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Surrender Artist
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I am pleased if somebody learned something. This is something else that I'm pretty nerdy about. Japan is a particularly interesting case because of some of its unusual features, such as the fact that its constitution was in fact written by westerners working for the occupying powers with the Japanese being allowed to make only modest revisions. (Only one of those westerners, the fascinating Beate Sirota, was well acquainted with Japan)
Impeachment of Presidents is virtually a dead letter. The only two attempts were pretty transparently political. I've never examined the question in detail, but I believe that it was expected to have a wider range of uses. I should caution that a vote of no confidence and impeachment aren't really analogous beyond both leading to the executive leaving office. Impeachment is a quasi-judicial tool for punishing misconduct, whereas a vote of no confidence is a political tool. It can be brought about by misconduct, but it's a consequence of political circumstances more generally. If a government becomes very unpopular, fails to pass a budget or fails to pass a bill that it had staked its confidence on, a motion of confidence will follow or is implied by the failure. (I believe that there are systems where it is specified that if the budget is defeated, so is the government) In such an instance, Parliament must either choose a new government as is or hold a new election. (Parliamentary systems often have maximum terms, not fixed terms as in the United States) Because a political defeat is a potential death blow in such a system, a party dynamic very different from that of the United States tends to emerge wherein party members are more coherent and disciplined. When a member of parliament votes against the party whip, it's known as, "rebelling." I should warn that there's a lot of variation, such as between 'Westminter' and 'Continental European' parliamentarism, and I'm playing a little fast and loose as I'm not really and expert and doing this right would require a lot more time, to say naught of research.
I'm not even sure what you're mad about here. For one thing, nobody's saying mean things about The Superfriends or failing to insinuate the Lady Gaga is in fact a man and that's bad somehow. More than that, there're hardly enough posts or strong enough a theme in what few there are to make for any overwhelming consensus or majority to preemptively get indignant toward. Sheesh, there should never been this much grief over an interest article. Maybe it's the pink headers messing with people's heads somehow.
Where the Hell did this come from? It's particularly baffling since I think you might have been doing what EricJ2 was complaining about... it's admittedly not entirely clear what that was.
That's kind of generic and I don't see how it applies here as the consumption tax increase was first enacted by the preceding government and is understandable, but not necessarily desirable, for a country in Japan's situation. |
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EricJ2
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(Hey, you were jumping off the diving board too...) |
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CastMember1991
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Didn't catch myself doing that. My apologies, I just couldn't resist myself. People on forums (guilty as charged) have zero sense of reality sometimes. Even I can fall into that category. |
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CastMember1991
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Well, here's how I think about this whole episode (and yes, I'm probably going to sound ignorant again)... I'm a conservative Republican myself, so I see this as somewhat of a critique of government taking control of our lives. You're gonna disagree with me greatly when I say that, but I just wanted to get out my thoughts. |
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