08-30-2009, 11:00 AM
I look on this as two separate issues.
Issue 1: Is it right for them to make the law to keep out the other side and then change it when they need it to be changed? I think we all pretty much agree that it isn't right.
Issue 2: What should the law actually be? I think there is some logic to being able to appoint a replacement who is from the same party as the person who was elected instead of leaving the seat vacant. There also may very well be some logic to the other route as well. I honestly haven't looked into it enough to say which way I think is better or even to know specifically what the law was before and what it is being changed into.
My point though is that one should separate blaming the party from the judgment of what is being done. Just because the party is doing it for the wrong reasons, doesn't mean that the result isn't actually a good law. It doesn't mean it is either. I just feel that there is a tendency for people to bash the law for the reasons it is being done instead of for it's own merits or lack there of.
P.S. Replying to Jester for this, but it is more just a general observation about this topic than at him specifically.
Issue 1: Is it right for them to make the law to keep out the other side and then change it when they need it to be changed? I think we all pretty much agree that it isn't right.
Issue 2: What should the law actually be? I think there is some logic to being able to appoint a replacement who is from the same party as the person who was elected instead of leaving the seat vacant. There also may very well be some logic to the other route as well. I honestly haven't looked into it enough to say which way I think is better or even to know specifically what the law was before and what it is being changed into.
My point though is that one should separate blaming the party from the judgment of what is being done. Just because the party is doing it for the wrong reasons, doesn't mean that the result isn't actually a good law. It doesn't mean it is either. I just feel that there is a tendency for people to bash the law for the reasons it is being done instead of for it's own merits or lack there of.
P.S. Replying to Jester for this, but it is more just a general observation about this topic than at him specifically.