Citizen Pulse: Deputies

[Cyc]

Hmmm. Vacillating...Is there olive oil involved with that?

Sorry, j/k

 

[Cyc]

Huh. I guess great minds do think alike... not that that applies to either of us.

True. But what strikes me as funny is that Noldo and I have the same sane idea of how to bring Deputies into Office, but we voted for different options. Did your fingers slip, Noldo?

 

[Babbler]

What for are deputies??? I thought it is Democracy game and every citizen is represented by himself. Demogame society is so small that it no need deputies. I will not vote on this poll

It true for the most part, except that [almost] everone here is commited to a "real life," dispite the fact it interfears with Civ . So sometimes, the elected officals cannot carry out there duities, and need someone to take over temporaraly. And that why we have deputies.

 

[blackheart]

Look at the American gov today. Assistants to the pres and each secretary aren't elected, they're appointed. This may not seem very democratic but it works because the assistans are chosen because they can together as a team and have the same views.

What you say is true TimBentley, we don't have political parties, but we have people with different views and different schools of thought. What would happen if we were to elect a very aggressive FA and a submissive deputy FA and the FA had to go away for a little while? Wouldn't our foreign policy take a 180 degree turn due to the submissive posture of the deputy? We did
elect the FA and all the ministers based on their viewpoints, ideas, and suggested actions.

This system may not be broken, but it will eventually hit a snag. I agree we shouldn't fix it if it isn't broken, but we should change it before it reaches breaking point, which in this case, will eventually happen.

 

[Babbler]

But everyone here is, for the most part, friendly and willing to work togher for the good of the game.

 

[Comnenus]

Due to the nature of this poll and subsequent discussion, Article G of the Constitution has been delayed. Since there are such strong opinions on this subject and the voters are clearly divided at this time, including verbage regarding how to select deputies would certainly doom any proposed Article that included it.

 

[Raven1er]

i have to say im with CG on this one. you have to remember- what if the elected official chooses a deputy who is not fit for the position? or, even worse, what if the elected official chooses a certain deputy "asked nicely" (if you know what i mean), OR BECAUSE the elected official had promised the future deputy a spot on the board? can you understand what im saying? Favoritism. I can see tons of scandals and screw-ups down the road if we choose to have the leaders appoint deputies. come on- look at DGs 1-3. Back then, before some of you had even registered at this board, we were using the "runner-up" method. it was perfect.

to the person who said "he was the first to lose"....doesnt that make him the second-best person for the job? think about it.