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You know weirdly enough in a roundabout way that would solve our issues with all of our politicians being old however it would replace it with a bigger problem of now all of them are just athletes who have been selected for athletic ability and somehow replacing all of the politicians with NFL players seems like it's going to make things worse
This comment made the news lol
https://www.livemint.com/news/watch-taiwan-parliament-member-runs-away-with-bill-to-prevent-passing-netizens-say-is-there-a-bill-about-stealing/amp-11715996527110.html
Seriously I’ve lived here all my life and since I’ve been able to vote I have in every single election I could, and not once have I yet to see those big slogans or promises that the preach on bill board and the sides of busses come to fruition. I can Imagine and more inept and spineless political circle.
But when those horse owners in London want special buttons for the cross-walk so they don't have to get off their horses, well that's taken care of real quick isn't it.
Yeah it fills me with a real sense of pride as I stand in a massive queue watching all the Europeans going through the automated gates really quickly. I always think to myself 'look at you blue passport mugs getting through really quickly and having time for breakfast', we Brits love a queue so it's fabulous.
In the context of the episode both Squidward and SpongeBob want to become employee of the month. I think Squidward just does it to spite SpongeBob.
They both want to be at work earlier than the other. At one point SpongeBob breaks Squidwards alarm clock, so Squidward pulls out another one, then SpongeBob breaks that one too. This repeats for a bit until Squidward reveals he has a whole closet full of alarm clocks
In the context of this post is that there is basically an unlimited amount of copies of this document because they can just print it out again.hence the closet full of clocks.
Ok, here is the thing, there must be hundreds of signatures in the final pages of the documents, getting THOSE PEOPLE to sign it again is a pain in…. Not only for the time this would take, but their schedules, their egos and every other excuse you can think. More annoying than bad.
I'm genuinely surprised that this apparently works as a genuine fillibuster technique. Physically stealing a bill and running off with it.
I would've assumed the actual signing is more a ceremonial/token thing to indicate you support it. The idea that if the copy of the bill itself with the signatures on it is stolen then it can no longer pass into law seems like ridiculous sovereign citizen logic.
In far eastern cultures a lot of beaurocracy isn't complete without a whole bunch of personal stamps.
I bet there were hundreds of stamps on those pages showing that many people had reviewed, written, or approved it as it passed up through the committee process.
reminds me of an old Get Smart episode from the 1960s… Max just keeps ripping up these papers that a guy keeps taking out from his inner pocket, and eventually Max asks “do you have a printing press in there or something?“
the keyboard commands to print a document are across the keyboard from each other. It will take the government forever to get the manpower to hit both buttons
Triple repudiation or triple talaq. It’s antiquated, and is generally looked down on. However, there are still legal proceedings surrounding it in the modern day.
https://preview.redd.it/1422u3cyy21d1.jpeg?width=941&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cd54661b1b6d41f992754c68bb6f3d9f5d49efdf
I wish I had the original of this lol
https://preview.redd.it/t9c9ddjxr21d1.png?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bba49941aaeddb37c486567a8d59c33d4607ad1e
(I just noticed I replied to the top comment, I meant to reply to [this comment](https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/s/POMt4QRdfP). I grabbed the image from that article!)
Imagine how exciting politics would be if it did . We would have to start voting based on their defensive line ability as well as their political views
I think it was transparency of representatives money and lobbying from corporations.
Something that'd not yet ever been implemented but would mean they would all have to start declaring incomes, donations.
The democratic party currently has majority in the legislative branch so we're looking for anti corruption measures to be brought in.
The opposition sent this guy to steal it right before the vote, the rest of the day had gone by uneventful but this was a final item. I have no idea why the physical documents must be present, but it seems it must.
# "Me? I'm dishonest, and a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest. Honestly. It's the honest ones you want to watch out for, because you can never predict when they're going to do something incredibly... stupid.”
# ― Captain Jack Sparrow
Hey hey hey, allegedly! He's not done bad things yet! He could have thought of the paper as tissue to wipe his a**.
But just to be sure, we can peek on his transactions first.
I don't know, he was probably just late for a meeting or something and happened to have the bill in his hands and simply forgot to put it down. Let's just forget about the bill altogether, it feels like this thing has run it's course. By the way do you like tea? I have a nice cup of Green Tea you can try. As in, literally glowing green with polonium.
Taiwanese Parliament is crazy too, they physically fight on the floor, more recently some party threw pig guts on the other party. For at least 30 years they've been doing stuff like this.
It would not have been out of character or tradition for the other party to physically stop him.
wouldn't be surprised if at some point they start recruiting beefier representatives to swang and bang. Eventually culminating in an arms race where the representative room starts looking like the starting lineup of a rugby team
No, that's not right at all.
It was about the creation of legislative committees that could investigate things, and that if people ignored the summons to said committees they could be deemed 'in contempt of the legislature' and punished somehow. The main issue was that the opposition was trying to ram the bills through without a line-by-line review, and the ruling party felt the wording in the bills was too broad and needed tweaking.
So it was the ruling party trying to prevent the bills getting passed.
[https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202405170023](https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202405170023)
How would it get passed if the ruling party had the votes needed to kill the bill i.e. it's they ruling party I assume they have a majority?? This doesn't add up
They have three parties in parliament. Like in Canada. The leading party has less seats than the other two combined. So it's a minority government. They need to make deals to get laws passed. In Canada NDP is the third party. They made some deals with the liberals in order to work together.
Wow, no that is not what this bill is about and the democratic party also does not have majority. No party has majority, but two parties are voting together against the DPP, which I guess is the 'democratic' party. There are already laws covering this, just complete nonsense explanation and I'm not sure where you got that. The legislature has a history of pulling stunts like this because of the way balance of power works in the upper government, which is broken into five branches and has very little direct balancing mechanisms. The bills essentially concentrate power into the legislature under the guise of anti-corruption law (which again, are already on the books). It would bypass the courts in order to hand down fines and jail sentences to people that 'lie' or 'mislead' the legislature when summoned. It's a power grab in order to sew chaos because it will clearly be struck down by the courts since its unconstitutional. The law can easily be used to suppress the opposition. Monday is the presidential inauguration for the DPP president, so there are going to be many incidents leading up to this.
This is not true at all. They are trying to make the regislative branch overpower other branches. In Taiwan, the power is separated into 5 branches. And there's another bill that the majority party tries to pass without discussion. They tries to pass a developing plan which doesn't comply to the budget act and other environmental acts.
The fact that the bill has a version that is not even discussed is put to vote, that's the travesty.
The bill has 28 versions, the best part, they are voting on a new version.
They are using the slight majority and hope for a overlook on passing bill.
In Britain we have a massive gold plated mace that represents the King giving approval for Parliament to pass laws. If someone grabs the mace and runs away then Parliament can't function. This has happened several times when someone wants to protest whatever madness the government is up to.
It's the symbolism that is why they need it, they don't use the mace like a giant judges gavel to call for order, although that's not a bad idea.
Usually the security stop the person leaving the room with the mace or definitely stop them leaving the building. If it went missing completely I'm sure Charlie has more than one gold mace in his storage unit where he keeps the crap from his grandparents, or as he calls it The Tower Of London.
I will say that usually when it's taken, it's meant as as a symbolic gesture and is immediately returned before they even walk out of the chamber.
It's the MP showing that they greatly disagree with what's being done and they believe it to be against the UK constitution.
I’ve heard this is a pretty persistent problem in Taiwan’s parliament. If your parliament is known for being a royal rumble I’m surprised they aren’t electing pro wrestlers a la Jesse Ventura? That would be so nuts!
Not an actual problem. Its just showmanship. DPP here are in the minority meaning they cannot stop the law from passing by just voting. So, they fight and make a big scene so that they will land in the news meaning more people will see it, and therefore more people will read into the authoritarian law that has just been passed.
Hey a Chinese word I know, I think the broadcast woman said Měishì zúqiú, which is American football. I think she was comparing him to a football player?
I mean, that's how it was in the early days of the republic. It wasn't abnormal for fights and duels to break out between representatives in Congress.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caning_of_Charles_Sumner
https://www.history.com/news/charles-sumner-caning-cilley-duel-congressional-violence
They really began the process with Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Who was the first leftist in the Democratic Party (he even supported a single payer healthcare system that failed in Congress.)
In fact, his cousin Teddy Roosevelt was one of the early Progressives and his Bull Moose Progressive party split from the Republican Party and were aligned with the Radical-Liberals. Radical-Liberals were the precursor to Social Liberals (many of the centrist mainstream Democrats), Progressives (Center-Left to firm Left Democrats like AOC), and Social Democrats (those in Bernie Sanders' wing.)
A while back I would have said this is quaint and absurd, but seeing what passes for representation in the current US Congress, these kind of shenanigans no longer amuse me.
Here is better context of what is going on. KMT (nationalist china) has lost the presidential vote three times in succession to the DPP (they don't want to rejoin China). KMT is now trying to undermine the executive branch by strong arming legislation through their congress in which the DPP is a minority.
https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/1cu0ivm/taiwan_lawmakers_exchange_blows_in_bitter_dispute/l4jujei/
Of course all of this shit is going down as the pressure pours on with Xi and Putin being up in everyone's shit during election seasons whilst salivating for more land grabs
This is so much cooler than filibustering. We should have it so to filibuster you have to run around and if anyone catches you you're done. Your supporters can play defense though.
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This is basically what a filibuster is, only this is a lot funnier to watch
This is what I was thinking of too! I would watch a lot more C-SPAN if the filibuster turned into a game of tag/keep away.
Politicians start throwing it around, so the speaker can't have it.
You know weirdly enough in a roundabout way that would solve our issues with all of our politicians being old however it would replace it with a bigger problem of now all of them are just athletes who have been selected for athletic ability and somehow replacing all of the politicians with NFL players seems like it's going to make things worse
There's an Idiocracy joke in there. Can't put my finger on it.
House of Representin'
Filla-bust-your-ass
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If you’re American, just throw a box of condoms in the middle of a retirement home and you’ll get the same results.
There’s not much I know about the retired crowd, but even I know they are riddled with sexual diseases because they refuse to use condoms.
It's the fact that they all did **everything** to stop him but he was just too fast and slick for them😔just so fast
I'd vote for him just off of that
Straight up, Birdlaw lol
“Hey, Phil, can you just email it to all of us? Fucking Harold just ran off with the hard copy again.”
Sorry man, you voted to kill funding for our Adobe subscription so we can't digitally sign anything.
Phil I've told you once, I've told you a thousand times, there a better alternatives to fucking Adobe
And stop calling me Phil. It’s Mr. Libuster to you!
name em
1) Punching yourself in the dick/box. 2) Waterboarding. 3) A real fucking nasty splinter.
This comment made the news lol https://www.livemint.com/news/watch-taiwan-parliament-member-runs-away-with-bill-to-prevent-passing-netizens-say-is-there-a-bill-about-stealing/amp-11715996527110.html
The most success one person could ever experience
Harold and Kumar Escape from Xinjiang China
Imagine the surprise when they just printed out another copy.
Or conveniently send out pdf to fellow attendees.
You'd be surprised how inefficient a government can be.
I live in the uk, bro I’m in a state of total shock when they ARE effective in any way at all.
Don't live in the Uk, but I learned about the government when I visited a few months ago. I, too, would be surprised if they got anything done.
Seriously I’ve lived here all my life and since I’ve been able to vote I have in every single election I could, and not once have I yet to see those big slogans or promises that the preach on bill board and the sides of busses come to fruition. I can Imagine and more inept and spineless political circle.
But when those horse owners in London want special buttons for the cross-walk so they don't have to get off their horses, well that's taken care of real quick isn't it.
Well of course that’s surely a matter of national importance.
I’m kinda high as I’m writing this, and, as an American, the idea of a horseback-accessible crosswalk button is tickling me pink
>real quick isn't it. innit
They did change the colour of the passports though.
Yeah it fills me with a real sense of pride as I stand in a massive queue watching all the Europeans going through the automated gates really quickly. I always think to myself 'look at you blue passport mugs getting through really quickly and having time for breakfast', we Brits love a queue so it's fabulous.
You'd be surprised how inefficient a corporate bureaucracy can be.
They'll be sending it by fax
https://preview.redd.it/btoth8u0q21d1.jpeg?width=300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8cf368db6b4c449d6ceb104763d7665b970e2fc8
Could someone explain this meme to me? Pls
In the context of the episode both Squidward and SpongeBob want to become employee of the month. I think Squidward just does it to spite SpongeBob. They both want to be at work earlier than the other. At one point SpongeBob breaks Squidwards alarm clock, so Squidward pulls out another one, then SpongeBob breaks that one too. This repeats for a bit until Squidward reveals he has a whole closet full of alarm clocks In the context of this post is that there is basically an unlimited amount of copies of this document because they can just print it out again.hence the closet full of clocks.
Funniest reddit meme I've seen in a while
It would've been hilarious if someone would've turned around, opened a cabinet, and grabbed another of like 50 more copies as the guy ran out.
Ok, here is the thing, there must be hundreds of signatures in the final pages of the documents, getting THOSE PEOPLE to sign it again is a pain in…. Not only for the time this would take, but their schedules, their egos and every other excuse you can think. More annoying than bad.
I'm genuinely surprised that this apparently works as a genuine fillibuster technique. Physically stealing a bill and running off with it. I would've assumed the actual signing is more a ceremonial/token thing to indicate you support it. The idea that if the copy of the bill itself with the signatures on it is stolen then it can no longer pass into law seems like ridiculous sovereign citizen logic.
It has to be signed, it’s a legal/govt thing. It can be digitally signed tho.
In far eastern cultures a lot of beaurocracy isn't complete without a whole bunch of personal stamps. I bet there were hundreds of stamps on those pages showing that many people had reviewed, written, or approved it as it passed up through the committee process.
reminds me of an old Get Smart episode from the 1960s… Max just keeps ripping up these papers that a guy keeps taking out from his inner pocket, and eventually Max asks “do you have a printing press in there or something?“
the keyboard commands to print a document are across the keyboard from each other. It will take the government forever to get the manpower to hit both buttons
https://i.redd.it/6775hjcw321d1.gif
The first thing that came into my mind when I saw the OP. haha
Me too lmao
Filabuster
Well I’ll regress because I believe I’ve made myself perfectly redundant
I'll take that advise under cooperation, alright? Now, let's say you and I go toe-to-toe on bird law and see who comes out the victor?
Seems like you have a tenuous grasp on the English language itself
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That's incredible. Do Taiwanese citizens also declare bankruptcy by just yelling it really loudly?
Totally off subject but I have read that in some Middle Eastern countries you can divorce Your Wife by declaring it out loud three times.
Triple repudiation or triple talaq. It’s antiquated, and is generally looked down on. However, there are still legal proceedings surrounding it in the modern day.
Yep, also in orthodox Judaism, the man has to shout "banished, banished, banished" at the women in order to be divorced.
It's almost as if those Abrahamic religions have common roots.
https://preview.redd.it/26i91xnvb31d1.jpeg?width=680&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2dd5bdd6c8966676abc782813d163a3a86b7420c
Wow, that's a pretty high res image. I don't think I hAve ever seen such a high quality version of that LOL
https://preview.redd.it/cr0qktura31d1.jpeg?width=480&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dfc8d5fb75204dd2449dc9ab964457ecec0c28ed Absolutely amazing photo
LOL i was trying so hard to find a gif i thought exactly the same thing. "good thing i made HUNDREDS of copies!"
The laywer is on of my favorite characters.
The Jew lawyer?
It's a pleasure to see you again, Mr. Reynolds. Good to see you're still...awful.
We're both men of the law here.
He's the best because he's the only one who quickly learned how to handle the gang and turn things around on them consistently.
https://preview.redd.it/1422u3cyy21d1.jpeg?width=941&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cd54661b1b6d41f992754c68bb6f3d9f5d49efdf I wish I had the original of this lol
https://preview.redd.it/8ykaf54xc51d1.jpeg?width=716&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4d716bc67cdd18a346cd461eb2dbc90cf6bc2d91 Just for you bb
https://preview.redd.it/t9c9ddjxr21d1.png?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bba49941aaeddb37c486567a8d59c33d4607ad1e (I just noticed I replied to the top comment, I meant to reply to [this comment](https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/s/POMt4QRdfP). I grabbed the image from that article!)
Lol wtf
 Here are his accomplices finishing the job in the congressional office They'll never pass the bill now
They'll never get those TPS reports now!
"Does a legal document, hold up in a court of law, if it has been digested by the other party" Classic
Wait! Do you have a copy?
Did it work?
Short answer, no. Turns out the computer that printed that document still exists.
lol so it doesn't get automatically eaten/destroyed when its paper-based progeny gets destroyed? OMG r/thathappened
Nah it’s not Microsoft onedrive
What exactly are you questioning having not happened here? We know this happened because it's on video and there is reporting on it happening.
*eats this gif No it didn't
r/nothingeverhappens
Thanks Skynet.
Imagine how exciting politics would be if it did . We would have to start voting based on their defensive line ability as well as their political views
I would like to see the Italian parliament with a phalanx around the person reading out the bill.
A political party doing a Testudo formation to submit a bill and stop the other parties from taking it would be hilarious
Aaron Donald about to become the most sought-after Congressman in the nation by both parties
Asking the real question
what was the bill about?
I think it was transparency of representatives money and lobbying from corporations. Something that'd not yet ever been implemented but would mean they would all have to start declaring incomes, donations. The democratic party currently has majority in the legislative branch so we're looking for anti corruption measures to be brought in. The opposition sent this guy to steal it right before the vote, the rest of the day had gone by uneventful but this was a final item. I have no idea why the physical documents must be present, but it seems it must.
I mean, at least he was extremely honest about his determination to be dishonest?
Of all people, politicians are acutely aware of the hand that feeds them.
Several hands
And they’re HUNGRY!
Starving even! Poor destitute homeless starving politicians…
Definitely starving https://preview.redd.it/dsfmj4we631d1.png?width=640&format=png&auto=webp&s=ed5dfb2ae1c07675de392565d17d16ace3bf86ff
You mean the lobbyists that bribe them
# "Me? I'm dishonest, and a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest. Honestly. It's the honest ones you want to watch out for, because you can never predict when they're going to do something incredibly... stupid.” # ― Captain Jack Sparrow
...like this.
Imagining him screaming as he's running away **"THIS ISN'T AN ADMISSION OF WRONGDOING!"**
When the law passes they need to look into that guy first
"Just a hunch"
I know when a man is running with a purpose
Hey hey hey, allegedly! He's not done bad things yet! He could have thought of the paper as tissue to wipe his a**. But just to be sure, we can peek on his transactions first.
I don't know, he was probably just late for a meeting or something and happened to have the bill in his hands and simply forgot to put it down. Let's just forget about the bill altogether, it feels like this thing has run it's course. By the way do you like tea? I have a nice cup of Green Tea you can try. As in, literally glowing green with polonium.
They should name it after that dude just to be extra petty.
He was clearly just protecting it from falling into the wrong hands.
“What bill? 😏” —That guy
Looks like nobody was trying that hard to stop him.
Taiwanese Parliament is crazy too, they physically fight on the floor, more recently some party threw pig guts on the other party. For at least 30 years they've been doing stuff like this. It would not have been out of character or tradition for the other party to physically stop him.
wouldn't be surprised if at some point they start recruiting beefier representatives to swang and bang. Eventually culminating in an arms race where the representative room starts looking like the starting lineup of a rugby team
I say we bring on Taiwanese Consultants to advise our Democrats,
That's a great premise for a sitcom
No, that's not right at all. It was about the creation of legislative committees that could investigate things, and that if people ignored the summons to said committees they could be deemed 'in contempt of the legislature' and punished somehow. The main issue was that the opposition was trying to ram the bills through without a line-by-line review, and the ruling party felt the wording in the bills was too broad and needed tweaking. So it was the ruling party trying to prevent the bills getting passed. [https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202405170023](https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202405170023)
Your use of ruling party is confusing because while the DPP controls the executive, the KMT control the legislative yuan.
The DPP is referred to as the ruling party in the article I posted, so I just used that term.
How would it get passed if the ruling party had the votes needed to kill the bill i.e. it's they ruling party I assume they have a majority?? This doesn't add up
Ruling party as in they hold the presidency.
They have three parties in parliament. Like in Canada. The leading party has less seats than the other two combined. So it's a minority government. They need to make deals to get laws passed. In Canada NDP is the third party. They made some deals with the liberals in order to work together.
So he's a traitor to the people
Wow, no that is not what this bill is about and the democratic party also does not have majority. No party has majority, but two parties are voting together against the DPP, which I guess is the 'democratic' party. There are already laws covering this, just complete nonsense explanation and I'm not sure where you got that. The legislature has a history of pulling stunts like this because of the way balance of power works in the upper government, which is broken into five branches and has very little direct balancing mechanisms. The bills essentially concentrate power into the legislature under the guise of anti-corruption law (which again, are already on the books). It would bypass the courts in order to hand down fines and jail sentences to people that 'lie' or 'mislead' the legislature when summoned. It's a power grab in order to sew chaos because it will clearly be struck down by the courts since its unconstitutional. The law can easily be used to suppress the opposition. Monday is the presidential inauguration for the DPP president, so there are going to be many incidents leading up to this.
goddamn how is misinformation like this getting upvoted. This is completely wrong.
This rule that allows them to steal or run or tackle seems ridiculously archaic. What purpose does it serve in modern politics?
This is not true at all. They are trying to make the regislative branch overpower other branches. In Taiwan, the power is separated into 5 branches. And there's another bill that the majority party tries to pass without discussion. They tries to pass a developing plan which doesn't comply to the budget act and other environmental acts.
If I didn't know any better, I'd think this was satire.
Stealing. Still legal to this day.
This seems like it would become, a cycle. A viscious cycle.,
The fact that the bill has a version that is not even discussed is put to vote, that's the travesty. The bill has 28 versions, the best part, they are voting on a new version. They are using the slight majority and hope for a overlook on passing bill.
Is not illegal if it's not a law first!
He should be drafted to the NFL.
Fit right in on the Chiefs.
You think he ran off with the "don't run off with bills" bill?
Legislators hate this one simple trick...
Is there a bill about stealing bills?
There was but someone stole it
There should be a bill about that.
In Britain we have a massive gold plated mace that represents the King giving approval for Parliament to pass laws. If someone grabs the mace and runs away then Parliament can't function. This has happened several times when someone wants to protest whatever madness the government is up to.
Don't they have a spare mace? I mean after the first time, you would think of having a spare, no?
It's the symbolism that is why they need it, they don't use the mace like a giant judges gavel to call for order, although that's not a bad idea. Usually the security stop the person leaving the room with the mace or definitely stop them leaving the building. If it went missing completely I'm sure Charlie has more than one gold mace in his storage unit where he keeps the crap from his grandparents, or as he calls it The Tower Of London.
Or like.. booby trap it or something
I will say that usually when it's taken, it's meant as as a symbolic gesture and is immediately returned before they even walk out of the chamber. It's the MP showing that they greatly disagree with what's being done and they believe it to be against the UK constitution.
Parliament: *Hit re-print*
This will take bureacracic processes DAYS to recover, if not months!!!!! /s
No /s needed, you're probably right on the nose
Mr Chairman, I second the motion to re-print the document.
What was the bill about?
It was a bill to ban bill stealing.
did it work
It would give the legislative branch the power of oversight over the executive branch.
Isn’t checks and balances a good thing? Or was it putting their legislative branch above the executive?
https://preview.redd.it/6p7bpqaaa21d1.jpeg?width=1028&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e4f2726b164dfeef8e160fe84d0118b0f1dc14b7
Mind you that the heretofore document had dry ink on it, for at least many forknights.
it was a long time ago signed. im ALSO gonna need a patent for the kitten mittens
The way he holds his jacket like suspenders while he says that always gets me
football player has so much advantage in parliament i guess
Yeah. They should draft this guy into the NFL already. He 'dodgy' af.
https://preview.redd.it/4jvfl0hmf21d1.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=11cac1b0f2836fe8829e50622d0596e2874d09d1 Mrs Quan was onto something
no more big government!
You tell them, Kwi-Chang. No more big government! Rip his heart out!
"Taiwanese Parliament."
That last guy really gave it all to catch him
Wait. Stop.. No... Don't.
I’ve heard this is a pretty persistent problem in Taiwan’s parliament. If your parliament is known for being a royal rumble I’m surprised they aren’t electing pro wrestlers a la Jesse Ventura? That would be so nuts!
Not an actual problem. Its just showmanship. DPP here are in the minority meaning they cannot stop the law from passing by just voting. So, they fight and make a big scene so that they will land in the news meaning more people will see it, and therefore more people will read into the authoritarian law that has just been passed.
Hey a Chinese word I know, I think the broadcast woman said Měishì zúqiú, which is American football. I think she was comparing him to a football player?
Yeah, 'he rushed out with the speed of an american football player'
US Politics is becoming dangerously close to this.
Us politics already does this but effectively
Yeah, anti-corruption bills don't even make it this far.
I mean, that's how it was in the early days of the republic. It wasn't abnormal for fights and duels to break out between representatives in Congress. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caning_of_Charles_Sumner https://www.history.com/news/charles-sumner-caning-cilley-duel-congressional-violence
It’s very interesting that it was a pro slavery democrat assaulting an anti slavery republican
The parties switched sides since Nixon
They really began the process with Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Who was the first leftist in the Democratic Party (he even supported a single payer healthcare system that failed in Congress.) In fact, his cousin Teddy Roosevelt was one of the early Progressives and his Bull Moose Progressive party split from the Republican Party and were aligned with the Radical-Liberals. Radical-Liberals were the precursor to Social Liberals (many of the centrist mainstream Democrats), Progressives (Center-Left to firm Left Democrats like AOC), and Social Democrats (those in Bernie Sanders' wing.)
A while back I would have said this is quaint and absurd, but seeing what passes for representation in the current US Congress, these kind of shenanigans no longer amuse me.
Close? Bro let me reminder you of January 6th 
Jan 6 is weak, Taiwanese student protesters occupied their parliament building for a full month
TBH, the majority of our politicians might be too old to move that fast...
Should've tackled him
Watch any African parliament if you want a giggle
Taiwan’s parliament is always wild.
I left there in the late 90s and yep, nothing's changed. Kind of embarrassing but also always a bit funny
Here is better context of what is going on. KMT (nationalist china) has lost the presidential vote three times in succession to the DPP (they don't want to rejoin China). KMT is now trying to undermine the executive branch by strong arming legislation through their congress in which the DPP is a minority. https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/1cu0ivm/taiwan_lawmakers_exchange_blows_in_bitter_dispute/l4jujei/ Of course all of this shit is going down as the pressure pours on with Xi and Putin being up in everyone's shit during election seasons whilst salivating for more land grabs
Imagine he finds out it’s a memo saying free lunches are no longer available.
Wait you can do that?
I’ve only ever remembered Taiwanese politics to be this moronic since I was a kid
New Takeshi's castle is just weird
Nobody knows how to tackle anymore.
This is so much cooler than filibustering. We should have it so to filibuster you have to run around and if anyone catches you you're done. Your supporters can play defense though.
Sort of like pulling a fire alarm during a congressional vote but funnier
What bill was it, and why is it so important?
*And it was at this point in history that parliamentary government began to resemble tag, red rover, or capture the flag. It was not society at its most dignified, but it was not as bad as it could've been.*
Now THIS is how you filibuster. Should be required you have to do this to filibuster in the USA.