Re: BUS: Re: DIS: Protoproposal of a defense of democracy

2008-06-30 Thread ihope
On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 1:26 PM, Roger Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 11:08 AM, Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On the other hand, we *are* trying to model a "fair" judicial system, so >> bribery for judges is a different (i.e. more frowned-upon) matter. > > I'

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: Protoproposal of a defense of democracy

2008-06-30 Thread ais523
On Mon, 2008-06-30 at 13:25 -0600, Roger Hicks wrote: > I believe such actions would be interesting to experiment with here in > Agora. I strongly believe such actions should not be experimented with > at the State or Federal level of a world superpower. Well, B Nomic has Oracularities, which is so

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: Protoproposal of a defense of democracy

2008-06-30 Thread Roger Hicks
On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 1:01 PM, Ian Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 12:51 PM, Roger Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Haven't you followed modern american judicial proceedings? The law be >> damned. Legislation from the bench is the new politically correct >> wave. It

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: Protoproposal of a defense of democracy

2008-06-30 Thread Roger Hicks
On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 12:56 PM, Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, 30 Jun 2008, Elliott Hird wrote: >> 2008/6/30 Roger Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> Haven't you followed modern american judicial proceedings? > > Religiously (ooh, bad word choice). I'd agree with you if you say t

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: Protoproposal of a defense of democracy

2008-06-30 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Mon, 30 Jun 2008, Ian Kelly wrote: > On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 12:49 PM, Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I'm working on a proto that brings back the three-tiered Ordinary-> >> Democratic -> Sane. Along with cards. Stay tuned. But yes, I fully >> agree that there should *always* be a

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: Protoproposal of a defense of democracy

2008-06-30 Thread Elliott Hird
2008/6/30 Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Religiously (ooh, bad word choice) Somehow I think the "dead persons = people" debate will go that way. [EMAIL PROTECTED] death ehird

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: Protoproposal of a defense of democracy

2008-06-30 Thread Ian Kelly
On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 12:51 PM, Roger Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Haven't you followed modern american judicial proceedings? The law be > damned. Legislation from the bench is the new politically correct > wave. It is a convenient way to override the inconvenient majority. Not to turn thi

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: Protoproposal of a defense of democracy

2008-06-30 Thread Ian Kelly
On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 12:49 PM, Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm working on a proto that brings back the three-tiered Ordinary-> > Democratic -> Sane. Along with cards. Stay tuned. But yes, I fully > agree that there should *always* be a high-powered "safe mode" that is a > straigh

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: Protoproposal of a defense of democracy

2008-06-30 Thread Elliott Hird
2008/6/30 Sgeo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I fully support legislative play for ordinary decisions, but not > democratic decisions. As far as I'm concerned, the point of the > distinction is to have a playground for decisions on things that won't > completely change things, but when there are important

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: Protoproposal of a defense of democracy

2008-06-30 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Mon, 30 Jun 2008, Elliott Hird wrote: > 2008/6/30 Roger Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> Haven't you followed modern american judicial proceedings? Religiously (ooh, bad word choice). I'd agree with you if you say the "modern" trend began with Marbury v. Madison (1803). -Goethe

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: Protoproposal of a defense of democracy

2008-06-30 Thread Elliott Hird
2008/6/30 Roger Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Haven't you followed modern american judicial proceedings? The law be > damned. Legislation from the bench is the new politically correct > wave. It is a convenient way to override the inconvenient majority. > > BobTHJ > Let's adopt it posthaste. ehird

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: Protoproposal of a defense of democracy

2008-06-30 Thread Roger Hicks
On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 12:24 PM, Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, 30 Jun 2008, Roger Hicks wrote: >> On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 11:08 AM, Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> On the other hand, we *are* trying to model a "fair" judicial system, so >>> bribery for judges is a d

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: Protoproposal of a defense of democracy

2008-06-30 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Mon, 30 Jun 2008, Sgeo wrote: >> Keeping in mind there are some who have frowned upon legislative play too, >> and believe 1 person/1 vote and no bribery for all proposals should be >> relatively sacred. And of course those who don't mind bribing judges :). > > I fully support legislative play

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: Protoproposal of a defense of democracy

2008-06-30 Thread Sgeo
> Keeping in mind there are some who have frowned upon legislative play too, > and believe 1 person/1 vote and no bribery for all proposals should be > relatively sacred. And of course those who don't mind bribing judges :). I fully support legislative play for ordinary decisions, but not democra

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: Protoproposal of a defense of democracy

2008-06-30 Thread Elliott Hird
2008/6/30 Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Keeping in mind there are some who have frowned upon legislative play too, > and believe 1 person/1 vote Democratic revolutionaries! :P ehird

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: Protoproposal of a defense of democracy

2008-06-30 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Mon, 30 Jun 2008, Roger Hicks wrote: > On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 11:08 AM, Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On the other hand, we *are* trying to model a "fair" judicial system, so >> bribery for judges is a different (i.e. more frowned-upon) matter. >> > > I'm curious why one and not th

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: Protoproposal of a defense of democracy

2008-06-30 Thread Geoffrey Spear
On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 1:08 PM, Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well it's classic Nomic prisoners dilemma etc., but I disagree that > it's boring, any more than playing Werewolf (that's been played many > times before) is boring. The prisoner's dilemma gets a lot less interesting when yo

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: Protoproposal of a defense of democracy

2008-06-30 Thread Roger Hicks
On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 11:08 AM, Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On the other hand, we *are* trying to model a "fair" judicial system, so > bribery for judges is a different (i.e. more frowned-upon) matter. > I'm curious why one and not the other? BobTHJ

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: Protoproposal of a defense of democracy

2008-06-30 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Mon, 30 Jun 2008, Zefram wrote: > Quazie wrote: >> I was just surprised to find that Bribing wasn't illegal, thats all, >> so I decided to see what would happen. > > Precedent is that it gets voted down. The *first* bribery attempt of > a novel type generally succeeds, but reiterations are fro

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: Protoproposal of a defense of democracy

2008-06-30 Thread Zefram
Quazie wrote: >I was just surprised to find that Bribing wasn't illegal, thats all, >so I decided to see what would happen. Precedent is that it gets voted down. The *first* bribery attempt of a novel type generally succeeds, but reiterations are frowned upon. (Your prisoners' dilemma proposal mi

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: Protoproposal of a defense of democracy

2008-06-30 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Mon, 30 Jun 2008, Quazie wrote: > On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 9:56 AM, Zefram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Quazie wrote: >>> Proposal 'Another bribe?' AI=2 ii=1 >> >> Been done before. Boring. >> >> -zefram >> > I was just surprised to find that Bribing wasn't illegal, thats all, > so I decided t

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: Protoproposal of a defense of democracy

2008-06-30 Thread Quazie
On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 9:56 AM, Zefram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Quazie wrote: >>Proposal 'Another bribe?' AI=2 ii=1 > > Been done before. Boring. > > -zefram > I was just surprised to find that Bribing wasn't illegal, thats all, so I decided to see what would happen.

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: Protoproposal of a defense of democracy

2008-06-30 Thread Zefram
Quazie wrote: >Proposal 'Another bribe?' AI=2 ii=1 Been done before. Boring. -zefram