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<p><em>“It still scared you?”</em> Dear hazarded.</p>
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<p>“I think so, yeah. I can understand the anxiety that one might not be missed after one leaves a place. Even in the face of knowledge that that’s not true — Ioan will miss you, May Then My Name will miss you, just about everyone who showed up at the death day party will, too — it’s hard to really internalize that others will still be thinking of you when you aren’t there.”</p>
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<p>The fox frowned, but nodded to Codrin all the same.</p>
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<p>“It was just hard to hear you say “I want to die” so plainly.”</p>
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<p>“It was just hard to hear you say, “I want to die” so plainly.”</p>
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<p>It squeezed eir hand in its paw again, but remained silent.</p>
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<p>“Especially after Michelle…”</p>
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<p>Dear stopped suddenly, there by a cairn, leaving Codrin to keep walking until its paw tugged em to a stop in turn.</p>
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<p><em>“I am sure there are more Odists on here who would be willing to talk. Some of them might even be interesting.”</em> It admired the waist-high cairn, smiling. <em>“If you want actually interesting perspectives, however, you cannot go wrong hunting down artists, though. They will always have something to say.”</em></p>
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<p>I won’t lie, I’m pleased to see this discussion take a turn to the positive. There are some great minds thinking and talking here. Here on the DDR forums, out on the ‘net, and now out in the subcommittees that will feed into the legislatures of the world.</p>
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<p>What heartens me more than that, however, is to see some names that I had previously seen arguing <em>against</em> independent rights now campaigning <em>for</em> them (or, at the very least, neutral in tone). This is how the DDR is meant to work: it’s a forum for us, the rank and file of the nations of the world, to be able to participate in the legislative process that will bind us in more ways than of old. No more relying solely on representatives. No more collecting signatures for yet another petition that will fall on deaf ears. No more letter writing campaigns that doubtless fed countless shredders and trash folders.</p>
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<p>To those arguing for independent rights, keep working hard, as there is still much to be done, but to those who arguing against this referendum, I would like to address a few of those points that seem to keep cropping up:</p>
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<p>To those arguing for independent rights, keep working hard, as there is still much to be done, but to those who are arguing against this referendum, I would like to address a few of those points that seem to keep cropping up:</p>
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<p><em>The System has no meaningful way for us to control its goings on, and thus could be a good place for disaffected citizens to coordinate with phys-side agents on acts of terrorism.</em></p>
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<p>This is one of those arguments that is difficult to refute because, on the surface, it is indeed a potential reason that one might upload.</p>
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<p>That said, enough thought about how international terrorism works is enough to put this to bed as yet more FUD. First of all, it is the responsibility of each country to monitor their own citizens to within the limits of their national policies (and, let us not kid ourselves, well beyond). If a disaffected citizen is willing to engage in a terrorist act on their home soil, then it is the responsibility for the government to deal with that individual.</p>
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<p>(And to my NEAC government handler who reads all of my posts, finger hovering above the big, red ‘arrest’ button: hello! I hope that you are well.)</p>
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<p><em>Without clear news sources coming out of the System, there is no way for us to tell that the Council of Eight is effective at governing those sys-side.</em></p>
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<p>Disregarding the Council of Eight’s mandate to “guide but not govern”, I’m curious, now! What would a “clear news source” would look like?</p>
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<p>When one thinks about news sources here, one thinks of a stream of information about concrete events: what hurricane hit which part of North America; what stock jumped to what price; what the cricket scores are. These are all <em>things.</em> The all have to do with <em>stuff</em> or <em>places</em> or <em>money.</em></p>
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<p>When one thinks about news sources here, one thinks of a stream of information about concrete events: what hurricane hit which part of North America; what stock jumped to what price; what the cricket scores are. These are all <em>things.</em> They all have to do with <em>stuff</em> or <em>places</em> or <em>money.</em></p>
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<p>Think of one thing that has made news recently that does not have to do with any of those things. I will preempt many of your examples:</p>
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<li>Legislation — that is, new laws to govern stuff, places, or money.</li>
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<p>When one is unbound by the constraints of stuff, places, or money, one finds that there is little news that is worth treating as news.</p>
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<p>Doubtless they have news out there. I don’t mean to imply otherwise. Of what worth would it be to us to know of a cult surrounding, say, some upload who has found a neat thing to do with forking? Of what use is the knowledge of what is the new, hottest sim? Which of us really, truly cares about their petty squabbles?</p>
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<p>I would say that I do, but lets be honest, I can’t even begin to understand those, but I can certainly respect their rights to have them.</p>
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<p>Now, tell me what effective governance looks like in such a system. Resources are controlled through the reputation market. As far as I can tell, there is no murder, there are no wars, fights can be over in a blink if one of the parties just leaves, and the worst offense someone can commit is stalking, and even then, once can be bounced from a sim.</p>
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<p>Now, tell me what effective governance looks like in such a system. Resources are controlled through the reputation market. As far as I can tell, there is no murder, there are no wars, fights can be over in a blink if one of the parties just leaves, and the worst offense someone can commit is stalking, and even then, one can be bounced from a sim.</p>
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<p>We come yet again to the idea of speciation. We are fundamentally different. Or, to use a metaphor from the first point, this is an entire <em>society</em>, human or otherwise, that is fundamentally different, as one might see with the vast gulf between customs in different areas of the world.</p>
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<p><em>The L<sub>5</sub> station has no obligation to host the System.</em></p>
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<p>Correct, and yet they volunteered. This is a non-argument for a non-problem.</p>
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