Imperial Decree 337 - Amending the Charter.

[Jonas]

Oh no!

JONAS SAID OH NO INSTEAD OF OW NO!

OW NO!!
Actually, I can show you some other topics where I wrote 'oh' instead of 'ow'.

[Malliki]

The equality amendment was meant to

A- Restore one duke, one vote.
B- Prevent the Anchluss of one duchy by another.

A - Regardless, it has no place in the Charter. Furthermore, according to the Charter (at least until you amended it), voting percentages and internal rules are for the Landsraad alone to decide.

B - So you respond to some friendly bickering with a Charter amendment? There is no risk as I see it that a duchy could ever get annexed by another duchy against the will of its duke. The law protects the duchies.

[Erik Mortis]

Law that you screwed with...

[Malliki]

Hmm... Law that I screwed with?

[Jacobus Loki]

I was the one "screwing with laws", Mike. You were being Arbiter.

[Malliki]

Probably, but you can't blame me for interpreting

The law protects the duchies.

Law that you screwed with...

As being aimed at me. Probably not, but I'm a bit POed at this whole situation, so I'm reading a lot into stuff right now.

[Jacobus Loki]

Probably not, but I'm a bit POed at this whole situation, so I'm reading a lot into stuff right now.

I hear that. Our medium does not lend itself well to the wink and nod and silly voice/walk.

[Erik Mortis]

My comment was an extension of yours, not a response Mike.

[Malliki]

I thought so. I'll just put it down to a misinterpretation by me brought on by lack of ...

[Andreas the Wise]

You've probably said this already but I'm too lazy to trawl through another thousand posts to find it.

No Duke or Duchy shall be deprived of it's equality without the consent of the Kaiser, the Duke of the Duchy concerned, and the Landsraad.

Corey was happy with the new economic system. All the other Dukes seemed willing to give it a try for at least a month. It could quite easily still be valid under this ... (until we have time to rebel and remove that clause, anyway )

[Erik Mortis]

My Kaisership will remove it...

[Andreas the Wise]

Jonas, your case for Kaisership is growing thin ....

[Malliki]

You've probably said this already but I'm too lazy to trawl through another thousand posts to find it.

No Duke or Duchy shall be deprived of it's equality without the consent of the Kaiser, the Duke of the Duchy concerned, and the Landsraad.

Corey was happy with the new economic system. All the other Dukes seemed willing to give it a try for at least a month. It could quite easily still be valid under this ... (until we have time to rebel and remove that clause, anyway )

Yes, but this introduces a new decision procedure. It needs express consent from the Kaiser, not just something we think he thinks, it requires express consent from any affected Duke and express consent from the Landsraad. Until such a measure is introduced under this amendment, the old Erb-for-votes system is illegal. If something similar was introduced and given consent from the Kaiser, the dukes and the Landsraad, it would probably be okay. I hope my reasoning is clear. Also, the old system was the target for this amendment, if we circumvene the amendment, what good is it? Why is it there? (Something I asked myself from the beginning...)