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| Belgian court bans only non-surrender party |
| 2004-04-24 |
| Posted by:someone |
| #6 Islamist parties have been banned in Turkey, the Batasuna party has been banned in Spain. Though (as a liberal) I don't support any such bannings, even of fascist parties, I'm not prepared to shed any tears over them either. |
| Posted by: Aris Katsaris 2004-04-24 9:24:31 AM |
| #5 P.M. They are more akin to the BNP then they are to Le Pen's National Front. |
| Posted by: chinditz 2004-04-24 9:17:22 AM |
| #4 I almost fully agree with P.M. they should not be banned but they should not be criticised either, idiots like the "Vlaams Blok" should just be ignored. |
| Posted by: chinditz 2004-04-24 9:14:28 AM |
| #3 Umm, the Vlaams Blok is a pretty extremist party, kind of like the Flemish equivelent to Le Pen's National Front... Although they shouldn't be banned, just criticised |
| Posted by: Paul Moloney 2004-04-24 9:08:26 AM |
| #2 frightening! |
| Posted by: B 2004-04-24 9:03:00 AM |
| #1 And there are people who think it could never happen here. I suspect there are some LLLs out there on the fringes of the political spectrum that would love to ban some of the more conservative leaning organizations just like there are some on the right who would like to do the same to organizations on the left. Unions specifically |
| Posted by: cheaderhead 2004-04-24 8:35:41 AM |