Izzy
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White and smite both retained one. Whale retained 0, so it is not the wh in white, leaving the ite. Since white and smite have ite in common, that means the sm in smite are wrong. Whale ends in e, so that leaves the i or the t. Trots scored (0), meaning the correct letter is the i. So, _ _ I _ _
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The objective of this thread is to altruistically* design a political structure wherein the needs and interests of EVERY inhabitant of this country are met. (None of this "general public" crap, we should try to make everyone happy. ) It's impossible to not be aware of how inconceivable this sounds, but I think by being mindful of what we're trying to accomplish, but.. just might be feasible?** Now, before we can even begin devising laws, creating our constitution, bill of rights, etc., I think it's best we assemble a list of what people want from their government. Feel free to contribute ANYTHING. (I stole some of these from the world's smallest political quiz and the bill of rights. >_>) 1. Government should not censor speech, press, media, or internet. 2. Military service should be voluntary. 3. There should be no laws regarding sex for consenting adults, where a consenting adult is anyone of 16 years of age or older. 4. Repeal laws prohibiting adult possession and use of drugs. 5. End government barriers to international free trade. 6. Let people control their own retirement; privatize Social Security. 7. Keep government welfare, but no taxation without representation. 8. Freedom of speech, religion, sexuality, peaceful protests, and petition. 9. Soldiers may not be quartered in a house without the consent of the owner. 10. People may not be unreasonably searched or kept in captivity. 11. The right to a free, public, and speedy trial. 12. Laws are to remain the same from State to State. 13. Eventual globalization is a priority. *We can get into the semantics of altruism later. I have.. mixed feelings, but this most closely elucidates my intentions. (Lol, I swear, I bounce back and forth from being the apathetic hippy civilian who just wants to live to the extremely fervent humanitarian practically daily. >_>) ** Eh, truthfully, it isn't. Too many people disagree on matters of religion, which define the moral code for a LOT of people (even if they don't strictly adhere to it, haha). We need to agree now to define morals for ourselves and not base them off of religious texts. Like, if someone proposes "Don't kill", that's perfectly acceptable, and I expect it to be fully ratified. If someone else suggests "Love God", this is more open to debate. While you can submit ideas that coincide with religious texts, submit them because they are mandates you want and agree with, not just because your scripture of choice tells you to follow them.
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I'm sure.
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Okay, I'll work on the OP now. Thread should be up by this time tomorrow.
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Hmm. I just had a thought. You know how you guys put together things you wanted to accomplish and fabricated Phronism based off of that? I think we should do the same thing, but more politically based. After agreeing on what we want to happen.. we.. might actually generate a dignified political policy.
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Heh, I think for once, we actually are in the right thread. Our educational system could definitely do with some amendments. Mandatory attendance for grades K-5, but I think older students deserve some leniency. I'm habitually truant, and have been forging doctor notes since 6th grade. That said, I'm also a straight A student and in the 99th percentile in my class in a ridiculously competitive International Baccalaureate school. Last year, I only went to school 143 days (out of 180, for you non-Americans). I was lost some of the time, and make up work was a b*tch, but I still maintained my class rank, whilst taking seven academics. The significance of this is that mandating students that need to go to school (especially if they don't need to be there) is a waste of resources, effort, and money. I propose we make students show up based on grades. So along as you are able to provide your own accommodations, you only have to show up in classes you have a B or less in. Pretty much junior year on, people have their own cars. So if I have all A's, but I have a B 6th period, I can sleep in 'til 12, hit up that class, and go home. It might make sense that Mondays are mandatory, so teachers can lay out the lesson plan on the board along with test dates, so people know what they're responsible for. (We used to be given exam exemptions prior to the swine flu madness, but then the county found out it's illegal to give students an incentive to go to school ) People should still be allowed to drop out at 16. ..I don't really feel it's fair to force people to go to school, but I've seen the stupidity of the people that do go, so.. I think it's best. =/ By freedom, we mean personal freedoms, like sex (Texas is trying to make sodomy illegal ), drugs, and rock n roll (is all our brains and bodies need, sex and drugs and rock n' roll, are very good indeed. (Haha, sorry, that's a song)). The US should be able to say "This is our country, and this is how WE govern it, and if you don't agree, gtfo", but people should have the inalienable civil rights we were promised. Laws like the Baker Act (if you look like you're going to kill yourself, hospitals can detain you for up to 72 hours) need to be removed because the state has no right to say what we do to ourselves. I shouldn't be able to die for this country before I can drink in it. And in the UK, you can legally have sex before you can look at it? Huh? There's this pretty rad anarchist (anarchitect) group called the Space Hi-jackers, that literally hi-jack space. They took corporate land and had a cricket game in the middle of the night. In the UK, the metro had to be rerouted because of Circle Parties they were having, which involved playing music and partying while the train as in motion. A group in Boston schedules times to ride the T pantless and hosts cross-city scavenger hunts. These people redefine space, space that has been stolen from us by the corporate world. The Native Americans had one thing right. Land shouldn't be owned, it should be shared. The world is a huge community, but no one acts like it is. I think the perfect system would be somewhere between full blown libertarianism and direct democracy (none of this representative crap. The internet makes this possible again), but I haven't found the balance yet. The scary thing? I realized a few days ago that if I become a US citizen, I'll be old enough to vote in the next presidential election.
