[Discuss] Simplest possible terms: Why buying a title = bad

[Timothy Collett]

On Jun 27, 2007, at 9:21 AM, Tom wrote:
>> 2) His documentation states that he has legally inherited the  
>> lordship of Aregion.  However, because the law of the land since  
>> the Founding states that *all* regional positions must be elected,  
>> and he did not go through that procedure, his claim *can* be  
>> questioned on those grounds.
> It isn' a _claim_ in the old mechanics. It is an actual _title_. He  
> has papers _and_ keys for the car.

Apologies: bad word choice.  Feel free to substitute "title" for  
"claim".

>> 3) His documentation states that he was legally elected to the  
>> lordship of Aregion.  Naturally, none of us remember electing him,  
>> so his claim *can* be questioned on those grounds.
> I don't remember voting for our current head of state, either. Does  
> that constitute reason to challenge an election? That'd be a weird  
> election system, wouldn't it?

Do you remember voting against him?

Do you remember, in fact, there being a vote at all?

> Considering _modern_ election systems, any number of claims that "I  
> didn't vote for him" mean nothing if the actual ballots counted  
> show a majority. Everyone may be lying, after all. In fact, there  
> are a few very interesting psychology researches into this area and  
> people lie far more often on their choices/votes from last week/ 
> month than you'd think.

Given the way the nobility generally seem to work, wouldn't it be  
reasonable, if 75% of them would all speak up and say, "I didn't vote  
for you", to be able to boot him, whether or not they had, in fact,  
recently voted for him?

> For example, the forged documents could show that he had been  
> holding the title for some time, and the call for an election was a  
> mistake, because the region was never really without a lord.

And if the previous lord stepped down only two days ago, and the guy  
only joined the *realm* one day ago?

Timothy Collett
Anaris Family

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"It may be doubted whether human ingenuity can construct an enigma of  
this kind which human ingenuity may not, by proper application, resolve"
     ~Edgar Allen Poe



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