Quote from: Tric'hard Lenxheir on June 30, 2025, 08:34:58 AMThen I see our leadership attempt to impose the very same things. Essays and tests to prove you will be "useful" citizens.

The bill which I just proposed to the Ziu *removes* the need for a new citizen to write an essay. The Baron has sworn to *oppose* that bill, to require every citizen to keep writing an essay, no matter if it's ChatGPT. You might want to ask him why he's doing that.

The problem comes when people use rhetoric which says one thing as an excuse for action to do the opposite.

Quote from: Sir Lüc on June 30, 2025, 02:27:51 AM

Quote from: Miestră Schivă, UrN-GC on June 28, 2025, 05:38:39 PMPlease to be Clarking:

the Terpleziuns Reform Bill
the Immigration Reform (Antispam) Bill

It doesn't seem like either bill has currently passed the CRL; you're probably aware of this but just making sure.

Edit: the first bill has now passed the CRL and has been added to the queue (https://database.talossa.com/ziu/bills/unclarked)

Both bills have been commented on by 2 members of the CRL, what's the problem?

I just realised that this debate is happening on your Party's forum. Sorry, I didn't realise, I usually wouldn't go into someone's house and tell them they're talking nonsense. I'm going to respond, but feel free to tell me to move it elsewhere if it's not appropriate.

But the central point remains: you know perfectly well, though you are using rhetorical trickery to bury it, that Talossa is getting more than enough citizenship applications. If we acknowledge that Government policy is currently suceeding in this regard, the next question is twofold:

- how to turn applicants into citizens?
- how to attract good quality applicants, who are actually interested in becoming active citizens?

It's clear that you actually understand the real problem, in that you're talking about reaching out to specific communities who might be interested in participating Talossan life. You give the example of heraldry nerds. So you agree that there are a specific *kind* of person we should be looking for. Fine. The Government has its own ideas on that regard. Opening the Landing Pier to broad micronational society is part of that.

The Government's interest in putting an end to spam applications which use ChatGPT essays is entirely of a piece with that. Face facts - no-one, not never who has produced an essay written with ChatGPT or whatever has ever gone on to successfully become a citizen. Not one. Because use of ChatGPT shows that they're not really interested in becoming part of our Talossan community. You really seem to think that we should let all kinds of spam entries through because spammers might decide to become citizens after participating. I disagree.

Nothing the Government has done has made it harder to make an immigration application, you just made that up

BTW, can I have some indication from the Progressive Alliance's actual leader, @þerxh Sant-Enogat , that this really is the policy perspective of his party?

Please to be Clarking:

the Terpleziuns Reform Bill
the Immigration Reform (Antispam) Bill

See, I'm not the one who should be embarassed, because you know there is no magic lever that the Government could pull to turn more prospectives into citizens. To hope that you can win an election by making people believe there is, and you're going to pull it, is pretty dishonest.

@Baron Alexandreu Davinescu @Dr. Pôl dal Nordselvă @þerxh Sant-Enogat for your attention

@Baron Alexandreu Davinescu @Dr. Pôl dal Nordselvă @þerxh Sant-Enogat for your attention

Quote from: Miestră Schivă, UrN-GC on June 26, 2025, 05:00:08 PMI seem to recall a past conversation in which he told me that he prides himself on never, ever backing down on anything.

Ah, I've found the reference. His precise words were "a zero-tolerance approach to threats and intimidation", and I'll admit that my memory made that sound worse than it actually was.

But in looking that up, the context was the breakdown of the 57th Cosa coalition, and in this text, Brenéir was stating that he couldn't rejoin the coalition with Txoteu Davinescu "without (Txoteu) acknowledging what he had actually done which would be the core of a restorative apology."

Let's repeat that for emphasis

Quotewithout acknowledging what he had actually done which would be the core of a restorative apology.

G'day from across the ditch, mate. Kei Tāmaki Makaurau ahau e noho ana. Up the Wahs and up the Port :D

More seriously, when I was first involved in micronationalism lo these many years ago there was a chocolate-themed micronation based in NSW/ACT, if I remember right, with whose citizens I became great friends. Honestly, micronationalism is a young person's game and I don't know why I'm still doing it, sometimes - but in the absence of trustworthy written history, personal continuity is the main thing that prevents a micronation crumbling up in the wind like so much other internet ephemera.

Our Foreign Minister has tried to explain to us something about the Austenasia coup but I couldn't make head or tail of it, so I back the King in inviting you to explain!

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on June 26, 2025, 01:19:08 PMWe are sorry you had to go through that. I am hopeful that this resolution will pass with wide support, to show you that we are not going to allow this kind of behavior. It's clear that Breneir won't stop unless we make him stop.

100% agreed. The big problem is - as is apparent by this very thread - that I don't think this SotZ will make Breneir stop. He seems impervious to shame, and I seem to recall a past conversation in which he told me that he prides himself on never, ever backing down on anything.

Can we move this to CRL @Sir Lüc ?

Can we CRL this @Sir Lüc ?

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on June 24, 2025, 07:11:08 PMIt is possible to think something is a good idea even if you don't think you're likely to benefit from it in the near future.

I mean, you have to decide whether your argument is one for legislative quality; or a "philosophical conservative" argument that anything which stops the majority passing legislation is a good one. And you just can't argue with the latter.

If the former, then there is an excellent case the House of Review option, in that currently, a bill shot down by the Senäts is finished for the rest of the term. I think it would be excellent for legislative quality for such a bill to be able to be re-presented by the Cosa, after sober second thought with amendments or otherwise.

THEY PROVED ME RIGHT
THEY PROVED ME WRONG
BUT THEY COULD NEVER LAST THIS LONG


Not bad for the first person actually rejected for Talossan citizenship.