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July 9th, 2009

Poll finds Hungarians evenly split on Magyar Gárda ban

By MTI

Half of those asked in a recent survey welcomed a court decision banning the radical nationalist Hungarian Guard, one third of the respondents, however, thought that the police’s reaction to a subsequent pro-Guard demonstration was much too harsh, the national daily Nepszabadsag reported on Thursday.

The paper referred to a survey by pollster Median, and said that it was mostly young adults and voters of the main opposition Fidesz party that disapproved of the higher court’s legally binding decision to dissolve the paramilitary organisation.

One third of the total sample of 1,000 adults thought that the police was “too tough” during last Saturday’s demonstration against the ban in Budapest, while half of the respondents from the capital shared that opinion, Nepszabadsag said.

In its banning decision last Thursday, the court of appeals argued that the organisation had overstepped its rights as a cultural association and its black uniforms, regular military-style trainings and anti-Roma marches generated fear in the public and violated basic freedoms.

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5 Comments

  1. Godot says:
    July 9, 2009 at 7:07 pm

    These guys, MTI and Nepszabadsag should get out of the news “reporting” business and find employment as writers for the Monika Show.
    The Hungarian Guard is no more “paramilitary organization” than the Girl Scouts of America, and they don’t go selling cookies door-to-door.

  2. judas says:
    July 9, 2009 at 7:24 pm

    godot,
    you are right,they are not selling cookies door to door and here starts the problem.

  3. Anon says:
    July 10, 2009 at 12:48 am

    These Magyar Gárda pussies need to harden the fuck up. I’d back the Girl Scouts of America against them any day of the week.

  4. beju says:
    July 10, 2009 at 1:07 am

    Anon,
    I agree with your analysis, but it is their lives they put on the line not yours. Unless you provocativelly added your comment. The police know that every member of them involved is marked, know and eligible for later scrutiny, criminal investigation. The smart ones realize that their next commanders might be the ones they physically arrested and treated. The less smart ones get the axe and/or prison sentences.
    Simple as that. Do you want to be a part of inmates being shipped of to some prison, or you turn and save your skin?

  5. Chronicles says:
    July 10, 2009 at 8:39 am

    @Beju
    If we had more guys with a heart and mind as big as yours we would of conquered the tribe eons ago. Proud to see you stand up to these jewish criminals who hide behind democracy, and occupy the world and Palestine.