tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post4730476934773520559..comments2024-03-29T06:05:20.562+03:00Comments on Life in Israel: no referendumRafi G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00699851287106903971noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-47803075766989233042009-12-11T10:39:07.207+02:002009-12-11T10:39:07.207+02:00So Degel. The hell with everything else as long a...So Degel. The hell with everything else as long as we get our yeshiva funding, army ptur and busing for chadarim. We'd be better off under the Turks, they say!Wanna Saabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11564440024185263043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-39567078848997601842009-12-10T14:22:57.691+02:002009-12-10T14:22:57.691+02:00"to breach societal-norms", That is, a ..."to breach societal-norms", That is, a referendum allows the majority who define societal-norms to enforce those norms on the minority.<br /><br />What they should have said is that a referendum enables the dictatorship of the majority which might go against the minority chareidi position.Elliothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15203749527124021441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-38046885301144147292009-12-10T10:30:05.649+02:002009-12-10T10:30:05.649+02:00Mikeage, so what? A referendum would only happen i...Mikeage, so what? A referendum would only happen if the Knesset wanted it, and if the Knesset wanted to draft Yeshiva students, they could do it without a referendum as well.Eli Dukerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10733438132131254422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-72011979558535187532009-12-10T10:19:37.208+02:002009-12-10T10:19:37.208+02:00I disagree. I think that if a referendum were held...I disagree. I think that if a referendum were held today, the results would clearly be against a Yeshiva exemption. Even 2/3 might be opposed.<br /><br />OTOH, in the Kneseet, the Chareidi parties have more power than their numbers (relative to population) would imply.<br /><br />For that matter, most small parties do.Mikeagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15827275300296295639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-28641271324919028112009-12-10T09:45:56.206+02:002009-12-10T09:45:56.206+02:00Still hard to understand. A referendum makes hard...Still hard to understand. A referendum makes harder to change the status-quo, not easier. It puts another block between a Knesset law and its enactment.Eli Dukerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10733438132131254422noreply@blogger.com