All right, this post is neither thoughtful nor deep, but someone pointed me to videos of parliamentary fights, wondering which electoral system best promotes harmony and cooperation among political parties. In the interests of fairness, here is a sampling of fights from different countries and different electoral systems.
Bolivian Parliament (MMP)
Bolivian Parliament (MMP)
Taiwan Legislative Yuan (Parallel: PR and SNTV)
Taiwan has lots and lots of fights
Is it just "boys will be boys"? Not so simple.
India (FPTP)
Russian Duma (Parallel voting PR/FPTP or pure PR depending on date)
Italian Parliament (MMP or PR depending on date)
Somalia (PR)
Mexico (MMP)
Sometimes electoral systems have changed recently and I don't know if the video is before or after the change.
Macedonia (PR)
Fresh news but no video: A fight broke in the Macedonian parliament, which had to be broken up by police. The cause of the fight was the electoral system itself, and the debate on whether to change it. The brawl spilled into the street, and police confiscated several firearms.
http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2007/09/27/feature-02
