tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post3109711509923860419..comments2024-03-28T02:22:35.857-07:00Comments on The Eponymous Flower: Hungarian Constitution Invokes St. Stephen, Abolishes AbortionTancredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16015531337154301560noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-91102366022566155262011-04-28T16:01:04.682-07:002011-04-28T16:01:04.682-07:00Yeah, I did read the whole document since making m...Yeah, I did read the whole document since making my first comment, well, not every word. I guess it's not my ideal constitution... I'm not sure how they are going to encourage families and childbearing when they're going to have to have super high taxes to support the pension system, etc. I guess we'll see. I do like how children are supposed to support their aging parents, however. But is the American system necessarily the ideal one? How well have we done? Maybe someone could propose a Constitution Writing Contest.Kathynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-45526640707459418102011-04-22T16:39:08.171-07:002011-04-22T16:39:08.171-07:00I'd settle for an authoritarian government to ...I'd settle for an authoritarian government to smash the Reds first.Tancredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16015531337154301560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-82295127213867680972011-04-22T15:00:49.371-07:002011-04-22T15:00:49.371-07:00Please read the whole document before making fawni...Please read the whole document before making fawning statements in praise of it. <br /><br />Yes, it purports to be "conservative" and "family-friendly" (by the way, it does NOT actually outlaw abortion), but it is no friend of the Anglo-American vision of ordered liberty and small government. It's multiple times the length of the U.S. Constitution, and includes such "rights" as the right to free education, the right to housing, the right to employment, and even the right of people to participate in a nationwide state-run common health insurance pool (!) - a.k.a. single-payer government health care.<br /><br />Viktor Orban, the head of Fidesz and prime minister of Hungary, has stated before that their vision of "conservatism" is one that sees the state as the central driving force, representing a strong statist Continental tradition, very much opposed to Anglo-Conservative limited government.Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-76024770360159585102011-04-21T15:10:29.908-07:002011-04-21T15:10:29.908-07:00Oh, I want to move to Hungary! I can see a lot of ...Oh, I want to move to Hungary! I can see a lot of pressure for them, though, refusals to trade and such. And the press is going to hate them, children in our public schools will be taught what a horrible backward oppressive country they are... but..What an awesome thing! Hopefully other nations will follow their example.Kathynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-75558637244974287732011-04-21T11:09:30.930-07:002011-04-21T11:09:30.930-07:00When can I move to Hungary and get out of this God...When can I move to Hungary and get out of this God-forsaken hellhole, the USA?Dannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-35396648415625158982011-04-21T04:38:22.804-07:002011-04-21T04:38:22.804-07:00That's pretty great! Good for the "Hunki...That's pretty great! Good for the "Hunkies." When I was in the Army Security Agency (now MI) in the 60's, they were my primary target. <br /><br />Under my watch they behaved. We had some transcripts of intercepts from 1956 that were pretty moving as they radioed for help from the U.S., thinking we would come to their aid.<br /><br />I suspect that there are still many there who aren't fond of us because of that. But the Suez war was going on at the same time and the Cold War was at its height.<br /><br />We somehow gained possession of St. Stephen's Crown after WWII. We ultimately returned it to them after the fall of the Iron Curtain. So that must have raised us in their esteem a bit.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08332138030182107580noreply@blogger.com