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Post by Davíu Lundescu on Jun 3, 2012 18:36:08 GMT -6
Azul my fellow Citizens of Maritiimi-Maxhestic,
The election time is coming, and as we start to think about which party we want to handle the daily affairs of the kingdom, I would plead to all of you to look at what the party's are willing to offer, and how they plan to better the nation.
The Common Sense Progressive Party (CSPP) is taking actions even right now, working hard to build a better nation. We are especially working to improve Progressivism, Humanitarianism, and Cybercitizism. We feel these areas are important to our party and the nation.
Progressivism lies somewhere in the centre of the Talossan political compass. Progressives are constitutional monarchists. We defend the King and the Organic Law. We believe that these elements of Talossan lifestyle are central to national identity. However, we still recognise the qatoritrinista culture within Talossa and we will encourage and protect it.
Talossa exemplifies, in extraordinary ways, the true nature of nationhood. She has a conscience, and a will to act on that conscience. Talossa consists of friends, countrymen and lovers, whose communal existence defines them and also consists of humans - a species to which a high calling is to aid those in grave need. The CSPP recognise Talossa's humanitarian conscience, as a community, as humans and that it has a duty to its fellow man.
Most of Talossa's citizens are cybercitizens. The online experience of Talossa is highly attractive, but we think it could be better. We want to make sure that the online experience is as far reaching as possible while being vibrant and appealing to as many different audiences in as many niches as can be built.
I encourage you to take a serious look at what CSPP wants to offer to you, the people. I personally believe that CSPP is best for our government and provincial assembly.
Vote CSPP and take Talossa to the next level.
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Post by Capt. Sir Mick Preston on Jun 3, 2012 23:16:03 GMT -6
Hmm. You would think they could at least spell check their manifesto, before copy and pasting it across the Province boards...
( recognize , not recognise)
I wish the best of luck to the CSSP - but you really need to pay attention to details.
Kinda like the RUMP does.
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Post by Ián B. Anglatzarâ on Jun 4, 2012 1:15:41 GMT -6
Hmm. You would think they could at least spell check their manifesto, before copy and pasting it across the Province boards... ( recognize , not recognise) Curious question: When did the Kingdom go over to US spelling? The official spelling used to be British English. |
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Post by Üc R. Tärfâ on Jun 4, 2012 1:37:27 GMT -6
Hmm. You would think they could at least spell check their manifesto, before copy and pasting it across the Province boards... ( recognize , not recognise) A little arrogant, don't you think? I recognise that the best colour in the Italian flag is the one in the centre  |
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Post by Óïn Ursüm on Jun 4, 2012 4:16:05 GMT -6
Hmm. You would think they could at least spell check their manifesto, before copy and pasting it across the Province boards... ( recognize , not recognise) Curious question: When did the Kingdom go over to US spelling? The official spelling used to be British English. The -ise spellings are used in the Organic Law so I think we can assume that they are official to some extent. ;D |
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Post by Eðo Grischun on Jun 4, 2012 6:56:26 GMT -6
I'm sure we've done this before. I don't give a monkeys about the odd spelling error and I have never known as many grammar snobs and police than in Talossa. What real difference does the American spelling make? The context or meaning of sentences does not change between use of -ize or -ise. I'm happy, for once, though, that the only thing you have to pick at is spelling issues. The CSPP manifesto must rock otherwise. IMO: the Kingdom should not be picking and choosing which versions of English are official. Our language is Talossan. Any other language used is foreign whether American or British English. (copy/pasting to the provinces. Well I don't know about the rest of you but I rarely check the provincial boards so I reckoned that multiple posts would be fine on the assumption that Maricopans would not go out of thier way to read things in M-M and vice-versa. If I'm alone in my contempt for the provincial boards then I take the flak. I'm sympathetic to the 'spam' angle but on this occasion I gave my OK to Davíu and No'ac'h on this. They are junior members finding their feet and I felt the provinces are the best place for them to find their way. Please be a bit gentle with them for now.) All that said, the CSPP members in M-M and Maricopa have shown to me a high level of enthusiasm for this campaign and the Kingdom in general. I know that they want to work hard for their provinces and I applaud them for getting involved in the political process. For the record, until Vuode sorts itself out, M-M rules! |
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Post by Ián B. Anglatzarâ on Jun 4, 2012 7:03:48 GMT -6
IMO: the Kingdom should not be picking and choosing which versions of English are official. Reasonable view. However, there is a praxis (unless it's been changed, which I doubt), and that is British spelling. But the 1979-2004 tradition was broken when first the Republicans left and then Ben and his few remaining friends and cronies, so it's understandable if that knowledge has been lost. ETA: But the policy really should apply only to official documents, of course. Stuff that does not have the Kingdom as Sender can be spelled in whichever dialect of English the writer prefers, for all I care. |
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Post by Eðo Grischun on Jun 4, 2012 7:35:46 GMT -6
... the policy really should apply only to official documents, of course. Stuff that does not have the Kingdom as Sender can be spelled in whichever dialect of English the writer prefers, for all I care. I can agree with that. I'm not at all sure what a 'praxis' actually is but I get your drift. Being Talossan only since February 2009, knowledge of that, for me, was never had to lose in the first place I'm afraid. |
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Post by Sir Alexandreu Davinescu on Jun 4, 2012 19:45:13 GMT -6
I have two questions for the CSPP:
1. What specific Maritiimi-Maxhestic issues do you pledge to address?
2. His Majesty has stated that in the event that the Assembly overrules a Cunstaval veto with slightly more than a simple majority, as per the Maritiimi-Maxhestic Constitution, he would sue to have that part of the Constitution overturned. This comes from a disagreement over the language in that part of the Organic Law that governs the provinces, and an explicit Maritiimi-Maxhestic wish to reserve the most power possible to the democratically elected Assembly. Where does the CSPP stand on this issue? Would you support the King's suit in this event, or would you join M-M in legal defense?
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Post by Davíu Lundescu on Jun 7, 2012 15:05:58 GMT -6
to answer your questions:
1. Legislatively, one thing is we would support and supplement the provincial assembly... Nationally, we aim to build a website for the provinces. This will be a dedicated place for the provincial assemblies to conduct business, host pages and sell themselves.
2. It would really depend on the issue and who we thought was in the right. Before we could definitely say which side we would take, we would look at the issue.
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Post by Sir Alexandreu Davinescu on Jun 7, 2012 18:05:53 GMT -6
As to 2, I am not asking about the bill in question, but rather about the actual principle at work. Let us assume it is an entirely normal bill - a proposal to make the skylark the official M-M bird, for example. The King, who was once attacked by a skylark as a child and who bears terrible scars hidden beneath his beard from the ravaging of that dread bird*, doesn't like this and directs his Cunstaval to veto the bill. In such a case where the actual bill was not much of an issue, but only the procedural question, would the CSPP support the Assembly of Maritiimi-Maxhestic or the Cunstaval?
*Hypothetical! Probably.
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Post by Capt. Sir Mick Preston on Jun 7, 2012 18:39:42 GMT -6
It's so fun to poke citizens from outside M-M.
I'd like to thank all of the Citizens from the lesser Provinces that rushed to the side of my fellow M-M'er ( and also, coincidentally, lives in the USA state of Kentucky) to defend his spelling of one word.
I can't wait to see how S:reu Lundescu feels about the Designated Hitter rule, to watch the crowds flock into M-M again!
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Post by Eðo Grischun on Jun 10, 2012 17:00:42 GMT -6
Alex: We'd support the province. If the people have spoken, the people have spoken.
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Post by Sir Alexandreu Davinescu on Jun 10, 2012 18:37:01 GMT -6
That is very good to hear, and I thank you for your commitment to that!
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Post by Hooligan on Jun 10, 2012 18:46:06 GMT -6
I am only just now having occasion to read this thread, and I want to offer my own sympathy for the unfortunate injury suffered by our King, and say that, in support of the Crown, I may ask that my party consider ardent support for an anti-skylark position going forward.
Hool
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