Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proto: Ministers Without Portfolio

2007-08-22 Thread Roger Hicks
On 8/22/07, Taral <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/22/07, Zefram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm a fan of democracy. Not that it's the best form of government, > > but we have yet to find anything better. > . > > Democracy is boring. This is a game. > Hear! Hear! BobTHJ

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proto: Ministers Without Portfolio

2007-08-22 Thread Taral
On 8/22/07, Zefram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm a fan of democracy. Not that it's the best form of government, > but we have yet to find anything better. And those who insist on continuous democracy prevent us finding anything better. > I'd be happy to have VLOP constant, but I fear that it

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proto: Ministers Without Portfolio

2007-08-22 Thread Ed Murphy
Zefram wrote: Ed Murphy wrote: And what reason was that, then? Having a default officeholder makes officeholding indeterminate when we're not sure who the default officeholder is. It spreads uncertainty regarding the game state. We ran into this recently regarding the CotC, when resolving C

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proto: Ministers Without Portfolio

2007-08-22 Thread Zefram
Ed Murphy wrote: >And what reason was that, then? Having a default officeholder makes officeholding indeterminate when we're not sure who the default officeholder is. It spreads uncertainty regarding the game state. We ran into this recently regarding the CotC, when resolving CFJ 1684a, where we

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proto: Ministers Without Portfolio

2007-08-22 Thread Ed Murphy
Zefram wrote: Ed Murphy wrote: a) Default Officeholder. We repealed this for a good reason. And what reason was that, then? b) Default Justice. This is a better way to handle a default justice than what we had before. Why? c) Wielder of Veto. Undemocratic. S

DIS: Re: BUS: Proto: Ministers Without Portfolio

2007-08-21 Thread Zefram
Ed Murphy wrote: >a) Default Officeholder. We repealed this for a good reason. >b) Default Justice. This is a better way to handle a default justice than what we had before. >c) Wielder of Veto. Undemocratic. I'm opposed to the whole principle of prerogative powers. (

DIS: Re: BUS: Proto: Ministers Without Portfolio

2007-08-21 Thread Taral
Woot. On 8/21/07, Ed Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Proto-Proposal: Ministers Without Portfolio > (AI = 3, please) > > Amend Rule 1922 (Defined Regular Patent Titles) by appending this text: > >(e) Minister Without Portfolio, to be awarded to any player > who wins the ga