Number of Regions/Regional Governments (DEBATE CLOSED)

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Cause for celebration, if you ask me.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Aye

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Abstain

[Associate Justice PiT]

Thee multiple threads are confusing and I can't keep track with what we are debating any given time. This is no fault of Mr. Truman, but that's how I feel about it. I think it would be easier to tackle one issue at a time and move on.

     It is pretty challenging to follow all these streams. Hopefully we'll be wrapping up some of these soon.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     I would prefer to make it a set number of people must vote in favor instead of simply voting, so that we don't create political games of people invalidating their ballots to push it under the quorum mark. I suggest as an alternative:

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[Associate Justice PiT]

Option 1: Aye
Option 2: Nay

[Associate Justice PiT]

     I understand that the Midwest region has a longstanding tradition of giving its states alternate names, and I support their self-determination in this regard.

[Associate Justice PiT]

It's bad enough giving the regions carte blanche authority to rename their regions with stupid and ridiculous names, but giving them authority to rename their states with even more stupid names is one of the most ridiculous amendments I have ever seen proposed in my life here on this forum.

Will this madness never end?

     It's also been the law of the land for over a decade with no real downsides. A major factor in the health and strength of the regions is allowing them to have unique cultures determined by those living there. Stifling that doesn't help.

[Associate Justice PiT]

It's bad enough giving the regions carte blanche authority to rename their regions with stupid and ridiculous names, but giving them authority to rename their states with even more stupid names is one of the most ridiculous amendments I have ever seen proposed in my life here on this forum.

Will this madness never end?

     It's also been the law of the land for over a decade with no real downsides. A major factor in the health and strength of the regions is allowing them to have unique cultures determined by those living there. Stifling that doesn't help.

The law of the land allows regions to rename states but still mandates that the use of the real names be accepted as well for registering people and legislation and so on. I agree with winfield that if that changes there will be serious problems.

     Good point, that thought had not occurred to me. I am also concerned about the flipside; would this block the regions from recognizing alternate state names? I am supposing yes, though I do not have the time to look  too far into this now.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Nay

[Associate Justice PiT]

Nay

     Is that an objection?

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Aye. The people in the regions can look out for themselves. We don't need to be treating them like small children.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Aye