It's quite bad, though, that even now that the Irish people have voted No, every other European government is still going ahead with processes to ratify it. Isn't it absolutely wonderful, how much respect for the democratic principals of their member states the bigwigs in Brussels have?
I totally agree with you on the "not understanding" thing, though that's not why I voted No on it. You know the orange and white "Statement for the Information of Voters" pamphlet that came in the post? Look at Subsection 11, on the first page of information. It's basically saying that anything the European powers decide on that negates Ireland's Constitutional Laws will come into force anyway. And someone said on the radio that there was never any intention to affect Ireland's position on neutrality or abortion. Intention is not the same as power. Also, with Cowen himself admitting he didn't understand all of the Treaty, how did he expect the rest of Ireland to vote Yes? I don't know about you, but the majority of Irish people I know would hesitate to sign their name to something they didn't understand (And I hate generalisations, so you can take it that that's no exaggeration). It's just idiotic. :-) Sorry, I'm ranting. I apologise, I tend to do that a lot.
As for Physics, that blasted excuse for a LC subject, it wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be, thank God. One or two of the questions were a bit iffy (monochromatic light came up AGAIN, even though it's appeared twice and some of the other experiments haven't come up at all, stupid question) I don't think the Greek letters in Particle Physics were that bad, though. Their charges, on the other hand... Lucky you for getting a B2, I'll be happy if I can bring my grade up to a HC1.
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I totally agree with you on the "not understanding" thing, though that's not why I voted No on it. You know the orange and white "Statement for the Information of Voters" pamphlet that came in the post? Look at Subsection 11, on the first page of information. It's basically saying that anything the European powers decide on that negates Ireland's Constitutional Laws will come into force anyway. And someone said on the radio that there was never any intention to affect Ireland's position on neutrality or abortion. Intention is not the same as power. Also, with Cowen himself admitting he didn't understand all of the Treaty, how did he expect the rest of Ireland to vote Yes? I don't know about you, but the majority of Irish people I know would hesitate to sign their name to something they didn't understand (And I hate generalisations, so you can take it that that's no exaggeration). It's just idiotic. :-) Sorry, I'm ranting. I apologise, I tend to do that a lot.
As for Physics, that blasted excuse for a LC subject, it wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be, thank God. One or two of the questions were a bit iffy (monochromatic light came up AGAIN, even though it's appeared twice and some of the other experiments haven't come up at all, stupid question) I don't think the Greek letters in Particle Physics were that bad, though. Their charges, on the other hand... Lucky you for getting a B2, I'll be happy if I can bring my grade up to a HC1.