Comments on: What will they think of next?

By: Thlayli

Thlayli — Tue, 07 Dec 2004 01:25:46 +0000

I have a couple of great-grandparents who left a village that was in Hungary then, but is not now, around 1900. What are my chances of getting somewhere with this?

By: DoDo

DoDo — Mon, 06 Dec 2004 13:34:33 +0000

Hooray, the dual citizenship proposal was crushed! So we won’t be the next arsonists of Central Europe, after all. I am much less happy that the other question, about stopping the privatisation of hospitals, fell 0.65% short of the required 25% of all voting-age citizens. The results were: participation 37.5% (even less than predicted) dual citizenship 51.5% “Yes” (similar to opinion polls, but pollsters expected greater turnout from the pro side) stopping hospital privatisation 65.0% “Yes” (same as above)

By: P O'Neill

P O'Neill — Sun, 05 Dec 2004 23:25:59 +0000

One can think of several recent elections in central europe where the turnout constraint has proven binding—I wonder what the political science experts make of the rationale for these rules since they in effect convert passive opposition into active No votes, which is maybe the point.

By: mike d

mike d — Sun, 05 Dec 2004 23:10:25 +0000

Mexico has been discussing for the past couple of years giving Mexicans abroad the right to vote in national elections, and I believe recently made it legal to do so. As this mostly affects the 10M Mexicans in the US, the fact that Mexico has 45 consulates across the US makes voting a bit easier…

By: Tom T.

Tom T. — Sun, 05 Dec 2004 19:23:35 +0000

Amerigo Vespucci is a Hungarian saint?

By: drapeto

drapeto — Sun, 05 Dec 2004 11:03:00 +0000

representation without taxation is tyranny.

By: Factory

Factory — Sun, 05 Dec 2004 07:35:39 +0000

matt: ‘One never knows when one might want to stop being an American.’ Considering that I have never been to the US, that is not a problem. :)

By: gmoke

gmoke — Sun, 05 Dec 2004 05:58:48 +0000

Magyar útlevél A Hungarian Passport Sandra Kogut | Hungary | 2001 | 72 min. | Analog Video Synopsis What does a Hungarian passport mean? Sandra Kogut was born in Brazil, lives in Paris, but has Hungarian origins. She is searching for her Hungarian roots and decides to contact the Hungarian authorities and find the documents that prove her Hungarian citizenship. She wants to find out what it means to have a piece of paper in our pocket which determines our nationhood, our citizenship and our identity. Seen it. Interesting film. Medyessy reality?

By: Matt

Matt — Sun, 05 Dec 2004 04:35:21 +0000

Factory, Forget voting- the real benefit would be getting access to EU citizenship (if idiots afraid of Turkey don’t screw that idea all up…) One never knows when one might want to stop being an American.

By: Factory

Factory — Sat, 04 Dec 2004 22:08:41 +0000

While I’m all for opposing nationalistic agendas on principle, since my father left in 1956, I would be benefitting from this change. Hmm.. Although if they do not translate the voting forms into English, erm, it might be a bit hard to vote. :)

By: John Quiggin

John Quiggin — Sat, 04 Dec 2004 21:59:43 +0000

Do you mean “country” or “county” ?

By: Patrick Nielsen Hayden

Patrick Nielsen Hayden — Sat, 04 Dec 2004 21:13:13 +0000

Hey, I live in a country named after a Hungarian saint! I think that should count for something.