Quote from: Viteu on February 09, 2023, 11:45:23 AM

Quote from: Ian Plätschisch on February 08, 2023, 08:03:50 PM

Quote from: Viteu on February 08, 2023, 07:56:17 PMBecause you think that something is impossible means we shouldn't strive for it?

Have you ever heard of John Hasnas?

I do not agree with his theory that the Rule of Law turns people into slaves of the State.

It's more so that the Rule of Law, as most people conceptualize it, is impossible to establish. Statutes will always be ambiguous and are subject to be interpreted according to multiple contradictory legal theories. Judgements are always influenced by a Judge's beliefs, regardless of whether the Judge is attempting impartiality.

I hasten to clarify that there can certainly be degrees to which the Rule of Law is established or not, and that having openly political judges probably doesn't help.

Quote from: Viteu on February 08, 2023, 07:56:17 PMBecause you think that something is impossible means we shouldn't strive for it?

Have you ever heard of John Hasnas?

Quote from: Carlüs Éovart Vilaçafat on February 07, 2023, 08:27:55 AMSeparate from the Baron's request above, is there any reason that a citizen should be discriminated against by the government? Perhaps more high minded MZs than myself can come up with a reason.

Assuming there is not, if one of the purposes of this bill is to simplify the language, then why not bring it to it's logical conclusion:

Quote10. All citizens have equal social dignity, are equal before the law and may not be discriminated against or given preference for any reason with regards to any activity within the Kingdom and its territories. All rights and responsibilities deriving from and recognized by the law shall apply to all citizens equally.

The way this reads, citizens would not be able to form associations, become employed, or perform any other action that involves dealing with some people but not others.

All of life is discrimination. Anti-discrimination laws just create "protected classes" to prohibit discrimination on certain bases lawmakers don't approve of.

@King John, please countersign this post haste.

WHEREAS It appears the method of electing the Tuischac'h was recently inadvertently deleted, and

WHEREAS Guess who is still Seneschal

THEREFORE H.21 of el Lexhatx is added, which reads:

The Cosa shall elect the Túischac'h as follows. (54RZ21) repealing both (50PD01) (52RZ3)
21.1. At any time between the Election Deadline and the following Dissolution of the Cosa, any Member of the Cosa shall be empowered to publish and open for signatures a petition nominating an eligible person for the office of Túischac'h. (54RZ21) repealing both (50PD01) (52RZ3)
21.2. Once a petition is published, any eligible Member of the Cosa shall be empowered to second the nomination by countersigning the petition in public. (54RZ21) repealing both (50PD01) (52RZ3)
21.3. Members may not second multiple nominations concurrently; if a Member wishes to support a different petition, he/she shall first publicly retract the earlier countersignature. (54RZ21) repealing both (50PD01) (52RZ3)
21.4. Following any number of petitions, presented as above and supporting the same candidate, being signed or counter-signed by members currently representing an absolute majority of seats in the Cosa, the candidate named in the petition(s) shall be declared by the Secretary of State to be the Túischac'h. (54RZ21) repealing both (50PD01) (52RZ3)
21.5. Petitions may not be carried over from one vacancy in the office of Seneschal to Túischac'h. Once a Túischac'h is elected as above, all petitions shall be made moot. (54RZ21) repealing both (50PD01) (52RZ3)

I think one of the old MRPT manifestos called for complete separation of powers once Talossa had 1,000 citizens. I'm sure we'll be getting there any day now...

Technically I am a *Community Jurist*

"We just stepped on their face with a hobnail boot and broke their nose! We just crushed their face!"
-Larry Munson, Georgia Bulldogs radio announcer

Well, that did not go great.

I don't understand why a party that thinks King John's activity level is acceptable or "trending up" in any meaningful way is getting 106 seats.

I don't understand why a party that thinks more bureaucracy and reports is a part of the solution to the Kingdom's ills is getting 106 seats.

But I do understand why a party with a legitimately active and enthusiastic team of contributors is getting 106 seats. Most of what a Government does day-to-day is not particularly legislative; rather, it's a series of largely uncontroversial projects that just require energy. And if the TNC has one thing, it's energy. I'm honestly a bit excited to see what the TNC can do (it helps that the FreeDems and our allies still have a Senate majority  :) ).

Unfortunately, if there is one thing I am running low on, it's energy for Talossa. Don't worry, I'll still be around to run all the TMT20s you can stand, and I'll still be in the Senate (I realized recently that once my current term expires at the end of the 59th Cosa, I will have surpassed the esteemed Ián von Metáiriâ as the longest-serving Senator from Maritiimi-Maxhestic). But my time as a major political figure in Talossa has come to an end.

I have been in some sort of political leadership position ever since the end of the 48th Cosa (December 2015), 1/3 of my life ago. During that span, I have variously been Prime Minister, Distain, Minister of STUFF, Minister of Finance, Minister of Immigration, Leader of the Opposition, Community Jurist, member of four different political parties, magazine publisher, essayist, election prognosticator, and probably some other things I can't remember.

By no means is this anywhere close to the longest or most distinguished career in Talossan society. But, it is long and distinguished enough for me to be satisfied with my contributions and comfortable taking a step back.

Talossa has taught me lessons about leadership, management, teamwork, communication, Microsoft Publisher, etc. that I will probably carry with me for the rest of my life. It has been preparation for a lot of things I am heavily involved with now; remote work, being Chairman of my local chapter of the Libertarian Party, seriously considering running for city council in a few years, and various other civic and social engagements. Looking at this list of commitments, though, I can't devote the same bandwidth to Talossa that I used to.

So, best of luck to the TNC, long live the King, long live Talossa, make sure to nominate songs released since October 30, 2019, and hit me up the next time you want to do something fun.

Ian Plätschisch
Seneschal

Just a reminder that voting on Group 5 of the Comedy category of the 2023 TMT20 Special Edition concludes tonight around 7PM TST.

I don't think anything else important is going on then.

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on January 21, 2023, 04:20:43 PMHow do you think it would work? I guess you would be producer? Maybe we put up a thread asking what big issues people want us to address, or historical things, around some central topic? And then a week later we do a discussion about it.

Like, Ian, just spitballing here, but maybe we do our first show on the Republic? Or maybe whatever else you want, I'm not particular.

I don't have any strong feelings about the format. I have to admit that I don't have a depth of knowledge about the Republic though.

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on January 20, 2023, 04:57:47 PM

Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on January 20, 2023, 03:55:38 PMHonestly after watching this debate I think a regular Plätschisch & Davinescu talk show would be epic. I really enjoyed the discussion.

I would do that, actually. Ian, you interested?

Sure, I could go for that.

FreeDems 60/76
TNC 39/76
PT 37/76
DIEN 35/76

Quote from: Tric'hard Lenxheir on January 18, 2023, 12:56:41 PM

Quote from: Miestră Schivă, UrN on January 17, 2023, 10:55:35 PM

Quote from: Tric'hard Lenxheir on January 17, 2023, 09:54:40 PMthe FreeDems would like to see the monarchy completely removed

That's not true at all. The Free Democrats want this King removed, but replaced. Did someone tell you that we want to abolish the monarchy? Some of us do; it's not party policy. We have always been a party of compromise between Monarchists and Republicans - although of course every compromise we offer gets rejected as "unacceptable republicanism" by our opponents.

My thoughts are based upon the posts of the most active party members from the FreeDems

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Quote from: Tric'hard Lenxheir on January 17, 2023, 09:31:29 PMI have gone as far as suggesting it during private discussions within the party, I have suggested a compromise on the length of time between such votes, I recommended to my party that we should make an effort to suggest a 10 year period. I will say that the party is pretty adamantly opposed to such a referendum which while I disagree, I understand their position. They strongly support the monarchy, as do I, but I also think the King should be among the most active citizens.

It sounds like we agree on this issue much more than we disagree.