Greek Court rejects gaming ban

[BGreen420]

So is the "Law" actually overturned, or just this ruling?

[Brutus]

Greece's regime is the of a parliamentary republic with a president as head of state. The fundamental principles of the regime are the following:



the principle of the sovereignty of the people through their representatives in the Chamber (democratic principle)

the principle of the rule of law

the principle of the social state

the principle of equality

the principle of human dignity

the principle of liberty (the protection of physical and personal liberty and the safeguarding of special individual rights laid down in special provisions).

the principle of separation of powers into executive, legislative and judicial.



Yes they are very close to the U.S., which is also not a Democratic society, but a Federal Republic.

[[TOTL]Cam]

they should be assaulted, raped, tortured(example: getting kicked in the nuts till their greek balls fall off), harrased, and finally murdered for playing chess, because chess sucks!

CHECKERS FOR ALL!!!! MUHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAH

[[SDSU]David]

Brutus wrote..

Greece's regime is the of a parliamentary republic with a president as head of state. The fundamental principles of the regime are the following:



the principle of the sovereignty of the people through their representatives in the Chamber (democratic principle)

the principle of the rule of law

the principle of the social state

the principle of equality

the principle of human dignity

the principle of liberty (the protection of physical and personal liberty and the safeguarding of special individual rights laid down in special provisions).

the principle of separation of powers into executive, legislative and judicial.



Yes they are very close to the U.S., which is also not a Democratic society, but a Federal Republic.

Flex that government 101 syllabus

[RockSteady]

Brutus wrote..

They are not a Democracy and Democracy had nothing to do with this. They didn't vote on it or anything.

et tu brutes?



First of all, as far as us laymen are concerned, greece is a democracy. democracy in the sense that the people elect their leaders in a system of voting.



technically, as the cia reports greece is a

parliamentary republic; monarchy rejected by referendum 8 December 1974

But technically, the united states is a

federal republic; strong democratic tradition

I guess you're right in saying that it doesn't have anything to do with a democray, but let's not be anal about it okay!

oops. i guess david was thinking the same thing i was.

[])3@6][_3-Saint]

CrazyNewbieGuy wrote..

YAY



UT 2003 demos for all

UT 2003 demo is out???

[innes]

Not that I know of.

[disabled]

it'll be out sometime this week, and it's already wednesday

[mugwamp]

artemis... did you actually read the law? the english translations stated clearly that all public and private electronic gaming had been banned. I'm assuming you live in greece, I figured you'd be more up-to-it about this. The law stated that officals were unable to determine between a legiment legal game, and electronic gambling, therefore all electronic games were banned

[evil_sheep]

Liberty gets another chance in Greece.



On this of all days, we should be thinking about how precious freedom is in the world.

[Brutus]

RockSteady wrote..

I guess you're right in saying that it doesn't have anything to do with a democray, but let's not be anal about it okay!

Wasn't being anal about. A Republic and a Democracy are two different things. One elects a representitive to vote for it while the other allows 1 vote for 1 person.



You could in theory have a person win each states electoral votes, and still not become President, because only some states require that the person that is in charge of casting the electoral votes votes for the party that won.

[rizzuh]

Brutus wrote..

Wasn't being anal about. A Republic and a Democracy are two different things. One elects a representitive to vote for it while the other allows 1 vote for 1 person.

A republic is a from of democracy. There are autocracies, oligarchies, and democracies.



You are speaking about direct democracy, which is used in small towns of New England and small states of Sweden. For all rational purposes, direct democracy doesn't exist.



A republic a a representative democracy.



The US is a republic, which is a type of a democracy. Thus, the US is a democracy.



In summary: wrong~! :)

[disabled]

direct democracy and communism suck, because neither one works

[ShoNuff]

VoiD.Blade wrote..

im so glad i was born in America.

poor you.

[artemis]

mugwamp wrote..

artemis... did you actually read the law? the english translations stated clearly that all public and private electronic gaming had been banned. I'm assuming you live in greece, I figured you'd be more up-to-it about this. The law stated that officals were unable to determine between a legiment legal game, and electronic gambling, therefore all electronic games were banned

Yes, I read the law. It's been on the new and in papers for quite a while, as this has been a pending issue. Again, as asspennies did, you reiterate the law. I am aware of it, and I'm sure many of you have read summaries or even full translations of the law. I understand what it says. What I'm saying is, as a gamer, I can still buy and play video games. That's all I'm saying. A lot of things we do are minor infractions of the law. The main point of this law was to combat illegal gambling in public. It is not an attack on gaming. An on a side note, the president is merely a figure of state. Greece has a Prime Minister.