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What the hell is this drivel? Do you think that I would start a nation with the kind of idiots in mind to vote a FUCKING DOG into office. Sirocco, you're a juvenille arse. This should be removed from the issues bin. I can't believe that this load of crap was passed for nation consumption. Are you all 14? Idiots. If I get this this level of sophmoric idiocy again, I quit this stupid fucking game.

*wags tail affectionately*

This belongs in issues. This forum is for RP.

The issues are meant to be extreme. There are people in the world, scary as the thought might be, who if you put a dog on a ballot for public office, would vote for it. If you don't like an issue, you can always dismiss it instead of answering it.

It's also not nice to blow up at people for writing an issue that you personally find distasteful.

P.S. This is the correct forum to rant about issues, Got Issues (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=1232)

I do not see why you complain. I was elected to public office at a 65% landslide majority. Are you implying the citizens of Randsburg are stupid?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v42/allanea/characters/henshindog.jpg

~~Rudolpho Waldi, Mayor of Randsburg

The People of Hartlepool voted a Monkey into Office... named H'angus...

If you don't know the relevance of that, Wiki the Hartlepool Monkey ;)

http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/5/5f/Hartlepool_angus.jpg

Woof.

What the hell is this drivel? Do you think that I would start a nation with the kind of idiots in mind to vote a FUCKING DOG into office. Sirocco, you're a juvenille arse. This should be removed from the issues bin. I can't believe that this load of crap was passed for nation consumption. Are you all 14? Idiots. If I get this this level of sophmoric idiocy again, I quit this stupid fucking game.

Who throws a tantrum over a free online game issue? :confused:
BTW, he's the editor, not the author.

Ain't life a bitch.

What the hell is this drivel? Do you think that I would start a nation with the kind of idiots in mind to vote a FUCKING DOG into office. Sirocco, you're a juvenille arse. This should be removed from the issues bin. I can't believe that this load of crap was passed for nation consumption. Are you all 14? Idiots. If I get this this level of sophmoric idiocy again, I quit this stupid fucking game.

Excuse me, but I actually am fourteen years old and I'm serious about this game! I actually am planning on going into Politics as a career choice and I'd appreciate it if you didn't use age as a factor in some silly little rant. It's an online game, you're not the actual ruler of a country, and guess what?

You can dismiss issues. That's right, dismiss them altogether! I haven't even gotten the issue you're talking about, and I know that you need to take a chill pill.

PS :mad: Nex time, using swear words won't change our perception of you or your ideas for the better. In ranting, you produce the "sophmoric idiocy" that you despise so. Please think about what you're saying before you say it.

I have no idea what is going on here but I do know we all have our own country-making styles. You should also know by now that the game is over exaggerated a bit. That is the glory of this game.

Which issue is this complainant talking about?

Ballotonia

Which issue is this complainant talking about?

Ballotonia

#144: Democracy Going To The Dogs? [Libertarian haven; ed:Sirocco]

The Issue
After a recent election instated a small dog as member of parliament, the fringe group "Brains for Ballots" has demanded for the government to tighten voting restrictions.

The Debate
1. "The ignorant have taken over @@NAME@@," yells @@RANDOMNAME@@, from atop a soap box podium. "It is time that the intelligent retake the polls! Mr. 'Scruffy' is a disgrace to democracy and should be taken out of office instantly! I propose we issue mandatory I.Q. tests for every voting citizen and if they are found to have below average reasoning ability - namely lacking the foresight to see that electing an inanimate object to office will cause disaster - then they shall be excused from the responsibility of voting."

2. "Umm... huh?" inquires village idiot, @@RANDOMNAME@@. "I voted? When? Oh, yeah. Please don't make me not vote. The ballots are really tasty, and where else would I get my fibre? Everyone should have the right to vote, no matter what their favourite greenhouse is! Then we can all get the government to do what we want! First thing I think we should do is, uh, ban fruit? I hate fruit."


By the way, we are NOT removing the issue, and there are sillier ones than that, Old Alba.

By the way, we are NOT removing the issue, and there are sillier ones than that, Old Alba.

Yeah, if Old Alba has a problem with that one, I shudder to think what their reaction would be should they "pull the lever.";)

The US came close enough anyway :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigasus_(politics)

Ballotonia

Hey, the ancient Romans legendarily DID have a horse for senator... when his term of office was up, they put him out to pasture. (That's the story about Incitatus, anyway....)

I must say, this is the greatest thread I've ever seen. I love you all.

Are you all 14? Idiots. If I get this this level of sophmoric idiocy again, I quit this stupid fucking game.

Are sophomores normally 14 years old?

Are sophomores normally 14 years old?

About 15, actually, unless you're talking Uni, in which case they are likely 19.

To be fair, threatening to promote his horse to Consul was Caligula's way of showing the Senate how much contempt he had for them. They bumped him off before he could do so. History does not record what happened to Incitatus, but I wonder about a limited edition of Paedigradus Amicus.

Canis, caveo! ;)

(yes, I realize my Latin is horrendous.)

Given that the General Secretary of the NS UN is a fire-breathing dragon (gives a new meaning to "crisp reply"), and that the recognisable delegates include bears, wolves, whales, foul-mouthed dolphins, penguins who explode at a certain stage of their cycle, scorpions, spiders, invisible Wabbits, enough cats to establish a felinocracy and a nation that gave citizenship to its goats, I would think that electing a dog is merely a run-of-the-mill example of democracy at work.

About 15, actually, unless you're talking Uni, in which case they are likely 19.

Ah, you wacky Americans with your quaint secondary school systems.

Dear Old Alba:

First, calm down. Your ranting makes you sound like an uneducated victim of serious in-breeding.

Second, locate and read a book titled "Jennifer Government" by the originator of this little web experiment. It will do much to EDUCATE you as to the flavor of "reality" around here. Plus, it's a great read. You do read books, don't you?

Third, if the first two items are beyond your comprehension and/or ability, then PLEASE quit this free on-line entertainment and social experiment. There are some here who are serious about their involvement, others who enjoy the simple strangeness of the premise. If you don't enjoy this "game", then why play? All you do is make yourself and everyone else miserable. Hardly a noble goal.

Oh, and for the record, my nation has gone to the dogs long ago.

About 15, actually, unless you're talking Uni, in which case they are likely 19.

16 here.

I gave up on taking this game seriously 2 days after my first nation was born. As far as the issues are concerned, all you can do is chuckle and make smart-A remarks about them. And if you're not in the mood for wacky, extreme results, dismiss the (expletive deleted).

Yeah, if Old Alba has a problem with that one, I shudder to think what their reaction would be should they "pull the lever.";)

One pizza with pepperoni and aliens, please.

(You have found 2 easter eggs!)

Given that the General Secretary of the NS UN is a fire-breathing dragonVermi's been promoted? w00t!

(You have found 2 easter eggs!)Only two? [/cryptic_message]

IIRC, some small town in Utah elected a horse named Tom Jones as their mayor.

Picoaza, a small town in ecuador, actually elected a foot poweder as its mayor: http://www.snopes.com/politics/ballot/footpowder.asp

And often -- maybe too often -- it feels as if a dog that does absolutely nothing is better than Bush.

One pizza with pepperoni and aliens, please.

(You have found 2 easter eggs!)

I wish I knew how to get that easter egg.

I've only found one easter egg, something about colors in my puppet nation Leasath...

Favorite color, that was it.

However I don't think I can get that easter egg since there are no elections in my country...

I've only found one easter egg, something about colors in my puppet nation Leasath...

Favorite color, that was it.

However I don't think I can get that easter egg since there are no elections in my country...

I haven't gotten that one, the only one I've gotten was the "pull the lever" one. (and the only reason I got it was because I saw the requirements posted in the forum)