My country pioneered MMP in 1949, ask me anything as well.

As much as I think the system has served Germany well, it is a bit difficult to understand at times, especially with regards to overhang seats and independents.

For instance, in the German way, independents who win a local seat do not constitute an overhang, and instead reduces the total number of seats taken in account for top-up purposes by one, i.e. if an independent wins their district in a 20-seat Cosă, the total number of seats stays at 20. However, because independents don't affect the party-based distribution of the remaining seats, people who voted for a winning independent have their party vote ignored, lest they have double the influence on the result as other voters. This step is necessary because otherwise, local candidates could all choose to run as independents while the party vote stays unaffected, transforming Mixed-Member Proportional into Mixed-Member Majoritarian à la Japan.

Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on April 15, 2026, 05:44:00 PM

Quote from: Marcel Eðo Pairescu Tafial, UrGP on April 15, 2026, 05:42:25 PMI have no idea what you're even arguing here.

The "terms" are that you man up and take responsibility for your actions, in such a way that Lüc, the victim of your harassment, accepts it. That's it.

Yes, man up and make a third apology rather than refer you back to those already made.
And ignore the name-calling of those who claim to be building a culture of respect and decency.

You can make as many half-hearted and non-serious 'apologies' as you want, if your victim doesn't accept them then they're not worth anything.
Of course, if you want to make excuses, feel free.

Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on April 15, 2026, 05:40:28 PMMiestra I think the architects of the ostracizing and their terms is actually quite relevant. No one could argue that the Secretary of State's willingness to accept the apologies is of vital importance but it does not erase the fact that apologies have been made, actions have changed, and the behavior of the people who are attempting to ostracize is driving people out of the Kingdom.

I have no idea what you're even arguing here.

The "terms" are that you man up and take responsibility for your actions, in such a way that Lüc, the victim of your harassment, accepts it. That's it.

Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on April 15, 2026, 12:42:42 PMRepeatedly calling someone a sex pest and a predator is a campaign of hatred. Bringing a family member into a political attack is unacceptable. I have heard from one person that even more outrageous claims have been made against me in private. It is no surprise that people are getting tired of this, Marcel.

I, too, am tired of your dishonest framing and incessant self-victimisation, as are most people involved, I imagine. Ideally, you would've taken responsibility for your hurtful actions a year ago, instead of lashing out for a bit and turning your lack of responsibility into your personal campaign bus, and we collectively could've moved on from this.

Quote from: Tric'hard Lenxheir on April 15, 2026, 12:09:55 AMUntil the recent hatred for one citizen I had really enjoyed my time as a Talossan but if someone can be ostracized because, in the opinion of some, he didn't apologize enough, then I want nothing to do with this country.

The person in question is being ostracised because of prolonged sexual harassment, and because he has never accepted responsibility for his own actions and the harm he caused, but merely apologised for his victim ostensibly misinterpreting things, as if it's the victim's fault for feeling harassed. He has since decided to frame the backlash against him as some sort of vendetta campaign against him either personally or politically, and hopes that if he just waits for long enough and broadcasts his own one-sided story loud enough, the average person gets fed up and demands that the harasser be allowed to get away with it.

It saddens me to see that his tactics are working.

Quote from: Barclamïu da Miéletz on March 15, 2026, 04:41:20 PM

Quote from: Barclamïu da Miéletz on March 15, 2026, 04:40:29 PMI wonder if there is a Talossan word for gendamerie

Maybe @Marcel Eðo Pairescu Tafial, UrGP could help out.

There isn't one. You probably could build one based on the French blueprint (gens d'armes "people of arms" --> gendarme --> gendarmerie), which would give you something like xhints d'armeux --> *xhindarmeu --> *xhindarmerïă.

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on March 14, 2026, 09:16:48 AMI'll be making that motion, then.  I'd like to discuss some data points, a month of recess, and a problem in the law right now when it comes to the Hopper.

As a heads-up, usually agenda items have fairly descriptive titles so other members have an idea of what they're about. "Some data points" doesn't tell us anything about what anything. But you can be more specific during your motion later today.

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on March 13, 2026, 12:47:29 PMI have a brief presentation with accompanying slideshow I'd like to make to the Ziu, as well, if that's okay.

If that's part of a bill debate, then sure. If not, you'll have to move to add the topic of your presentation to the agenda during the session.

Quote from: King Txec on March 06, 2026, 12:58:48 PMIf one is held, I'll be there of course.

-Txec R

We will try at least. If the Ziu will actually be in session that day will depend on attendance (e.g. last time not one member of the Government was present, rendering the whole pursuit pointless).

Anyone?

It's not in my position to interpret the law, but in my unqualified layman's opinion that seems to be the case.

Personally I believe it would be more reasonable to define the Opposition as whoever has not voted ÜC or does not intend to vote ÜC on the VoC instead (i.e. everyone who isn't explicitly part of the Government; this would match my intuitive understanding of what "opposition" means in parliamentary contexts). Perhaps something that this Cosă should look into.

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on March 01, 2026, 12:55:36 PMAny interest in the morning of the 14th instead?

That would also work for me, but what's more important really is if it works for everyone else.

The February Session didn't really go anywhere, in part because I took too long to determine a date and time. I would like there to be a session this month, presumably again on the 21st at 11 AM TST. Please let me know ahead of time if I should reschedule.

I approve.

I approve.

I approve.

I approve.

I would like to reclark the Broosking Swing Mitigation Amendment.

Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on February 23, 2026, 10:02:37 PMYou mentioned something called liquid democracy in another thread and I am attracted to that system. I believe the German Pirate Party uses it to some extent. Do you have ideas on how it might be implemented in Talossa? Florencia's constitutional reform has the potential for radical solutions.

A more straightforward form of this would be proxy voting. Florencians would be given the choice of claiming a seat in the assembly directly, or to delegate their seat to someone else. M-M already operates under this system, but I don't remember the last time votes were delegated there.

My favourite form of government is probably a parliamentary democracy with an executive presidency.

From what I can tell, presidentialism is probably some flavour of undemocratic (a single president can never adequately represent a whole population, and should not be entrusted with sweeping powers), but in conventional parliamentary setups, presidents are kinda pointless figureheads. So instead of having a powerless figurehead president kinda-not-really in charge, the Prime Minister could (and in most cases already does) act as the head of state when representing the country abroad for instance, while still requiring the confidence of parliament to remain in office. Power would ultimately remain with parliament.

As for my favourite voting system: I found out about approval voting a few years ago, and I've been especially intrigued by sequential proportional approval voting as a means of electing proportional parliaments that is both 1) not reliant on political parties and 2) easier to explain, conduct and tabulate than ranked choice methods. I dunno, something about this is just neat to me.