Lazarus

Custadia wrote:

On the matter of Lazarus' judiciary:

Though in real life the independence of such an institution is paramount, in NationStates courts tend to be traps for inactivity. There is very little for them to do so excluding justices from the rest of the region's affairs leaves them disengaged. This makes filling the court difficult, either resulting in it being short-staffed and dysfunctional or staffed by cosmopolitan players with little investment in the region.

As such, the proposal in question is not the world-ending event Demonos has made it out to be. It is a necessity if the region is to have a court in practice as much as it does in law.

I think the issue that has been brought up by Demonos goes beyond that point. Whether or not the judiciary is an institution that tends to be inactive and less busy, there are still potentially issues with one person being able to have broad powers in different areas of the region. I personally believe we should get people involved as much as possible and try to include as many people in the process of running the region that we can, but when a position can make rulings and establish law that can potentially benefit them and their agendas directly in other positions, that's a problem. I think that's the reason why this separation was likely established to begin with.

If the argument that is being made in favor of this change is that we don't have enough active people to serve in the multitude of positions we have, then we should try and solve that issue instead of cutting corners. Additionally, I don't think it's wise for us to appoint justices who are disengaged in the region in general. Whether or not their specific position warrants constant activity, if they use it as an excuse to become less involved as a whole then what does that say about the person appointed?

If our biggest problem is that we do not have enough engaged, active, and dedicated Shareholders, then I would hope we can make it our government's primary objective to try to bring more people into LazCorp and our awesome community here! Consolidating powers that might bite us down the line is not an answer to that, in my opinion.

Cianlandia wrote:

I just logged back on for the first time in like 3 days and saw that whole conversation. I think it's interesting to watch my internet buddies go head to head.
Loftegen 3 and Cossack Peoples, you guys make the rmb worth checking.

Most of that credit should go to cossack not lofty

Cianlandia wrote:

Can't have just one guy in a two person show.

I try, very poorly might I add, to stay away from internet politics because I can never really know the person behind the username. When you know the individuals behind the beliefs then the reason they believe makes sense.
But both of our dear friends have contributed their fair share of rmb wackiness. Crack on you two.

I mean, not really, lofty just had a bunch of incoherent rambles, and cossack wrote an essay, and a fanfic on it.

Hey everyone,

I haven't been on the rmb rp lately, and have been trying to jump back in at a suitable point. None appeared, so I made one myself. Please see my new factbook "The Aftermath" for details.
Long story short, we in Cianlandia would like to extend a hand of friendship to the formerly hostile nations of the Southern Compact of the old South Sea War, and try to make better relations from sour ones: Dernel, Cossack PeoplesCustadia, New Vedan. (I think that's everyone.)

The Centrucian Empire wrote:

I'm not normally active within regions and I feel like I should be, a lot goes on.

If you have the time, it would be a great place to get involved. We've got a lively community for sure.

That said, the LAZDisco I mentioned yesterday has begun! Feel free to post about or links to music you like, and get on the dance-floor!

I like this song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaLWqy4e7ls It's a Portuguese song with an interesting tie to the Carnation Revolution. If I knew much about dancing, I might be able to dance to it, but I'm going to sit back for this one.