 "Should" is just a direct, albeit rather plain, approach to speaking one's mind; anything else will be a convoluted way of making the same point: getting the reader to buy into what you think they should think and do. S, but isnt the "why" soo obvious? “Should” is just a direct, albeit rather plain, approach to speaking one’s mind; anything else will be a convoluted way of making the same point: getting the reader to buy into what you think they should think and do.
S, but isnt the “why” soo obvious?

]]> By: LeoHalifax http://beirutspring.com/blog/2008/05/20/haggling-over-the-election-law/#comment-11645 LeoHalifax Tue, 20 May 2008 13:48:01 +0000 http://beirutspring.com/blog/2008/05/20/haggling-over-the-election-law/#comment-11645 dear Mustapha, I agree totally with your assessment. I think it is time to leave the old ways behind and start fresh with a new more democratic process. dear Mustapha,

I agree totally with your assessment. I think it is time to leave the old ways behind and start fresh with a new more democratic process.

]]> By: Solomon2 http://beirutspring.com/blog/2008/05/20/haggling-over-the-election-law/#comment-11644 Solomon2 Tue, 20 May 2008 12:32:01 +0000 http://beirutspring.com/blog/2008/05/20/haggling-over-the-election-law/#comment-11644 I agree with L. People who live in the Land of Should generally have an insufficient grasp of what <i>is</i> and thus fail to ask the question, "Why would the people who have power do what <i>I</i> think they <i>should</i> do?" So tell us <i>why</i>, Mustapha, s’il vous plaît. I agree with L. People who live in the Land of Should generally have an insufficient grasp of what is and thus fail to ask the question, “Why would the people who have power do what I think they should do?”

So tell us why, Mustapha, s’il vous plaît.

]]> By: Mustapha http://beirutspring.com/blog/2008/05/20/haggling-over-the-election-law/#comment-11643 Mustapha Tue, 20 May 2008 12:13:37 +0000 http://beirutspring.com/blog/2008/05/20/haggling-over-the-election-law/#comment-11643 Then perhaps you <I>should</I> suggest an alternative word ;) Then perhaps you should suggest an alternative word ;)

]]> By: L. http://beirutspring.com/blog/2008/05/20/haggling-over-the-election-law/#comment-11642 L. Tue, 20 May 2008 11:07:36 +0000 http://beirutspring.com/blog/2008/05/20/haggling-over-the-election-law/#comment-11642 i just hate it when you use the word should so many times . i just hate it when you use the word should so many times .

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