Seanad debates

Friday, 13 September 2002

An Bille um an Séú Leasú is Fiche ar an mBunreacht, 2002: An Dara Céim (Atógáil). Twenty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 2002: Second Stage (Resumed).

 

If one analyses the contributions on the "No" side, one finds they have very little to offer the electorate as to why this should be voted against. Nevertheless, it ill-behoves us on the "Yes" side to use to people who are often confused words like "fascist", "racist" and xenophobic" which I see in the newspapers. To market this aggressively and hit people with those kinds of epithets is to wreak a vengeance on yourself, because arrogance and bully-boy tactics will be seen as the methods of seeking a "Yes" vote. If one feels strongly about obtaining a "Yes" vote there is enough to talk about without using emotive words like that to convince the electorate. We all sincerely hope the referendum will pass.

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