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TeeArctic1

Karhu wrote:

TeeArctic1 wrote:

which will be arranged here in OT in 3 days.


still waiting


H e h, yeah I'm actually spending too much time making an actual constitution that started as a joke and now I've come so far that I can't stop and I feel everlasting anxiety about releasing the draft in case I forgot some obvious parliamentary stuff so I may have been spending the last days reading through actual constitutions heh yeah

OT: In addition to the talking points already summarised by the President, which primarily consist of politcal matters, we also need to decide upon the following:

-Election process
-Denizen rights
-Economical foundation and plan
-Parliament structure
-Punishable acts
-Transportation and infrastructure policy

Amongst other things. I'll be back with all talking points when I've finished the draft
abraker


That's one yikes from me, dawg
Achromalia

abraker wrote:



That's one yikes from me, dawg


I noticed this exact line as well.

...

How curious.
abraker
WHERE IS DA DRAFT
Nigrod

abraker wrote:

WHERE IS DA DRAFT


The Military Draft?
Achromalia

abraker wrote:

ok we are in a dire need of an update

the fuck is going on?
Topic Starter
TeeArctic1
Ey, I did a thing, here's the first part of the constitution, tell me what you think!

A. Concerning the citizen rights and legislative power.

I. The people shall practice their legislative powers through the OTParliament, wherein the representatives are chosen through free and secret elections. The denizens have the right to rule over local and personal threads as they see fit, as long as the reign does not conflict with the instructions provided by OTLaw.

I.b. The denizens may also choose one representative which shall act as president, and serve as chief in command and head of state.

II. Elections shall be held each year, where the president may serve for a maximum of two consecutive periods.

III.a. The right to vote in the elections is reserved for denizens who have aquired denizenship or will be aquiring denizenship by the month the elections take place.

III.b. In which cases denizens settled in other forums at the time of the elections, but otherwise fulfill the aforementioned requirements, should have the right to vote, shall be stated in OTLaw.

III.c. In which cases denizens who are otherwise considered clean of trashipitus, but whom, on the day of the election have been infected, shall be stated in OTLaw.

IV. Rules for census guiding and introduction of denizens eligible for voting into the census, shall be stated in OTLaw.

V. The right to vote shall be removed if;
a) A denizen has been bwoah'ed out of existence or has comitted a seriously punishable act in accordance to OTLaw.
b) Denizens which leave to serve other forums without the approval of the OTParliament.

VI. Elections shall be run as stated in OTLaw. Complaints concerning disputed right to vote, may be sent to the OTParliament.

VII. There shall be elected 7 representatives into the OTParliament, wherein one of them serves as the president.

VIII. The representatives may also choose one substitute member of parliament which shall overtake the duties of the representative should they not be capable of performing them themselves.

IX. In cases where the OTParliament are unable to decide upon an action, the President's vote shall count as two votes.

X. No representatives may be elected without being eligible to vote.

XI. The representatives shall remain elected for a period of one year.

XII. The OTParliament has the duty to:
a) Give and absolve laws; set taxes, fees, tolls and other official burdens.
b) Open and manage loans on the forum's behalf.
c) Keep track of the forum's finances and resources.
d) Manage the expenses which are necessary to keep the forums running.
e) administrate the enforcement of OTLaw by the OTPD
f) Ensure quality remains within the forums.

XIII.a. Presentations of new laws, changing of laws or absolving of laws must be done in the OTParliament through gifs or memes, either from a representative or a denizen.

XIII.b. After the idea has been suggested, the representatives shall review the law and either give it a Royal Society stamp of approval or condemn it to shitposting hell to be locked.

XIII.c. If the suggestion is condemned, it shall be reviewed once more with lower standards whilst provided with constructive criticism. If the law remains shit, it shall be locked and ignored. If it becomes better after the criticism, the OTParliament may vote over it once more.

XIII.d. Between each review, there must be at least five new threads.

XIV. If the OTParliament accepts the law, it shall be sent onwards to the president which chooses whether or not he or she will bump the law, integrating it into OTLaw.
Achromalia

TeeArctic1 wrote:

Ey, I did a thing, here's the first part of the constitution, tell me what you think!

A. Concerning the citizen rights and legislative power.

I. The people shall practice their legislative powers through the OTParliament, wherein the representatives are chosen through free and secret elections. The denizens have the right to rule over local and personal threads as they see fit, as long as the reign does not conflict with the instructions provided by OTLaw.

I.b. The denizens may also choose one representative which shall act as president, and serve as chief in command and head of state.

II. Elections shall be held each year, where the president may serve for a maximum of two consecutive periods.

III.a. The right to vote in the elections is reserved for denizens who have aquired denizenship or will be aquiring denizenship by the month the elections take place.

III.b. In which cases denizens settled in other forums at the time of the elections, but otherwise fulfill the aforementioned requirements, should have the right to vote, shall be stated in OTLaw.

III.c. In which cases denizens who are otherwise considered clean of trashipitus, but whom, on the day of the election have been infected, shall be stated in OTLaw.

IV. Rules for census guiding and introduction of denizens eligible for voting into the census, shall be stated in OTLaw.

V. The right to vote shall be removed if;
a) A denizen has been bwoah'ed out of existence or has comitted a seriously punishable act in accordance to OTLaw.
b) Denizens which leave to serve other forums without the approval of the OTParliament.

VI. Elections shall be run as stated in OTLaw. Complaints concerning disputed right to vote, may be sent to the OTParliament.

VII. There shall be elected 7 representatives into the OTParliament, wherein one of them serves as the president.

VIII. The representatives may also choose one substitute member of parliament which shall overtake the duties of the representative should they not be capable of performing them themselves.

IX. In cases where the OTParliament are unable to decide upon an action, the President's vote shall count as two votes.

X. No representatives may be elected without being eligible to vote.

XI. The representatives shall remain elected for a period of one year.

XII. The OTParliament has the duty to:
a) Give and absolve laws; set taxes, fees, tolls and other official burdens.
b) Open and manage loans on the forum's behalf.
c) Keep track of the forum's finances and resources.
d) Manage the expenses which are necessary to keep the forums running.
e) administrate the enforcement of OTLaw by the OTPD
f) Ensure quality remains within the forums.

XIII.a. Presentations of new laws, changing of laws or absolving of laws must be done in the OTParliament through gifs or memes, either from a representative or a denizen.

XIII.b. After the idea has been suggested, the representatives shall review the law and either give it a Royal Society stamp of approval or condemn it to shitposting hell to be locked.

XIII.c. If the suggestion is condemned, it shall be reviewed once more with lower standards whilst provided with constructive criticism. If the law remains shit, it shall be locked and ignored. If it becomes better after the criticism, the OTParliament may vote over it once more.

XIII.d. Between each review, there must be at least five new threads.

XIV. If the OTParliament accepts the law, it shall be sent onwards to the president which chooses whether or not he or she will bump the law, integrating it into OTLaw.
Well, damn. This was actually kinda cool to read.

Though this seems more fitting for abraker's ideology for quality, it's really quite good.

I don't think I have much else to say to it. But I'm willing to see what the rest of you guys think.
Tad Fibonacci
I have some questions about the constitution.

TeeArctic1 wrote:

VII. There shall be elected 7 representatives into the OTParliament, wherein one of them serves as the president.
So will there be another election for said positions? If yes then when will it take place and who can enter?
And can I get more details about what the seven representatives's duties are?

TeeArctic1 wrote:

XII. The OTParliament has the duty to:
a) Give and absolve laws; set taxes, fees, tolls and other official burdens.
We have to pay taxes?
Will it be in Peppy coins or any other currency?
abraker
Ok this is a shipwreck. Let me voice my thoughts on each point.

I. - What does "secret" mean in this context? That elections will be conducted by some group of people secret from many denizens of OT? Hell no. Denizens must know when elections take place and be able to respond to them.

I.b. - Keyword "may". Which means not only denizens can choose, and furthermore doesn't specify it being specifically denizens of OT.

II. - ok

III.a. - How is denizenship determined? Historically, the OT Royal Society of Quality has automatically registered denizens for denizenship as soon as they meet the activeness requirement for joining the OT Royal Society of Quality, "You must have been present in the land of OT for no less than sixty days and have participated in this land's activities enough to present a ten page history of your participation". We'll need to discuss this separately.

III.b. - aka duel denizenship. ok. What does the "shall be stated in OTLaw" part mean?

III.c. - What does the "shall be stated in OTLaw" part mean?

IV. - What does the "shall be stated in OTLaw" part mean?

V. a) - At least a few denizens qualify for this. There should be a forgiveness clause.

V. b) - I would extend this only as far as G&R and GD tbh. We never had as bad of runins with other subforums.

VI. - Is this a duplicate of one of the first few points? This point needs clarification of its purpose.

VII. - And if there is not enough willing denizens for 7?

IX. - The OT Royal Society would like a word on this one.

X. - Ok, how about we group all the election related votes and organize the order of this whole thing? Many related points are scattered all over the place

IX. - "for no more than one year" smh

XII. a) - ok.

XII. b) - ehhhh unless anyone has anything to say about this.

XII. c) - At this point I have to ask what checks upon the OTParliament to do its job?

XII. d) - ok.

XII. e) - This should be headed by the members of OTParliament with connections to people with power to do so as granted by the overlords.

XII. f) - OT Royal Society of Quality shall be the sole entity responsible of managing the forum quality. The OT Royal Society of Quality shall also work with the OTParliament to accept members dedicated for managing forum quality.

XIII.a. - ok, but how and where does the OTParliament operate?

XIII.b. - ok.

XIII.c. - ok

XIII.d. - odd, but ok.

XIV. - ok


@Tad Fibonacci there is a weakly established unit of exchange as of right now, be it peppy coins or OT bucks, but I can see in the future that a more centralized system might be implemented. Currently a lot of the infrastructure for that is not in place and further discussion will need to happen to determine how everything will work.
Topic Starter
TeeArctic1

abraker wrote:

Ok this is a shipwreck. Let me voice my thoughts on each point.


I. - What does "secret" mean in this context? That elections will be conducted by some group of people secret from many denizens of OT? Hell no. Denizens must know when elections take place and be able to respond to them.

I.b. - Keyword "may". Which means not only denizens can choose, and furthermore doesn't specify it being specifically denizens of OT.

II. - ok

III.a. - How is denizenship determined? Historically, the OT Royal Society of Quality has automatically registered denizens for denizenship as soon as they meet the activeness requirement for joining the OT Royal Society of Quality, "You must have been present in the land of OT for no less than sixty days and have participated in this land's activities enough to present a ten page history of your participation". We'll need to discuss this separately.

III.b. - aka duel denizenship. ok. What does the "shall be stated in OTLaw" part mean?

III.c. - What does the "shall be stated in OTLaw" part mean?

IV. - What does the "shall be stated in OTLaw" part mean?

V. a) - At least a few denizens qualify for this. There should be a forgiveness clause.

V. b) - I would extend this only as far as G&R and GD tbh. We never had as bad of runins with other subforums.

VI. - Is this a duplicate of one of the first few points? This point needs clarification of its purpose.

VII. - And if there is not enough willing denizens for 7?

IX. - The OT Royal Society would like a word on this one.

X. - Ok, how about we group all the election related votes and organize the order of this whole thing? Many related points are scattered all over the place

IX. - "for no more than one year" smh

XII. a) - ok.

XII. b) - ehhhh unless anyone has anything to say about this.

XII. c) - At this point I have to ask what checks upon the OTParliament to do its job?

XII. d) - ok.

XII. e) - This should be headed by the members of OTParliament with connections to people with power to do so as granted by the overlords.

XII. f) - OT Royal Society of Quality shall be the sole entity responsible of managing the forum quality. The OT Royal Society of Quality shall also work with the OTParliament to accept members dedicated for managing forum quality.

XIII.a. - ok, but how and where does the OTParliament operate?

XIII.b. - ok.

XIII.c. - ok

XIII.d. - odd, but ok.

XIV. - ok



@Tad Fibonacci there is a weakly established unit of exchange as of right now, be it peppy coins or OT bucks, but I can see in the future that a more centralized system might be implemented. Currently a lot of the infrastructure for that is not in place and further discussion will need to happen to determine how everything will work.


I'll rework it, nevertheless, keep in mind that this is just the first part, not the entire constitution, and that a constitution is not law, that's for us to discuss afterwards.

Also I'll address some of the points you raised with suggestions.

I. Secret in this context means that your vote isn't open to the public, not that the election itself is secret, but maybe confidential would be a better word?

I.b will be changed to shall

II. Yeah, I agree, I can add that point, although I would question whether or how to qualify for denizenship should be stated in legislative rather than law.

III.b -IV: OTLaw is what should be our lawbook and more where politics come into place whereas the constitution functions more as statutes or guidelines for how the state works and so on. Seeing as we have no lawbook atm, this would be something to discuss later.

V.a Forgiveness clause suggestions are much appreciated. Maybe a plea is required?

V.b But that could change over time, if the constitution is going to remain over time, wouldn't it be better not to exclude specific forums just because of status today?

VI. This point has to do with the practical execution of an election, from how you can give your vote, what a voting bill should look like, how the results should be announced and so forth, which in itself contains so many details, I find it better to state those rules in a lawbook.

VII. The specific number could be changed, although I thought that 7 would be small enough, yet large enough that it could be feasible yet democratic. But by all means, could be lower.

IX. What do you suggest, that the royal society is allowed a tiebreaker in matters of parliament? That it's an independent organ? Please clarify.

X. Fair, it could be organised under subcategories so it's easier to navigate.

XI. It doesn't say for no more than one year, it says they're elected for one period, which doesn't mean they can't run again, rather that they have to run again to be re-elected.

XIII.a I think I'll clarify that and other purely structural points in other parts. I could include a section about meetings and so on here though.

I'm working on the judicial part of the constitution now which should solve some of the issues raised, but there's a reason why I like the input
abraker
I. - "wherein the representatives being voted for are voted through free elections for which each individual's vote shall be classified as confidential information."

V. - To be discussed

V.b - What qualifies as leaving OT for other sunforums?

IX. - Tiebreaker

XI. - The terms of representatives shall last one year
ColdTooth
lol
Topic Starter
TeeArctic1
Fair changes, although I'm still on the fence regarding giving the royal society a tiebreaker, if there are no more comments on the legislative part, I'll move on to the other parts, then maybe reviewing when it all comes together
abraker
a go ahead from me
abraker
bumping this

we need to have this going

why do governments always work so slowly?
Achromalia
Perhaps we need a multitude of congressional members, as opposed to only one guy working on the whole thing.
Tad Fibonacci

Achromalia wrote:

Perhaps we need a multitude of congressional members, as opposed to only one guy working on the whole thing.
Well, this call for a recruiting thread then.

As president, you should start one yourself.
Aiseca
Any ideas for immigration and border security. It seems to me like OT is very open against random attacks from outside. Does the government have enough money to spend on security equipments?


Sending this thread up, so the dead threads sink further......
abraker
Obviously there will be randoms incoming from time to time which cause a disturbance. I would better want to know what most of those people ended up doing after posting. I don't see many of them follow up, and I think that is the frustrating part.
Achromalia

Tad Fibonacci wrote:

Achromalia wrote:

Perhaps we need a multitude of congressional members, as opposed to only one guy working on the whole thing.
Well, this call for a recruiting thread then.

As president, you should start one yourself.
Alright.

We'll have to consider some things first, something we probably should've worked together on with the Presidential election and whatnot before any of it even happened.

For now, we'll just need a congressional group of sorts who can handle the law-keeping, governance, whatever. Qualified™ people.

We could formulate what this congressional committee is in a few different ways. At the moment, I'm thinking of something along the lines of a committee that will come with ideas and debate amongst one another on shit.

So how do we judge this? Is this recruitment, or is this another form of election?

I'm just throwing some ideas out here. I'm not sure of what the hell I'm doing so I might as well get feedback.
Topic Starter
TeeArctic1
Yeah, I've sort of been busy last few days with real-life elections/conferences/politics and sickness, so haven't had much time to write this constitution, but having more help would certainly help.

At the moment, what I struggle with the most is writing down all the relevant points from actual constitutions and transforming them into points that would work for a forum like this one, as well as organising the constitution to be easy to navigate. I should have a lot of time the next two days though, so I should be good to work on it a lot then.

I think help would be best organised through either a discord group or a spreadsheet/document which can be edited and added to in real time so the entire thing is easier to work with.
abraker
what do you guys feel about an exclusive channel for such?
Topic Starter
TeeArctic1

abraker wrote:

what do you guys feel about an exclusive channel for such?

On the OT discord?
abraker
yea
Topic Starter
TeeArctic1
Sure that could be cool, would require me to be more active on discord, but this would be a nice incentive for me to do that either way
Endaris
Stop Article 13
TheLegendaryHD
its already happened
now i have to draw my memes
levesterz
Lets verbally explain meme next .
Zain Sugieres
I should be a parliamentarist
ColdTooth
zain ur pretty cute i'd vote for u
Ryoid
makes osu water great again!
Topic Starter
TeeArctic1
I got more points for you all to read through, as always, input is greatly appreciated.

A. Concerning the citizen rights and legislative power.

I. The people shall practice their legislative powers through the OTParliament, wherein the representatives being voted for are voted through free elections for which each individual's vote shall be classified as confidential information. The denizens have the right to rule over local and personal threads as they see fit, as long as the reign does not conflict with the instructions provided by OTLaw.

I.b. The denizens shall also choose one representative which shall act as president, and serve as chief in command and head of state.

II. Elections shall be held each year, where the president may serve for a maximum of two consecutive periods.

III.a. The right to vote in the elections is reserved for denizens who have aquired denizenship or will be aquiring denizenship by the month the elections take place.

III.b. In which cases denizens settled in other forums at the time of the elections, but otherwise fulfill the aforementioned requirements, should have the right to vote, shall be stated in OTLaw.

III.c. In which cases denizens who are otherwise considered clean of trashipitus, but whom, on the day of the election have been infected, shall be stated in OTLaw.

IV. Rules for census guiding and introduction of denizens eligible for voting into the census, shall be stated in OTLaw.

V. The right to vote shall be removed if;
a) A denizen has been bwoah'ed out of existence or has comitted a seriously punishable act in accordance to OTLaw.
b) Denizens which leave to serve other forums without the approval of the OTParliament.

VI. Elections shall be run as stated in OTLaw. Complaints concerning disputed right to vote, may be sent to the OTParliament.

VII. There shall be elected 7 representatives into the OTParliament, wherein one of them serves as the president.

VIII. The representatives may also choose one substitute member of parliament which shall overtake the duties of the representative should they not be capable of performing them themselves.

IX. In cases where the OTParliament are unable to decide upon an action, the President's vote shall count as two votes.

X. No representatives may be elected without being eligible to vote.

XI. The terms of representatives shall last for one year.

XII. The OTParliament has the duty to:
a) Give and absolve laws; set taxes, fees, tolls and other official burdens.
b) Open and manage loans on the forum's behalf.
c) Keep track of the forum's finances and resources.
d) Manage the expenses which are necessary to keep the forums running.
e) administrate the enforcement of OTLaw by the OTPD
f) Ensure quality remains within the forums.

XIII.a. Presentations of new laws, changing of laws or absolving of laws must be done in the OTParliament through gifs or memes, either from a representative or a denizen.

XIII.b. After the idea has been suggested, the representatives shall review the law and either give it a Royal Society stamp of approval or condemn it to shitposting hell to be locked.

XIII.c. If the suggestion is condemned, it shall be reviewed once more with lower standards whilst provided with constructive criticism. If the law remains shit, it shall be locked and ignored. If it becomes better after the criticism, the OTParliament may vote over it once more.

XIII.d. Between each review, there must be at least five new threads.

XIV. If the OTParliament accepts the law, it shall be sent onwards to the president which chooses whether or not he or she will bump the law, integrating it into OTLaw.

B. Concerning the judicial system

XV.a The judicial system shall consist of the OTCourt, OT High Court respectively.

XV.b The OTCourt shall consist of one official judge, supported by one independent assistant judge, whom shall act as consulting support. The assistant judge has no bearing on the case's end result.

XV.c The OTCourt shall be appointed by the OTParliament.

XVI.a The OTCourt's duty is to fairly judge disputes amongst denizens of OT in accordance to OTLaw and make sure that punishment is dealt should it be necessary.

XVII. In cases brought to the attention of the court, the OTCourt has the right and duty to check that any actions taken by the government regarding the matter, doesn't conflict with the constitution.

XVIII. The results of cases brought up in OTCourt can not be appealed.

XIX. Court cases shall be open to the public, where all roles except judges are filled by denizens.

XX. All members present at the time of the court case's start shall be briefed on the nature of the case in question, and shall hear opening statements from both the defendants and prosecution.

XXI. Further instructions regarding court proceedings and punishable acts shall be stated in OTLaw.

C. Forum visitor rights

XXII. The OTParliament and all its associated departments shall respect and protect the forum visitor rights as stated in the Constitution and in treaties concerning forum visitor rights which are binding for OT.

XXIII.a Every forum visitor has the right to lurk. None may be excluded from lurking in the forums.

XXIII.b Every forum visitor has the right to post, edit, or delete, in accordance to OTLaw. The denizen shall remain responsible for the ensuing chaos.

XXIII.c None may be exposed to unjust ridicule, exclusion, bullying or other humiliating or otherwise uncool behaviour.

XXIII.d None may be exposed to exploitation, forced posting or slavery.

XXIII.e The government shall protect these basic rights and fight injustice.

XXIV.a None may be exiled, bwoah'ed, silenced or shunned other than in the cases and in the ways in accordance with OTLaw. The punishment must be necessary and not pose an unreasonable engagement.

XXIV.b The accused shall, as possible, be tried in OTCourt.

XXIV.c Those who have unjustly exiled, bwoah'ed, silenced or shunned a denizen shall be held responsible for such.

XXV.a None may be judged if not by law, and none may be punished if not in accordance with a verdict.

XXV.b All have the right to be considered innocent until proven otherwise.

XXVI. No law may have retroactive effect.

XXVII. All are equal to the law. No forum visitor may be victim of unjust or unreasonable discrimination.

XXVIII.a All have freedom of expression. None may be held legally responsible for sharing or receiving information, ideas or messages unless not defendable when held up to the core principles of seeking truth, democracy and the free forming of a denizen's opinions.

XXIX.a All have the right to create, join and opt out of unions and other groups.

XXIX.b All may participate in peaceful demonstrations or discussions.

XXIX.c The government does not have the right to use military might against denizens, if not in accordance with law, unless an assembly threatens peace and before the authorities have given a warning in advance.

XXX. (heh) All have the right to privacy. The government shall secure protection of denizens private life.

XXXI. All have the right to their property. The government or other denizens may not take personal property if not in accordance with OTLaw.

XXXII. All who legally lurk on the forums have the right of free passage within. None may be denied of leaving the forums, unless required for court proceedings. Denizens may not be denied entry into OT.
abraker
I.b. - You mean "elect", not "choose"?

II - Consider stating how long a period is in or after this point. Also you are using "terms" at XI and "periods" here. Decide on one.

III.a. - consider refering to the "denizens of OT" where "people" or "denizens" are used. I don't like this point floating around explicitly, I'd like qualification to be state implicitly. Change this to define what "denizens of OT" means.

III.b. - I am still not sold on the "shall be stated in OTLaw". I suggest changing it to "as stated in OTLaw". This consititution should have a timeless tense, yet "shall be" implies future tense. As an better alternative, remove it altogether. This document can superceed any other laws written elsewhere. No need to state that you need to follow some other document.

III.c. - same as previous

IV. - Doesn't really belong here. This consitution should be defining the government and the rights of denizens of OT, not stating what laws there should be

V.a. - Recommending to add "bwoah'd" to defined terminology somewhere

V.b. - Just say "defectors"

VI - First sentence, see III.b. and III.c.

IX - This is in the case where one member of parliament obstains, right? Because there can't be equal amount of votes on both sides for an odd member voting. And if so, what if the president obstains? Then this point falls apart.

X - put this closer to III.a. since they concern themselves whith voting eligibility

XI - put this after II. since both tie in together with terms.

XII.a. - "set and absolve", not "give and absolve"

XIII.b - Define a maximum period for which a review can last

XV.b. - and if the official judge position remains vacant?

XXI. - sigh... know what? Just have a point somewhere that says there is another document that serves as an addendum to this document

XXII - What does "which are binding for OT." mean?

XXIII.c. - Kind of redundant given osu's rules.

XXIII.d. - hmmmmmmm

XXIV.a. - what does "pose an unreasonable engagement." mean?

XXIV.b. - "as possible" -> "as permissible"

XXIV.c - What does this entail?

XXVI. - what does this mean?

XXVII. - Isn't this same as XXIII.c?

XXVIII.a - I think osu's rules covers whatever this implies
TheLegendaryHD
in conclusion there is no law in OT
Topic Starter
TeeArctic1
Reworked with new input.
Some clarification:

This version has been compressed with easier wording and points moved or added depending on where it was natural to include.

Point XVI means that you cannot be punished for breaking the law if the punishable act wasn't in law when committed. Meaning that new laws cannot affect actions taken prior to that law being signed.

A. Concerning the citizen rights and legislative power.

I. The people shall practice their legislative powers through the OTParliament, wherein the representatives being voted for are voted through free elections for which each individual's vote shall be classified as secret. The denizens of OT have the right to rule over local and personal threads as they see fit, as long as the reign does not conflict with the instructions provided by the constitution or law.

I.b. The denizens shall also elect one representative which shall act as president, and serve as chief in command and head of state.

II. Elections shall be held each year, where the president may serve for a maximum of two consecutive terms. A term shall last for one year.

III. The OTParliament has the duty to:
a) Set and absolve laws; set taxes, fees, tolls and other official burdens.
b) Keep track and uphold official institutions.
c) Keep track of and uphold intra-forum industry.
d) administrate the OTPD and other government agencies.
e) Ensure quality remains within the forums

IV.a. The right to vote in the elections is reserved for denizens of OT whom have gotten denizenship.

IV.b. The right to vote may also be given to osu!staff, should they desire.

IV.c. No representatives may be elected without being eligible to vote.

V. Denizens may aquire denizenship if they fulfill the requirements stated by the Royal Society, being;

You must have been present in the land of OT for no less than sixty days and have participated in this land's activities enough to present a ten page history of your participation.

VI. The right to vote shall be removed if;
A denizen has been bwoah'ed out of existence or has comitted a seriously punishable act in accordance to osu!rules or law.

VII. Complaints concerning disputed right to vote, may be sent to the OTParliament.

VIII. There shall be elected 5 representatives into the OTParliament, wherein one of them serves as the president.

IX. The representatives may also choose one substitute member in case of real life shit going down.

X. In cases where the OTParliament are unable to decide upon an action, the President's vote shall count as two votes.

X.b. In case the OTParliament still can't decide, no action may be taken.

XIII.a. Presentations of new laws, changing of laws or absolving of laws must be done in the OTParliament through gifs or memes, either from a representative or a denizen.

XIII.b. After the idea has been suggested, the representatives shall review the law and either give it a Royal Society stamp of approval or condemn it to shitposting hell to be locked.

XIII.c. The review shall last for no more than 50 relevant, non-shitposting, replies.

XIII.d. If the suggestion is condemned, it shall be reviewed once more with lower standards whilst provided with constructive criticism. This review shall last for no more than 25 relevant non-shitposting replies. If the law remains shit, it shall be locked and ignored. If it becomes better after the criticism, the OTParliament may vote over it once more.

XIII.d. Between each review, there must be at least three new threads.

XIV. If the OTParliament accepts the law, it shall be sent onwards to the president which chooses whether or not he or she will bump the law, integrating it into OTLaw.

B. Concerning the judicial system

XV.a The judicial system shall consist of the OTCourt and osu!staff team respectively.

XV.b The OTCourt shall consist of one official judge, supported by one independent assistant judge, whom shall act as consulting support. The assistant judge has no bearing on the case's end result.

XV.c The OTCourt shall be appointed by the OTParliament.

XV.d If no judge is available, the OTParliament may appoint a temporary denizen to oversee the trial. The temporary judge may only remain judge for the case they have been chosen form

XVI.a The OTCourt's duty is to fairly judge disputes amongst denizens of OT in accordance to law and make sure that punishment is dealt should it be necessary.

XVII. In cases brought to the attention of the court, the OTCourt has the right and duty to check that any actions taken by the government regarding the matter, doesn't conflict with the constitution.

XVIII. The results of cases brought up in OTCourt can not be appealed.

XIX. Court cases shall be open to the public, where all roles except judges are filled by denizens.

XX. All members present at the time of the court case's start shall be briefed on the nature of the case in question, and shall hear opening statements from both the defendants and prosecution.

XXI. Court Proceedings shall follow the pattern of  OT Court II.
https://osu.ppy.sh/community/forums/topics/860972?start=6956061

C. Forum visitor rights

XXII. The OTParliament and all its associated departments and agencies shall respect and protect the forum visitor rights as stated in the Constitution.

XXIII.a Every forum visitor has the right to lurk. None may be excluded from lurking in the forums.

XXIII.b Every forum visitor has the right to post, edit, or delete on the forums, except in court cases where editing or deleting posts shall count as contempt of court. The denizen shall remain responsible for the ensuing chaos.

XXIII.c None may be exposed to unjust ridicule, exclusion, bullying or other humiliating or otherwise uncool behaviour in accordance with osu!rules stated in
https://osu.ppy.sh/help/wiki/Rules

XXIII.d The government shall protect these basic rights and fight injustice.

XXIV.a None may be exiled, bwoah'ed, silenced or shunned other than in the cases where rules have been broken. The punishment must be necessary and serve a purpose.

XXIV.b The accused shall, as permissable, be tried in OTCourt.

XXIV.c Those who have unjustly exiled, bwoah'ed, silenced or shunned a denizen shall be held responsible for such.

XXV.a None may be judged if not by law, and none may be punished if not in accordance with a verdict.

XXV.b All have the right to be considered innocent until proven otherwise.

XXVI. No law may have retroactive effect.

XXVII. All are equal to the law. No forum visitor may be victim of unjust or unreasonable discrimination in the eyes of law.

XXVIII.a All have freedom of expression. None may be held legally responsible for sharing or receiving information, ideas or messages unless not defendable when held up to the core principles of seeking truth, democracy and the free forming of a denizen's opinions.

XXIX.a All have the right to create, join and opt out of unions and other groups.

XXIX.b All may participate in peaceful demonstrations or discussions.

XXIX.c The government does not have the right to use military might against denizens, unless an assembly threatens peace and before the authorities have given a warning in advance.

XXX. (heh) All have the right to privacy.

XXXI. All have the right to their property. The government or other denizens may not take personal property if not in accordance with law.

XXXII. All who legally lurk on the forums have the right of free passage within. None may be denied of leaving the forums, unless required for court proceedings. Denizens may not be denied entry into OT.
Tad Fibonacci
Point XV and XIX seems to contradict with each other.

Point XV states: "If no judge is available, the OTParliament may appoint a temporary denizen to oversee the trial. The temporary judge may only remain judge for the case they have been chosen form"

And point XIX states: "Court cases shall be open to the public, where all roles except judges are filled by denizens."

You might wanna check that out.

Maybe you should change point XIX to something like "Court cases can rely on voluntary work of denizens to fill in specific roles except for the judge - which will be designated by the OT! Parliament."

There should also be something stated about juries in the court system part.

You should add something about the court can give direct requests to denizens and how disobeying them may lead to consequences. (Like showing up to a court, etc)

Edit: Also, as point XVIII states: "The results of cases brought up in OTCourt can not be appealed."

I don't see why that is. I think court results should be able to be appealed if there are sufficient evidences found to affect the results in a meaningful manner.
And of course, it will have to go through the OT! Parliament.
Zain Sugieres
Ok so when do I become king
TheLegendaryHD
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