Sancta Romana Ecclesia wrote:Bormiar wrote:If something so basic was unjust, I think they'd have to provide a strong case -- or at least a rational case -- for why. And for why their method is better. Your argument
assumes that they bypassed it because it was unjust.
Oh but they did.
As explained above, the problems are systemic and thus cannot be resolved via a simple amendment to the Constitution. While the established methods for altering the Constitution would lead to further instability and place the region in limbo for an indefinite period. Furthermore, Arenado and Wymondham, who have been the most prominent authors of legislation in Thalassia since the beginning of the year as well as possessing extensive external legislative experience, have both concluded that the current system in place for repealing and replacing the Constitution would be unworkable for the purpose for implementing a new Constitution to resolve the difficulties outlined above.
We can of course challenge whether this is a good reason or a bad one (
sigh this is why we are here), but they did make a "rational" case. Their argument is properly constructed, there are two premises (1. "we have fundamental problems that can only be solved by a new Constitution", 2. "it would be unworkable to gain a new Constitution via normal means") and a conclusion logically flowing from these two. If the premises are true, then keeping it would be unjust for the region. Again, you may argue with the premises, but saying that no reasoning at all was given is not accurate.
That's not what I'm looking for.
Why is it "unworkable to gain a new Constitution via normal means"? Saying that amending the constitution via a vote would lead to instability is just talking out their ass. They need explain why. They need to substantiate their claims (i.e. provide a rational/strong "case") that the normal method will lead to instability and limbo, and also why their method is better (which you haven't yet attempted to answer).
I'm asking the IC, not you, SRE, so don't feel obliged to respond.
Sancta Romana Ecclesia wrote:Bormiar wrote:Seriously, though, Latin?
You clearly don't know me enough. Besides if we are just going to repeat talking points, like you did in this thread, may as well spice things up with resolving to a foreign dictionary.
I could tell from your nation name (Holy Roman Church?).
Latin isn't convincing in the slightest,
especially not on a forum.
Sancta Romana Ecclesia wrote:Bormiar wrote:https://www.nationstates.net/page=poll/p=147701
Therefore, that's also not an applicable comment. Sho did not decide on the constitution, therefore your argument doesn't justify Sho dissolving the constitution. Had the constitution been dissolved the same way it were made -- by equal vote (no Interim Council, as that is unequal vote) -- I would've had no problem with it.
You say "Thalassia established its own governing law, Thalassia may also abolish it". What is 'Thalassia' supposed to mean?
You have an awful low opinion of my intelligence.
Don't try to prove anything. I wasn't calling you stupid.
Sancta Romana Ecclesia wrote:Of course that the people voted on the constitution, you think I would gather that much from this whole "Thalassia is no longer a democracy" drama. But the last time I checked, the current one is temporary means for getting a proper new one. That will be subject to referendum approval. You could fear that this temporary will in reality be a permanent one, but since as long as they don't get a new Constitution they are locked down, I can't imagine anybody on the IC intentionally delaying the process.
A closed legislature is not subject to a vote. The other key distinguishing feature is that normal citizens aren't given formal ability to draft the constitution.
This doesn't apply to your claim, as you said that the same authority which approved the constitution also dissolved it -- that is blatantly wrong.
Sancta Romana Ecclesia wrote:You can also complain about that it's the IC submitting new document for people's approval, but since you claimed somewhere in the beginning of this thread that the people will just accept anything that the key players draft, then yeah, I don't see how you can raise this complaint genuinely.
The IC still unfairly strengthens their vote--
some dissent is possible.
Also, I don't think that's how laws work. I may predict with enormous certainty that someone will be elected, but that doesn't mean I have to say we should bypass the election altogether.
Sancta Romana Ecclesia wrote:Thalassia means the founder, the most active and involved players, and the general populace of the residents. Same is true for every other UCR. All three were involved in making the previous constitution and all three are involved in it now. The accents may be placed differently now and you may make your own inferences as for what that means for future Thalassian system (democracy, oligarchy, autocracy?), but you don't really have grounds for making a claim of illegitimacy.
"The accents may be placed differently now"
What a ridiculous euphemism, and it really shows how intellectually dishonest your post is. The power -- and therefore the authority -- is completely redistributed to the point where (for reasons listed above) the IC has full power over the new constitution, whether the citizenry likes it or not. That is not the "same authority".
Sancta Romana Ecclesia wrote:Bormiar wrote:As for "Thalassia's residents seem to support it": benevolent dictatorships ≠ democracy.
We are discussing the legitimacy of this action, not whether it is emblematic of a democracy. I said nothing one way or the other about the former issue.
That does have to do with legitimacy insofar as it's responding to your comment. Just because the citizenry superficially supports the constitution doesn't make that democratic.