[Artemisia] Winning or Just Not Losing?

[ratslayer at spro.net]

So it sounds like to me you are implying that only fighters will abuse the
power.  Hmmmm, interesting.  I guarantee that if there was a different way
to choose Crowns, people would be left out, things wouldn't be fair and
people would still abuse the power, find a way to cheat and just be total
bozos.  Unfortunately that is part of some peoples' nature.

Kelwin

On Thu, 1 Oct 2015 14:31:41 -0600, "danoman1000 ." <danoman1000 at gmail.com>
wrote:
> I applaud you for that.  You did not abuse the power.  But what is
stopping
> others from doing so?
> 
> On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 2:29 PM, Mellane McCammon <mellane30 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> Agreed. When we were sitting the thrones in the principality of
Cynagua,
>> not once did we make any large decisions on our own. We consulted the
>> officers, other royal peers, pelicans..ect. Decisions were never made
on
>> a
>> whim regardless of how much pressure was put on us to do so.
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 2:20 PM, Illora <illoraofthewestlea at hotmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > It isn't really JUST the King making decisions. It is a group of
>> > advisors
>> > (K
>> > Seneschal and any other officer that is involved at the Kingdom or
>> Baronial
>> > level), the Queen, and if it's a smart K&Q, more advisors that make
the
>> > hard
>> > decisions. I think most of the people who win are smart enough to
know
>> they
>> > don't know it all and have to have good advice from trusted people in
>> > the
>> > kingdom to help with the heavy stuff. I was very involved in an
>> > infamous
>> > Duke getting R&D and there was no ONE person make those calls. Most
>> > don't
>> > even change laws without long discussions and considerations.
>> > Illora
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Personally I like the model I've heard described by a friend in
>> > Northshield.
>> > From what I'm told their crown gives out awards and does all the
>> ceremonial
>> > and fun things our crowns do, but they leave all the legislative
stuff
>> > (revisions to law, banishments, dispute resolution,
>> > etc.) to the "Stellar Committee"
>> >  a parliamentary body with representatives from each group. 
Obviously
>> I've
>> > only heard of it second hand, but it seems like a fair and period way
>> > to
>> go
>> > about it.
>> >
>> > Sneferu
>> >
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