Standing Orders for Parliament - Discussion Thread

[Leinad]

Wait, only government ministers can introduce legislation? I'd rather we open it to anyone introducing legislation. I'm not sure why that would lead to things where we try to "make everyone agree"--as long as it only needs a simple majority to agree, we don't need any more than 11/21.

I like the committee idea. That sounds like it would be quite fun.

[Leinad]

Wait, only government ministers can introduce legislation? I'd rather we open it to anyone introducing legislation. I'm not sure why that would lead to things where we try to "make everyone agree"--as long as it only needs a simple majority to agree, we don't need any more than 11/21.

I like the committee idea. That sounds like it would be quite fun.

Because that's how a parliament works...

Yeah, I get that, but status quo is never good enough reasoning, in my mind. I'm just struggling to connect the dots of "anyone can introduce bills" to "make everyone agree," although it's seeming that Barnes and Cranberry look at the two as going hand-in-hand.

As long as we have some sort of private members bill mechanism, like Hagrid suggested, it should be okay.

[Leinad]

Okay, I understand it now. Thanks to Cranberry and Blair for clearing things up.

I apologize if I've annoyed anyone. I can tell how asking silly questions and taking issue with seemingly *everything* can be pretty darn annoying. I do it simply because I have an obsessive interest in stuff like this, and little social life (shocking, right?). In case you doubt my motives, I'll clarify that this paragraph is nothing more than an explanation of why I'm annoying to the multitudes who seem annoyed by me (or at least ask confusing questions about whether I'm always on/never off/always...doing something with...lapels).

Anyway, we should continue discussing important matters, and not derail it with nonsense.

(Phew, it took me a while to post that. I self-censored lots of excess snark.)