UserAgent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1) IP: 61.61.248.9 URI: http://wesnoth.slack.it/?PoliticsThread - - - - - Index: PoliticsThread =================================================================== RCS file: /home/wesnoth/cvsroot/wikiroot/PoliticsThread,v retrieving revision 1.25 diff -u -r1.25 PoliticsThread --- PoliticsThread 4 Aug 2006 06:27:34 -0000 1.25 +++ PoliticsThread 14 Aug 2006 02:59:31 -0000 @@ -1,45 +1 @@ - Elvish Pillager: I think American politics is even worse than Wesnothian politics. -. - Kamahawk: Yeah. -. - MadMax: So, how about we talk abour wesnothian politics :) ? - "ILLEGITIMUS NON CARBORUNDUM" -. - Elvish Pillager: - Ok: - In Wesnoth, all citizens follow a leader, so their loyalty is unquestioned, and also there is always at least one - reasonably wise leader. What's more, the wise ones tend to end up in power, eventually. Also, the only form of - resistance is rebellion, and the only form of trickery is legitimate combat trickery, rather than befuddling people - with false information to get them to vote for inadequate leaders. -. - Scott: I always thought it was odd that in movies, books, tv, and video games the leader was always the oldest - or wisest guy who actually had leadership ability, wisdom, and the support of the people. In America, the - leaders are lawyers. Especially at the local level some of these yahoos look like used car salesmen. - Occassionally there will be a former doctor or businessperson running for office. But our lawyer-leaders are - the exact opposite of the leaders we put into our fiction. - "Manual Signature" -. - Elvish Pillager: - It's the Rule of Law that causes these problems. Without laws, some old wise guy with Leadership and - canrecruit=1 (or something) can just become, very directly, the de facto leader of a group of people. With them, - some idiot who isn't really supported ascends. I prefer direct rule by the people, and by law, rather than - resorting to these power-hungry middlemen who serve no purpose except to be a leader, which monarchs - and old wise men do MUCH better. -. - Shadowfury333: EP, could you please be clearer. Are you in favor of idiots in power, or wise men in power? -. - scott: theoretically the public servants aren't in "power", they speak for the people they represent. I suppose - ideally the representatives have perfect knowledge of our wills and advocate our wishes. In practice however, - we place so much emphasis on leadership and what the person does in office because the idiots are given free reign - to act on their own. It's a hole we dig ourselves into by not communicating with those who represent us. -. - eugenelim: What's the Wesnoth version of watergate or clintongate? -. - scott: betraying the king during a war and having your son take the throne -. - Shadowfury333: "I am not a betrayer." Doesn't have quite the same ring to it. -. - -||See Also|| - -* OffTopic +<a href='http://www.yahoo.com'></a> http://www.ringtones-dir.com/download/ <a href='http://www.ringtones-dir.com'>download ringtones</a>. <a href="http://www.ringtones-dir.com ">nokia ringtones</a>: Download ringtones FREE, Best free samsung ringtones, Cingular ringtones and more. [url]http://www.ringtones-dir.com/free/[/url] [link=http://www.ringtones-dir.com]ring tones[/link] From site .
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