Texas is doing a fine job governing itself is the message from Austin to Brussels this week. This riposte was prompted by a noble but futile effort by the EU to ask the Governor of the Lone Star State to rethink the state policy on execution.
Reminding Brussels that his forefathers had fought to throw off the foreign yoke this Texan spokesman may be willing to travel to Ireland to assist the No campaign in the next Referendum?
BBC has it here
'To attempt to rerun a referendum as a means of reversing the democratic decision taken by the people would be rightly regarded as an affront'. Dick Roche TD 21.12.01
Texas don't need no stinking nobles.
Good for Texas.
I am sick of selective humanitarianism on the part of the EU. It sticks its nose into some places and on some issues, yet keeps mute about others.
EU couldn't even condemn the killing of 1000 Lebanese by Israel last year, but attacks the killling of one person in Texas.
And the economy of Texas is probably equivalent to that of half a dozen EU countries combined.
What has the economy got to do with it??Originally Posted by harvey
Fianna Fail - The Loss of Sovereignty Party.
The BBC article describes the murder victim as a grocery store clerk. She had a name. She was Kathyanna Gon Thi Nguyen. He killed her with two shots to the head on Sunday, May 17, 1998. She was born in Vietnam and had one daughter. May she rest in peace.
Yet they are willing to bankroll suicide bombers in Gaza. Another example of EU double standards.
While I do not for a second agree with the death penelty, I think the EU especially Ireland could learn something from Texas State law.
http://tlo2.tlc.state.tx.us/statutes/statutes.html
Penal Code
http://tlo2.tlc.state.tx.us/statutes/pe.toc.htm
Family Code: Especially Chapter 41and Chapter 57(Rights of Victims)
http://tlo2.tlc.state.tx.us/statutes/fa.toc.htm
There are Men, there are Women and there are Politicians. God save old Ireland
I was in Texas recently for a few days, and far from the ignorent hill-billy place as depicted frequently in East Coast and European media, it's actually a beautiful place, well worth a visit. It's loaded too, especially the cities of Houston and Dallas, and as internationally connected as anywhere in America, and much more than most. But talk to people and you pick up very quickly a strong and proud independent and self-reliant streak. The thought of the EU telling Texas to do anything would cause most Texans to just laugh, not even get angry or defensive. The EU is just some 'iddy biddy' place a long way away. Not that Texans consider themselves better than anyone, or better than Europeans, they just consider their own domain their own domain. As they say there "Don't mess with Texas".
What in the name of moses are we (the EU) doing telling a democratic state what to do? Who decides where and when to poke our noses in?!
Do we or do we not respect the democratic wishes of another entity?
That's complete nonsense. I disagree with you.
I assure you, execution policy in Texas has Killed more than one person.
And there was no "attack" on texas, it was a suggestion.
Willing to bankroll suicide bombers?Yet they are willing to bankroll suicide bombers in Gaza. Another example of EU double standards.
Did you realise that this was a moronic statement and just made it in hope nobody would notice?
Or do you think all Palestinians are suicide bombers?
When then did they hold off funding for Palestinian electricity owing to the fear that funds were being misdirected into terrorisim?
I can't open those links to see the examples you cite but I will agree that many state laws are quite smart and should be seen as examples for ourselves and vice versa. Such as out lack of capital punishment.
What's wrong with the EU suggesting that the State's policy of killing people as punishment for a crime is, in their view, wrong and might warrant some consideration?
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