Comments on: Romania Jumps the Shark http://acandidworld.com/2008/12/07/romania-jumps-the-shark/ Democracy in America Sun, 27 May 2012 05:50:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Ames http://acandidworld.com/2008/12/07/romania-jumps-the-shark/#comment-8368 Sun, 07 Dec 2008 16:37:01 +0000 http://www.acandidworld.net/?p=4145#comment-8368 And thaaaaat’s why theocracies are scary :(. I do hope young people will take their country back… thanks for writing, AS!

]]> By: A.S. http://acandidworld.com/2008/12/07/romania-jumps-the-shark/#comment-8367 Sun, 07 Dec 2008 15:20:20 +0000 http://www.acandidworld.net/?p=4145#comment-8367 As a Romanian who spent most of his school years in Romanian public schools, I am utterly embarrassed and ashamed by this. This is entirely due to the perverse influence that the Romanian Orthodox Church has on Romanian politics (~85% of Romanians are Orthodox, and ~70% say that they trust their clergy).

But from experience, I know that there are huge numbers of young people (who are generally secularized and many of whom are sympathetic to atheism) that are fed up with this bullying. It will eventually end, but it will take time. Depressing.

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