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Old 19th March 2009
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Originally Posted by CookieMonster View Post
So what you're saying is that somebody who is a former member of an organisation is a solid example of a formal alliance of some kind? That's quite a canyon you've jumped there, peoplekorps. I fear you've missed the edge though... again.
I think you are being rather disingenuous by trying to correlate FF or FG grouping in the EP with Libertas's engagement with certain political groupings in Poland.

For better or worse grouping in the parliament are marriages of convienence which little or no actual co-operation and used only to get a couple committee positions. It stinks and I don't approve of it but it is way politics goes.

Libertas have involved members of far right parties in Poland in the establishment of their operation there. This is a far deeper involvement and Libertas should be big enough to say "mea culpa".

To claim otherwise is to engage in semantics that only weakens the arguments of Libertas further.

Funnily enough Libertas original press release (EDIT: spokesperson in Poland according to the IT) appears to accept the error and seek to move on but posters here seem hellbent on defending and justifying the error anyways.

Perhaps I'm missing the point of a discussion board, is that we argue for the sake of argument or are people actually believing what they post? (forgive my naivety)
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