RE: DIS: [Fwd: RE: Proposal: Expanded foreign relations]

2008-11-09 Thread Alexander Smith
Sgeo wrote: On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 11:59 PM, Kerim Aydin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 6 Nov 2008, Benjamin Schultz wrote: On Nov 6, 2008, at 11:34 AM, Ian Kelly wrote: I suggest flipping the Aerican Empire's recognition to Hostile. I agree. Refuse us recognition? This means WAR!

Re: DIS: [Fwd: RE: Proposal: Expanded foreign relations]

2008-11-09 Thread Joshua Boehme
On Sat, 8 Nov 2008 19:49:16 + Elliott Hird [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 8 Nov 2008, at 19:14, Sgeo wrote: Might I point out that if they were to invade us with a sufficiently large invasion force, Agora would lose, badly, in weeks? You serious? I doubt half of them could even make

Re: DIS: [Fwd: RE: Proposal: Expanded foreign relations]

2008-11-09 Thread Ed Murphy
Elysion wrote: On Sat, 8 Nov 2008 19:49:16 + Elliott Hird [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 8 Nov 2008, at 19:14, Sgeo wrote: Might I point out that if they were to invade us with a sufficiently large invasion force, Agora would lose, badly, in weeks? You serious? I doubt half of them

Re: DIS: [Fwd: RE: Proposal: Expanded foreign relations]

2008-11-08 Thread Sgeo
On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 11:59 PM, Kerim Aydin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 6 Nov 2008, Benjamin Schultz wrote: On Nov 6, 2008, at 11:34 AM, Ian Kelly wrote: I suggest flipping the Aerican Empire's recognition to Hostile. I agree. Refuse us recognition? This means WAR! To War! To

Re: DIS: [Fwd: RE: Proposal: Expanded foreign relations]

2008-11-08 Thread Elliott Hird
On 8 Nov 2008, at 19:14, Sgeo wrote: Might I point out that if they were to invade us with a sufficiently large invasion force, Agora would lose, badly, in weeks? You serious? I doubt half of them could even make a working proposal... -- ehird

Re: DIS: [Fwd: RE: Proposal: Expanded foreign relations]

2008-11-08 Thread Sgeo
On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 2:49 PM, Elliott Hird [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 8 Nov 2008, at 19:14, Sgeo wrote: Might I point out that if they were to invade us with a sufficiently large invasion force, Agora would lose, badly, in weeks? You serious? I doubt half of them could even make a

Re: DIS: [Fwd: RE: Proposal: Expanded foreign relations]

2008-11-08 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Sat, 8 Nov 2008, Sgeo wrote: On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 11:59 PM, Kerim Aydin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 6 Nov 2008, Benjamin Schultz wrote: On Nov 6, 2008, at 11:34 AM, Ian Kelly wrote: I suggest flipping the Aerican Empire's recognition to Hostile. I agree. Refuse us recognition?

Re: DIS: [Fwd: RE: Proposal: Expanded foreign relations]

2008-11-08 Thread 0x44
Kerim Aydin wrote: Well, the real question in a democracy: what's the difference between invasion and immigration? -Goethe Intent. -- -- 0x44;

Re: DIS: [Fwd: RE: Proposal: Expanded foreign relations]

2008-11-08 Thread comex
On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 2:14 PM, Sgeo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To War! To War! To war we're going to go! Might I point out that if they were to invade us with a sufficiently large invasion force, Agora would lose, badly, in weeks? Not in emergency session.

Re: DIS: [Fwd: RE: Proposal: Expanded foreign relations]

2008-11-08 Thread Ed Murphy
Sgeo wrote: On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 11:59 PM, Kerim Aydin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 6 Nov 2008, Benjamin Schultz wrote: On Nov 6, 2008, at 11:34 AM, Ian Kelly wrote: I suggest flipping the Aerican Empire's recognition to Hostile. I agree. Refuse us recognition? This means WAR! To

Re: DIS: [Fwd: RE: Proposal: Expanded foreign relations]

2008-11-08 Thread Sgeo
On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 3:15 PM, comex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 2:14 PM, Sgeo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To War! To War! To war we're going to go! Might I point out that if they were to invade us with a sufficiently large invasion force, Agora would lose, badly, in weeks?

Re: DIS: [Fwd: RE: Proposal: Expanded foreign relations]

2008-11-08 Thread Sgeo
On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 3:27 PM, Ed Murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sgeo wrote: On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 11:59 PM, Kerim Aydin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 6 Nov 2008, Benjamin Schultz wrote: On Nov 6, 2008, at 11:34 AM, Ian Kelly wrote: I suggest flipping the Aerican Empire's recognition

Re: DIS: [Fwd: RE: Proposal: Expanded foreign relations]

2008-11-08 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Sat, 8 Nov 2008, Ed Murphy wrote: More generally, if a large group of people clearly intend to ruin Agora, then the emergency session procedure gives us enough time to erect stronger defenses, e.g. How do we pass such a thing at high enough AI to protect when the invaders will be standard

Re: DIS: [Fwd: RE: Proposal: Expanded foreign relations]

2008-11-08 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Sat, 8 Nov 2008, Sgeo wrote: Takeover of important positions, such as CotC and Promotor and Assessor, and generally breaking Agoran laws and getting away with it due to control of the courts. One reasonable precaution would be during an emergency session, no non-Senator may be nominated

Re: DIS: [Fwd: RE: Proposal: Expanded foreign relations]

2008-11-08 Thread Roger Hicks
On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 13:06, Kerim Aydin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, the real question in a democracy: what's the difference between invasion and immigration? -Goethe Western Europe should know the answer to this question soon. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_Europe (see the

Re: DIS: [Fwd: RE: Proposal: Expanded foreign relations]

2008-11-08 Thread Warrigal
On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 3:35 PM, Sgeo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 3:15 PM, comex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 2:14 PM, Sgeo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To War! To War! To war we're going to go! Might I point out that if they were to invade us with a

Re: DIS: [Fwd: RE: Proposal: Expanded foreign relations]

2008-11-08 Thread Sgeo
Since 1/4 of all first-class players can prevent a proposal from passing, keeping all proposals from passing forever would require ten times as many as 1/3 of the number of existing first-class players, somewhere around 75 invaders. I'm not quite sure I follow that..

Re: DIS: [Fwd: RE: Proposal: Expanded foreign relations]

2008-11-08 Thread Ed Murphy
Warrigal wrote: On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 3:45 PM, Kerim Aydin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 8 Nov 2008, Ed Murphy wrote: More generally, if a large group of people clearly intend to ruin Agora, then the emergency session procedure gives us enough time to erect stronger defenses, e.g. How

Re: DIS: [Fwd: RE: Proposal: Expanded foreign relations]

2008-11-08 Thread Sgeo
On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 6:33 PM, Ed Murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Warrigal wrote: On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 3:45 PM, Kerim Aydin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 8 Nov 2008, Ed Murphy wrote: More generally, if a large group of people clearly intend to ruin Agora, then the emergency session

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: [Fwd: RE: Proposal: Expanded foreign relations]

2008-11-08 Thread Benjamin Schultz
On Nov 8, 2008, at 8:14 PM, comex wrote: On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 3:27 PM, Ed Murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: More generally, if a large group of people clearly intend to ruin Agora, then the emergency session procedure gives us enough time to erect stronger defenses, e.g. I submit the

Re: DIS: [Fwd: RE: Proposal: Expanded foreign relations]

2008-11-08 Thread Sgeo
On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 8:13 PM, comex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 5:13 PM, Warrigal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Time required: 7 days for the CotC to be delinquent, 7 days for the invaders to delay the appeal as soon as possible, 7 days for the CotC to again be delinquent, and

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: [Fwd: RE: Proposal: Expanded foreign relations]

2008-11-08 Thread Sgeo
On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 8:14 PM, comex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 3:27 PM, Ed Murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: More generally, if a large group of people clearly intend to ruin Agora, then the emergency session procedure gives us enough time to erect stronger defenses, e.g.

Re: DIS: [Fwd: RE: Proposal: Expanded foreign relations]

2008-11-08 Thread comex
On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 5:13 PM, Warrigal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Time required: 7 days for the CotC to be delinquent, 7 days for the invaders to delay the appeal as soon as possible, 7 days for the CotC to again be delinquent, and another 7 days for the EXILE judgement to go into go into

Re: DIS: [Fwd: RE: Proposal: Expanded foreign relations]

2008-11-08 Thread Ed Murphy
Sgeo wrote: Wouldn't it only require number of existing first-class active players to block all proposals? That could also be addressed via mass exile.

Re: DIS: [Fwd: RE: Proposal: Expanded foreign relations]

2008-11-08 Thread Sgeo
On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 5:13 PM, Warrigal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [war plan] This does not mean that we should not enact the proposed stronger defenses now.

Re: DIS: [Fwd: RE: Proposal: Expanded foreign relations]

2008-11-08 Thread comex
On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 8:25 PM, Sgeo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But the cases can then be appealed, with a CotC under our control. Not if the gap occurs while the CotC is waiting to assign an appeal: e can then assign it to three invaders who judge an unappealable AFFIRM.

Re: DIS: [Fwd: RE: Proposal: Expanded foreign relations]

2008-11-08 Thread comex
On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 10:32 PM, Ed Murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I suppose we could copy a tweaked pre-invasion ruleset to a contract that we all agreed to, then detach it from the invaded Agora. But I'd prefer to try defeating the invasion via scam (e.g. another round of burying intent to

Re: DIS: [Fwd: RE: Proposal: Expanded foreign relations]

2008-11-08 Thread Warrigal
On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 6:33 PM, Ed Murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We exile all the invaders. Worst-case scenario: We enter an Emergency Session. The CotC position is taken by invaders. Criminal CFJs are called against all the invaders. For violating Rule 101's Please treat Agora right good

Re: DIS: [Fwd: RE: Proposal: Expanded foreign relations]

2008-11-08 Thread Pavitra
On Saturday 08 November 2008 09:32:33 pm Ed Murphy wrote: Hopefully an invasion would become clear early enough to start an emergency session before the invaders could grab any offices (minimum 4 days for nomination + 7 days for voting + 7 days before an invader could deputise for the IADoP).

Re: DIS: [Fwd: RE: Proposal: Expanded foreign relations]

2008-11-08 Thread Ed Murphy
Warrigal wrote: Blocking all power-3 proposals would be sufficient to cause Agora to no longer be a nomic. We'd pretty much have to shed the old gamestate and unofficially deregister people. I suppose we could copy a tweaked pre-invasion ruleset to a contract that we all agreed to, then

Re: DIS: [Fwd: RE: Proposal: Expanded foreign relations]

2008-11-08 Thread comex
On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 10:02 PM, Warrigal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Or we could just say something like if there is an Emergency Session and more than 2/3 of all entities that have been players for the last 60 days are Senators, a power-3 proposal passes if it has more than 3/4 of the vote of

Re: DIS: [Fwd: RE: Proposal: Expanded foreign relations]

2008-11-08 Thread Ed Murphy
Pavitra wrote: On Saturday 08 November 2008 09:32:33 pm Ed Murphy wrote: Hopefully an invasion would become clear early enough to start an emergency session before the invaders could grab any offices (minimum 4 days for nomination + 7 days for voting + 7 days before an invader could deputise

Re: DIS: [Fwd: RE: Proposal: Expanded foreign relations]

2008-11-07 Thread Geoffrey Spear
On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 10:26 AM, comex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think we should just ignore these losers. We're the ones who approached them diplomatically in the first place. The Ambassador had nothing to do with the approach. We should ignore Murphy too :P

Re: DIS: [Fwd: RE: Proposal: Expanded foreign relations]

2008-11-07 Thread Alex Smith
On Fri, 2008-11-07 at 11:26 -0500, Geoffrey Spear wrote: On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 10:26 AM, comex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think we should just ignore these losers. We're the ones who approached them diplomatically in the first place. The Ambassador had nothing to do with the approach.

Re: DIS: [Fwd: RE: Proposal: Expanded foreign relations]

2008-11-07 Thread Geoffrey Spear
On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 11:41 AM, Alex Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Or alternatively nominate Murphy for Ambassador... But this would only make it more likely that in the future we'd attempt to establish diplomatic relations with nations founded by 5-year-olds.

Re: DIS: [Fwd: RE: Proposal: Expanded foreign relations]

2008-11-07 Thread Ian Kelly
On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 7:20 AM, Pavitra [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 06 November 2008 11:07:04 pm Benjamin Schultz wrote: On Thursday 06 November 2008 10:59:21 pm Kerim Aydin wrote: On Thu, 6 Nov 2008, Benjamin Schultz wrote: On Nov 6, 2008, at 11:34 AM, Ian Kelly wrote: I suggest

Re: DIS: [Fwd: RE: Proposal: Expanded foreign relations]

2008-11-07 Thread Ian Kelly
On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 1:02 PM, Ian Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From the bottom of http://aericanempire.com/faq.html : 4: The Empire refused to recognise me. Can I appeal in any way? How about I just declare war on you until you change your mind? If you are unsatisfied with the outcome

Re: DIS: [Fwd: RE: Proposal: Expanded foreign relations]

2008-11-07 Thread Geoffrey Spear
On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 3:53 PM, Elliott Hird [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why are we taking this stupid invention of a bunch of 5 year olds seriously? to be fair, their founder is no longer 5.

Re: DIS: [Fwd: RE: Proposal: Expanded foreign relations]

2008-11-07 Thread Ian Kelly
On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 1:53 PM, Elliott Hird [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 7 Nov 2008, at 20:23, Ian Kelly wrote: But there is no explicit list of what these laws actually are. So do they actually have a bunch of laws that are just unpublished, or do they just claim a fuzzy general set of

Re: DIS: [Fwd: RE: Proposal: Expanded foreign relations]

2008-11-07 Thread Elliott Hird
On 7 Nov 2008, at 20:55, Geoffrey Spear wrote: On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 3:53 PM, Elliott Hird [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why are we taking this stupid invention of a bunch of 5 year olds seriously? to be fair, their founder is no longer 5. True. Although they still invest in this thing. --

Re: DIS: [Fwd: RE: Proposal: Expanded foreign relations]

2008-11-07 Thread Elliott Hird
On 7 Nov 2008, at 20:23, Ian Kelly wrote: But there is no explicit list of what these laws actually are. So do they actually have a bunch of laws that are just unpublished, or do they just claim a fuzzy general set of laws (in which case one might argue that they're not really laws)?

Re: DIS: [Fwd: RE: Proposal: Expanded foreign relations]

2008-11-07 Thread Ed Murphy
Wooble wrote: On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 10:26 AM, comex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think we should just ignore these losers. We're the ones who approached them diplomatically in the first place. The Ambassador had nothing to do with the approach. We should ignore Murphy too :P No.

Re: DIS: [Fwd: RE: Proposal: Expanded foreign relations]

2008-11-07 Thread comex
On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 4:07 PM, Elliott Hird [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: True. Although they still invest in this thing. They have a Wikipedia article and have been mentioned in real-world newspapers.

Re: DIS: [Fwd: RE: Proposal: Expanded foreign relations]

2008-11-07 Thread Geoffrey Spear
On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 5:11 PM, comex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 4:07 PM, Elliott Hird [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: True. Although they still invest in this thing. They have a Wikipedia article and have been mentioned in real-world newspapers. Let's establish diplomatic

Re: DIS: [Fwd: RE: Proposal: Expanded foreign relations]

2008-11-07 Thread Pavitra
On Friday 07 November 2008 05:37:29 pm Geoffrey Spear wrote: On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 5:11 PM, comex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 4:07 PM, Elliott Hird [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: True. Although they still invest in this thing. They have a Wikipedia article and have been

Re: DIS: [Fwd: RE: Proposal: Expanded foreign relations]

2008-11-06 Thread Ian Kelly
On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 9:23 AM, Ed Murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Original Message From: Tristan Glark [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:RE: Proposal: Expanded foreign relations Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2008 12:29:44 + Thank you for your

DIS: [Fwd: RE: Proposal: Expanded foreign relations]

2008-11-06 Thread Ed Murphy
Original Message From: Tristan Glark [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:RE: Proposal: Expanded foreign relations Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2008 12:29:44 + Thank you for your interest in the Aerican Empire. Having reviewed all information available to

Re: DIS: [Fwd: RE: Proposal: Expanded foreign relations]

2008-11-06 Thread Taral
On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 8:23 AM, Ed Murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1) You state quite clearly on your site that you are a game which acts like a nation. The Empire, not being a game, does not see how we could recognise you as an equivalent state or nation. Not a game? Could have fooled me...

Re: DIS: [Fwd: RE: Proposal: Expanded foreign relations]

2008-11-06 Thread Pavitra
On Thursday 06 November 2008 10:23:26 am Ed Murphy wrote: 1) You state quite clearly on your site that you are a game which acts like a nation. The Empire, not being a game, does not see how we could recognise you as an equivalent state or nation. Proto-rebuttal: The distinction between a

Re: DIS: [Fwd: RE: Proposal: Expanded foreign relations]

2008-11-06 Thread Pavitra
On Thursday 06 November 2008 07:16:36 pm Pavitra wrote: On Thursday 06 November 2008 10:23:26 am Ed Murphy wrote: 1) You state quite clearly on your site that you are a game which acts like a nation. The Empire, not being a game, does not see how we could recognise you as an equivalent

Re: DIS: [Fwd: RE: Proposal: Expanded foreign relations]

2008-11-06 Thread Benjamin Schultz
On Nov 6, 2008, at 11:34 AM, Ian Kelly wrote: I suggest flipping the Aerican Empire's recognition to Hostile. I agree. Refuse us recognition? This means WAR! - Benjamin Schultz KE3OM OscarMeyr Wondering how we could possibly invade them

Re: DIS: [Fwd: RE: Proposal: Expanded foreign relations]

2008-11-06 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Thu, 6 Nov 2008, Benjamin Schultz wrote: On Nov 6, 2008, at 11:34 AM, Ian Kelly wrote: I suggest flipping the Aerican Empire's recognition to Hostile. I agree. Refuse us recognition? This means WAR! To War! To War! To war we're going to go!

Re: DIS: [Fwd: RE: Proposal: Expanded foreign relations]

2008-11-06 Thread Benjamin Schultz
On Nov 6, 2008, at 11:59 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote: On Thu, 6 Nov 2008, Benjamin Schultz wrote: On Nov 6, 2008, at 11:34 AM, Ian Kelly wrote: I suggest flipping the Aerican Empire's recognition to Hostile. I agree. Refuse us recognition? This means WAR! To War! To War! To war we're

Re: DIS: [Fwd: RE: Proposal: Expanded foreign relations]

2008-11-06 Thread Benjamin Schultz
From the Aerican War Law: It is the goal of the Aerican Empire to avoid conflict. War can and must be avoided, if possible. How far can we push the envelope on this to achieve some measure of recognition between AE and Agora? - Benjamin Schultz KE3OM OscarMeyr