Should Desmond be limited to 100 posts on this forum?

Desmond Shang · Post by **Desmond Shang** » Thu May 01, 2008 4:25 pm

Wheee!!! Oh my look what I have discovered!

A POLL OPTION!

In other words - a way to test Democracy myself!!!!! With all of the fine citizens of the CDS!

Yes, over the next two weeks, the CDS will be able to VOTE, directly and democratically, on an issue!

Have no fear, win lose or draw I shall honour the outcome. Let the blustering, campaigning, argumentation and so forth begin!

I figure this should be at *least* as entertaining and thought-provoking as the merits of Saint-Lag vote methodology versus Boredom counts, or the rightful powers and electoral processes of various public servant acronyms... ah, I mean to say, positions.

...your favourite aristocratic menace,

Des

Justice Soothsayer · Post by **Justice Soothsayer** » Thu May 01, 2008 4:39 pm

Boredom counts! LOL. With gems like that, I'm voting for no term limits for Des.

Rose Springvale · Post by **Rose Springvale** » Thu May 01, 2008 5:41 pm

My vote can be bought.

it will take pie.

bjerkeleerie · Post by **bjerkeleerie** » Fri May 02, 2008 10:34 am

Thank the trickster gods for giving us avies like Desmond, maybe living under a well intentioned despot would be better after all, than a in democracy of quibbling do-nothing peers, but only IF the despot was really funny

Sonja Strom · Post by **Sonja Strom** » Fri May 02, 2008 11:35 am

Most despots are funny, I think; it's just, they aren't willing to see themselves that way.

Aliasi Stonebender · Post by **Aliasi Stonebender** » Mon May 05, 2008 6:46 pm

An enlightened despotism is probably the best form of government, save the lack of sufficiently enlightened despots.

The nice thing about the Internet in general and SL in particular; if the despot isn't very enlightened, it's easy to move.

bjerkeleerie · Post by **bjerkeleerie** » Tue May 06, 2008 7:02 pm

enlighted despot? Name one! or are we dealing with two meaningful words that cannot form an intelligible utterance when used together?

symokurka · Post by **symokurka** » Wed May 07, 2008 1:12 am

enlightened despotism is probably the best form of government

Do not know any enlighted despotism in last century's RL history.
Dictators, tyrants, despots are never funny.
Democracy might be not perfect, but it's the lesser evil.

Leon · Post by **Leon** » Wed May 07, 2008 3:32 am

Lets stone him, or better yet, burn him at the stake

Beathan · Post by **Beathan** » Wed May 07, 2008 4:20 pm

Let's get stoned and make him into steak?

Hmmm ...

Desmond Shang · Post by **Desmond Shang** » Thu May 08, 2008 4:01 pm

Mmmmm steak! Though I tend to prefer fish, the less cooked, the better...

Well you guys are being all silly. I'm not being obnoxious enough I guess!

Forgive me though, I'm tired. Just opened region #36, a Duchy... less than 24 hours after region 35 opened. It's exhausting, giving out estate powers and titles to the wealthy, landed merchant-barons. Oooh so non-democratic, too!

Hey, somebody's gotta be the bad guy, right? Least I can do is have some style!

Beathan · Post by **Beathan** » Thu May 08, 2008 11:19 pm

Desmond --

How exactly can we make you into fish? It has to be steak.

Beathan

Leon · Post by **Leon** » Fri May 09, 2008 1:50 am

Here fishy fishy ... here fishy fishy ... yum.

btw, Desmond will you stop boasting about the size of your estate

L

Cindy Ecksol · Post by **Cindy Ecksol** » Fri May 09, 2008 7:29 am

Desmond Shang wrote:
Mmmmm steak! Though I tend to prefer fish, the less cooked, the better...

Well you guys are being all silly. I'm not being obnoxious enough I guess!

Forgive me though, I'm tired. Just opened region #36, a Duchy... less than 24 hours after region 35 opened. It's exhausting, giving out estate powers and titles to the wealthy, landed merchant-barons. Oooh so non-democratic, too!

Hey, somebody's gotta be the bad guy, right? Least I can do is have some style!

Let's see....how close is Caledon in-world to CDS? At a rate of expansion where q=27.43 and ......well, maybe Jon could figure out for us how long it's going to take Desmond to take over CDS. Oh, wait!!! Now we have the Private Developer Bill! Des, maybe when you get within our sphere of influence you can apply to have your 3,423rd region absorbed into CDS. Hmmm...might be less exhausting for you to just take us over....

Cindy
<hoping that no one creates a conspiracy theory out of this little flight of fancy>

Aliasi Stonebender · Post by **Aliasi Stonebender** » Fri May 16, 2008 12:51 am

bjerkeleerie wrote:
enlighted despot? Name one! or are we dealing with two meaningful words that cannot form an intelligible utterance when used together?

One might argue, say, in America's history several of our presidents have come close. Many disregarded the law, some for good, some for ill, yet they're still regarded as 'heroes'.

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