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Conservative Wins Mexico Election

Snide said:
Sorry to butt in, but any reasonable person would have found Art's "albeit poorly" comment insulting.
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You're just poisoning the well, Snide. I didn't take Art's comment to mean that RF wrote poorly, just that his version is superior. ;)
 
Mephisto said:
I was wondering, since you're in a great position to know - does the Mexican conservative party chain themselves to a crucifix or a Bible the way they have in the U.S; or do they just wave the flag more fervently?
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Church and state are strongly separated. This separation, which started in 1857, has been so strict that only recently (about 15 years ago) did Mexico establish formal diplomatic relations with the Vatican. Among other things, the law prohibits religious groups from acting in affairs of state (until recently priests couldn't even vote), holding religious events in public spaces, and owning media (radio, TV, newspapers). Education is secular, and even schools owned by religious groups must follow the state-approved essential curricula. Also, all government and legal oaths can't mention God.

Several religious groups, like the Opus Dei, have strong ties to important politicians and businessmen, and do try to influence decisions in certain matters (e.g., abortion). Fortunately, this influence tends to be balanced by the laws and other political groups.

Everybody knows that most politicians are Catholic, but invoking religion in official matters amounts to a political suicide. You'll never hear a Mexican president mentioning God the way Bush does.
 
Upchurch said:
I'll plead stupidity. What's "DDR"?
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Deutch (German) Democratic Republic AKA East Germany, home of the infamous Stazi and the infamous Berlin Wall (I know you knew that). There is no German in Germany BTW.
 
RandFan said:
Deutch (German) Democratic Republic AKA East Germany, home of the infamous Stazi and the infamous Berlin Wall (I know you knew that). There is no German in Germany BTW.
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Well, honestly, if you had just said "East Germany" :rolleyes:


thank you very much. :o
 
RandFan said:
Deutsch (German) Democratic Republic AKA East Germany, home of the infamous Stazi and the infamous Berlin Wall (I know you knew that). There is no German in Germany BTW.
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BTW, the DDR was neither Democratic nor a Republic. Interestingly enough though it was Deutsch.
 
empeake said:
Deutsche Demokratische Republik, what used to be East Germany.

ETA: OK, so RandFan beat me to it, but at least I provided the original spelling. :)
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Which only goes to prove that while the pompous might be right the "know-it-all" is a bit premature. We'll let me assure you that that is the only thing premature about me.
 
But did you know that (unified) Germany's official name is Federal Republic Of Germany, or F.R.O.G.?

Wonder how the French feel about that...
 
empeake said:
Church and state are strongly separated. This separation, which started in 1857, has been so strict that only recently (about 15 years ago) did Mexico establish formal diplomatic relations with the Vatican. Among other things, the law prohibits religious groups from acting in affairs of state (until recently priests couldn't even vote), holding religious events in public spaces, and owning media (radio, TV, newspapers). Education is secular, and even schools owned by religious groups must follow the state-approved essential curricula. Also, all government and legal oaths can't mention God.

Several religious groups, like the Opus Dei, have strong ties to important politicians and businessmen, and do try to influence decisions in certain matters (e.g., abortion). Fortunately, this influence tends to be balanced by the laws and other political groups.

Everybody knows that most politicians are Catholic, but invoking religion in official matters amounts to a political suicide. You'll never hear a Mexican president mentioning God the way Bush does.
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No me profanes.
 
President Bush said:
No me profanes.
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That was an example of taking the separation of church and state too far. In the end, most of the anti-clerical provisions still stand today: secular education in schools, no public worship outside of church buildings (except with government authorization), restrictions on organizations' rights to own property.

What did change: There's freedom of religion without persecution. Members of the clergy can now vote as citizens, but can't hold public office or be candidates to public office. Also, religious goups may not associate with political groups or proselytize in their favor, no political party may use religious icons o words that relates them to a religious group, and no political events may be help in places of worship.
 
RandFan said:
I'm unfamiliar with the phrase. I don't speak Spanish. Google turned up only a single instance. Babel Fish translated the phrase from Spanish to "You do not profane to me".

What does it mean?)
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It means, "Do not desecrate me". I don't know why the forum's President Bush used it in his/her/its post.
 
empeake said:
It means, "Do not desecrate me". I don't know why the forum's President Bush used it in his/her/its post.
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Don't feel too badly about it. Ninety percent of what he posts is no more intelligible. :rolleyes:
 
RandFan said:
BTW, the DDR was neither Democratic nor a Republic. Interestingly enough though it was Deutsch.
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Not really. Historicaly there is no such thing as germany.
 
RandFan said:
BTW, the DDR was neither Democratic nor a Republic. Interestingly enough though it was Deutsch.
geni said:
Not really. Historicaly there is no such thing as germany.
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You lost me. I didn't use the word "Germany" in that post. FWIW, I agree that historicaly there is/was no such thing as Germany. That being said, my point still stands. Unless of course I missed your point.
 
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