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Brawl breaks out in South Korean parliament

spaceboots06

spaceboots06

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The Rotten Apple
Apparently these breakouts are quite common. I couldn't find footage but that was basically the most interesting part.

SEOUL, South Korea — Hundreds of competing lawmakers screamed and wrestled in South Korea's parliament Wednesday as a rivalry over contentious media reform bills descended into a brawl that sent at least one to a hospital.
Lawmakers from the ruling Grand National Party occupied the speaker's podium in a bid to quickly pass the bills aimed at easing restrictions on ownership of television networks. Opposition parties responded by stacking up furniture to block ruling party members from entering the main hall of the National Assembly.
The parliament plunged into chaos, as lawmakers scuffled and shouted abuse at each other. Women lawmakers from the rival parties joined in the melee, grabbing each other by the neck and trying to bring opponents to the floor.
YTN television network reported some were injured. One woman lawmaker was seen lying on a blue mattress with nurses checking her blood pressure. The lawmaker was later taken to a hospital, YTN said.
The scenes were not unusual to South Korea's confrontational and melodramatic politics, where rival parties sometimes resort to violence to get their way. Last year, opposition lawmakers used sledgehammers to pound their way into a parliamentary committee room to block the ruling party from introducing a bill to ratify a free trade pact with the United States.
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MacMini2009 said:
This is crazy, imagine this happening in the U.S. senate/house of reps. lol.
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Thats what we need to happen. If they were willing to brawl over their bills I might be more apt to think they actually believe in their laws.:rolleyes:

Just add a steel cage in the middle and let them go at it.:D
 
Whoa. That's some intense law making right there.

"Oh, the lawmakers don't seem to agree with each other, AND A HAYMAKER TO THE FACE."
 
Gah! I'm going to go crazy. I'm trying to remember the names of the two US politicians who were in a debate, and one made a complete fool of the other, so after the debate the one who lost walked into the others office and just beat the **** out of the other with his walking stick. Maybe happened during the reconstruction, I can't remember :/.
 
miiles said:
Gah! I'm going to go crazy. I'm trying to remember the names of the two US politicians who were in a debate, and one made a complete fool of the other, so after the debate the one who lost walked into the others office and just beat the **** out of the other with his walking stick. Maybe happened during the reconstruction, I can't remember :/.
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The Caning of Senator Charles Sumner by Representative Preston Brooks took place on May 22, 1856, about five years before the Civil War began.
 
Reminds me of the recent antics in the New York State Senate. If they weren't such girly-men, it could have happened here. (Although some of the elected thugs probably had Guido and the boys waiting in the limo outside.)


FYI - When a newly-formed Coalition seized power from the Democrats in charge, the Democrats hid the keys to the Chamber so the Coalition people couldn't get in to conduct business. It lasted almost 5 weeks, and the business of the State ground to a halt.
 
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