DIS: Ideas from a bastion of democracy

2016-10-20 Thread Aris Merchant
On Thursday, October 20, 2016, Alexis Hunt > wrote: > On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 12:51 AM Aris Merchant < > thoughtsoflifeandligh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Would people be interested in a thesis explaining what can be found about > the various patent titles? > > -Alexis > I certainly would. I assume

DIS: BUS: There Really Is A Scam This Time

2016-10-20 Thread Aris Merchant
On Thursday, October 20, 2016, Alexis Hunt > wrote: > I submit the following proposal: > > This One's A Scam (AI=3) > {{{ > Enact a new rule of power 3 entitled "Dictatorship" reading as follows: > A Decree is a document clearly labeled as such. The Dictator CAN, > With Notice, > procl

DIS: Re: OFF: [Promotor] Distribution of Proposals 7815-17

2016-10-20 Thread Alexis Hunt
On Thu, Oct 20, 2016 at 5:26 PM Luis Ressel wrote: > I hereby distribute each listed proposal, initiating the Agoran > Decision of whether to adopt it. For this decision, the vote collector > is the Assessor, and the valid options are FOR and AGAINST (PRESENT is > also a valid vote). > > ID A

Re: DIS: Ideas from a bastion of democracy

2016-10-20 Thread Alexis Hunt
On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 12:51 AM Aris Merchant < thoughtsoflifeandligh...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thursday, October 20, 2016, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > > No hurry! Don't think there's a Herald's duty until November, > unless someone earns a title meanwhile. > > > I'll keep that in mind, it'll probab

Re: DIS: Ideas from a bastion of democracy

2016-10-20 Thread Aris Merchant
On Thursday, October 20, 2016, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > No hurry! Don't think there's a Herald's duty until November, > unless someone earns a title meanwhile. I'll keep that in mind, it'll probably take longer than I think it will. In the meantime, I have some editorial questions. I think the b

Re: DIS: Ideas from a bastion of democracy

2016-10-20 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Thu, 20 Oct 2016, Aris Merchant wrote: > ais523's email prompted me to get the Herald's report up (read: made me > feel > guilty), but I'm happy to hand over the Office if you come up with a > Creative > New Look for it. > > > Thanks! Didn't realize the whole thing was yo

DIS: Ideas from a bastion of democracy

2016-10-20 Thread Aris Merchant
> ais523's email prompted me to get the Herald's report up (read: made me > feel > guilty), but I'm happy to hand over the Office if you come up with a > Creative > New Look for it. > Thanks! Didn't realize the whole thing was your idea, or rather that you were herald. It may take a while to go th

Re: DIS: Ideas from a bastion of democracy

2016-10-20 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Thu, 20 Oct 2016, Aris Merchant wrote: > On Thursday, October 20, 2016, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > > I'll see how it looks for the next report, though if anyone wants to do > it for themselves (to choose the order and grammar) I'll take their > version, as in the version for

Re: DIS: Ideas from a bastion of democracy

2016-10-20 Thread Aris Merchant
On Thursday, October 20, 2016, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > > I'll see how it looks for the next report, though if anyone wants to do > it for themselves (to choose the order and grammar) I'll take their > version, as in the version for H. Dr. ais523, 6LSA, SQ, Sc > That was quick. I'll see if I can

Re: DIS: Ideas from a bastion of democracy

2016-10-20 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Thu, 20 Oct 2016, ais523 wrote: > On Thu, 2016-10-20 at 13:04 -0700, Aris Merchant wrote: > > On Thursday, October 20, 2016, Kerim Aydin > > wrote: > > > "Serene Lord of the Town Fountain, Knight of the Fifth Oligarchy, > > > Supreme Protector of the Elder Scrolls..." > > I like these. Seriou

Re: DIS: Ideas from a bastion of democracy

2016-10-20 Thread Aris Merchant
On Thursday, October 20, 2016, ais523 wrote: > On Thu, 2016-10-20 at 13:04 -0700, Aris Merchant wrote: > > On Thursday, October 20, 2016, Kerim Aydin > > > wrote: > > > "Serene Lord of the Town Fountain, Knight of the Fifth Oligarchy, > > > Supreme Protector of the Elder Scrolls..." > > I like t

Re: DIS: Ideas from a bastion of democracy

2016-10-20 Thread ais523
On Thu, 2016-10-20 at 13:04 -0700, Aris Merchant wrote: > On Thursday, October 20, 2016, Kerim Aydin > wrote: > > "Serene Lord of the Town Fountain, Knight of the Fifth Oligarchy, > > Supreme Protector of the Elder Scrolls..." > I like these. Seriously. Let's implement them. Want to pass some > gu

Re: DIS: Ideas from a bastion of democracy

2016-10-20 Thread Aris Merchant
On Thursday, October 20, 2016, Aris Merchant < thoughtsoflifeandligh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Thursday, October 20, 2016, Kerim Aydin > wrote: > >> >> >> On Thu, 20 Oct 2016, Alexis Hunt wrote: >> > On Thu, Oct 20, 2016 at 1:04 PM Kerim Aydin >> wrote: >> > On Wed, 19 Oct 2016, Aris M

Re: DIS: Ideas from a bastion of democracy

2016-10-20 Thread Aris Merchant
On Thursday, October 20, 2016, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > > On Thu, 20 Oct 2016, Alexis Hunt wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 20, 2016 at 1:04 PM Kerim Aydin > wrote: > > On Wed, 19 Oct 2016, Aris Merchant wrote: > > > - People are not to be permitted to talk about themselves, only > > > to

Re: DIS: Ideas from a bastion of democracy

2016-10-20 Thread Jonatan Kilhamn
On 20 October 2016 at 19:01, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > > On Thu, 20 Oct 2016, Alexis Hunt wrote: > > - One set of election rules is too much centralized power. > > We should divide Agora into multiple segments, each with their own > > distinct rules for election, which are all combined together at t

Re: DIS: Ideas from a bastion of democracy

2016-10-20 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Thu, 20 Oct 2016, Alexis Hunt wrote: > On Thu, Oct 20, 2016 at 1:04 PM Kerim Aydin wrote: > On Wed, 19 Oct 2016, Aris Merchant wrote: > > -  People are not to be permitted to talk about themselves, only > > to say bad things about their opponent. > > We should go Brit

Re: DIS: Ideas from a bastion of democracy

2016-10-20 Thread Alexis Hunt
On Thu, Oct 20, 2016 at 1:04 PM Kerim Aydin wrote: > > > > On Wed, 19 Oct 2016, Aris Merchant wrote: > > - People are not to be permitted to talk about themselves, only > > to say bad things about their opponent. > > We should go British on this one. We must address each other as "Right > Honou

Re: DIS: Ideas from a bastion of democracy

2016-10-20 Thread ais523
On Thu, 2016-10-20 at 10:02 -0700, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > > On Wed, 19 Oct 2016, Aris Merchant wrote: > > -  People are not to be permitted to talk about themselves, only  > > to say bad things about their opponent. > > We should go British on this one.  We must address each other as "Right > Ho

Re: DIS: Ideas from a bastion of democracy

2016-10-20 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Thu, 20 Oct 2016, Alexis Hunt wrote: > - One set of election rules is too much centralized power. > We should divide Agora into multiple segments, each with their own > distinct rules for election, which are all combined together at the > end to pick the officers. We actually tried this one

Re: DIS: Ideas from a bastion of democracy

2016-10-20 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Wed, 19 Oct 2016, Aris Merchant wrote: > -  People are not to be permitted to talk about themselves, only > to say bad things about their opponent. We should go British on this one. We must address each other as "Right Honourable Colleagues", doubly-so when being insulting.

Re: DIS: Proto for referee

2016-10-20 Thread Alexis Hunt
On Thu, Oct 20, 2016 at 2:31 AM Aris Merchant < thoughtsoflifeandligh...@gmail.com> wrote: > A tad unrelated, but just to bring up one of my ideas that's been siting > around for a while... What does everyone think about bringing back criminal > cases in some way? Obviously not if the situation is