[Narona]

Originally Posted by Anh_Minh

What I'm against, ultimately, is the separation of the people in two castes:
- the elite, who rule.
- the ignorant rabble, who shouldn't meddle in the affairs of the state, and should just shut up and take it no matter what it costs them.

That's basically the arguments of those who didn't want a popular referendum for the new europe treaty. Basically, for them we're just morons who don't understand it and so can't vote. Of course they won't spend time to explain it to us, we're a lost cause

That was extremely insulting. And they use that excuse a lot.

Originally Posted by wassupimviet

Just as a matter of curiosity, has any Swiss politician actually said that?

You're talking about the minarets? If you're talking about the two other results, and for more infos, you can check the links that JMvS posted ealier.

Originally Posted by JMvS

Reminds me when we voted to make the provisions on pedophilia harsher, and when we voted for violent offenders to be kept in custody for life (each time with a popular initiative).

Unsurprisingly, each were depicted as huge blows from the emotional population toward the reasonable government, and incompatible with "Human Rights".