Plebiscite [Off-Topic Voting]

[John Adams]

This inspired me.

Heh, I found it very funny.

~John

[Demonhero]

Ni maith liom Laidin mar is teanga marbh e ach is brea liom Gaelige! Freisin, measaim ba chor do fada a chur sna foraim. Nilim abalta Gaeilge a labhairt i gceart gan fada.

Comhthoilım. Laidin Scriu.

[Cosmic Fury]

Okay...my turn!

I am not a despot but a savior of the masses from venal and corrupt oligarchs such as yourself. The Evony Community is too large to be governed effectively by a timid and ineffective oligarchy. Evony requires a single individual invested with dictatorial power in order to be governed effectively.

My rapid marches and the scale of my conquests have awed the plebeians as they await my arrival. Prepare to flee in terror and dismay, oligarch. The Evony provinces of Gallia Comata, Gallia Narbonensis and Illyricum are loyal to me. I must warn you and your fellow oligarchs that though I am a benevolent and just ruler, my soldiers are rapacious. If you refuse to surrender peacefully I will no longer be able to restrain my soldiers who will never cease in their assaults but will relentlessly pursue those who resist my advance. Even now, your senatorial forces flee the capital of the Evony Community to the port-city of Brindisi.

The gods are propitious to my cause, and the cause of the people. To the Capitol, my legions!

My fellow denizens, plebeians and patricians alike, please cast your eyes upon the words which I have highlighted here.

First off, a dictator of any sort is a despot, strictly speaking. He may be a savior now, but as soon as he accomplishes his goal (if at all) he will then become the despot in place of another.

Secondly, I think that so far we have managed not to kill each other TOO much in the last few months even without a set leader other than those people wearing red under their names. I think that this is a decent track record.

Thirdly, I do not care for such provinces as those that are on the land...those are not my concern. Even if they were I am not impressed by your vain show of glory. It does not impress the upper classes, whom you must REALLY impress in order to seize control.

Fourthly, go ahead and release your soldiers. My capitol lies in a different region, and I care not for that rusty old village that you are assaulting. And who said that I was a part of either that Senate or had any concern over that force? I command my own and I am proud of them. If you challenge me your infinitely valuable legions will be blasted into atoms before the hour is up.

Fifth and lastly, name the gods that support your cause. If they did, I would be afraid to boldly challenge you as I do now. Show them to me!

Oh, and as a side note, look to the skies...

I am one individual. I did not run on a platform with anyone else. No one has any control over me. I rule alone and do not let anyone else share in the ruling. Yes, like a reasonable Monarch, I have a few advisors who simply advise. They do not rule in my place, I am not a puppet monarch. I wield a power that few can challenge or dispute. Does anyone doubt my ultimate power and influence?

I did from the start when I voted for someone else. LOL

Ah yes, but you know the Golden Rule:
"Him what has the gold, makes the rules."

Really? Then I should be the one in power right now! Popularity is what the masses love. People in general look up to those who have the talent to set themselves above their peers and style themselves as heroes. If they see a common one then naturally it is easier to pick a leader.

I think that I have said enough in that arena.

So says the Neo-Jacobin terrorist and anarchist who would cover the streets with the blood of the innocent. With his fanatical devotion to "liberty", the streets would become striated with blood.

As the Ancient Greeks maintained, there can be no freedom without law. Anarchy is merely a transitional phase and never permanent. It is marked by disorder, chaos and confusion.

Those who claim to be anarchists do not desire the absence of government nor do they desire anarchic freedom but merely a government that suits their own selfish needs and desires. Terror is the order of the day for anarchists.

Conrad, the word you are looking for is doubt. Anarchy is merely a state of affairs in which people have nobody--either from themselves or from without--to rise above them and be their new captain and leader. When Anarchy prevails all heroes are cast off and none are set in place to guide the people.

That is the ultimate downfall of that system: it is doomed by nature because eventually someone will come along with the clout to assert his own power over others.

Comhthoilım. Laidin Scriu.

*pulls out Google translator*

Something something something Dark Side...

Something something something complete...

[King Dylan]

What Conrad is trying to say is...

*brakes out into dance*

If you change your mind, I'm the first in line,
Honey I'm still free,
Take a chance on me,
If you need me, let me know, gonna be around,
If you've got no place to go, if you're feeling down,
If you're all alone when the pretty birds have flown,
Honey I'm still free,
Take a chance on me,
Gonna do my very best and it ain't no lie,
If you put me to the test, if you let me try,
Take a chance on me,
That's all I ask of you honey,
Take a chance on me...

[Digger Walters]

Hold on and let me bring my OWN army. Digger, your Bren will be useless...and Conrad, your army better modernize if you wish to join me.

EDIT: My army arrived sooner than expected. Now, those who wish to join may watch as this miserable and primitive rock gets broken down into its basic elements by one of my fleets:

(I know I know its done) Now were did I put my death star? Mk3 (No strange hole and completed!)

You got a piece of roman legion in your rims...

*makes a quick fix*

Oh yeah, double for the chariot I had to pull out of the engine.

Ohhh ok then.... It is the INTERCEPTOR!


Now excuse my while I head to The Wastelands *http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UWRypqz5-o&feature=fvst plays*

[Balaam]

What Conrad is trying to say is...

*brakes out into dance*

If you change your mind, I'm the first in line,
Honey I'm still free,
Take a chance on me,
If you need me, let me know, gonna be around,
If you've got no place to go, if you're feeling down,
If you're all alone when the pretty birds have flown,
Honey I'm still free,
Take a chance on me,
Gonna do my very best and it ain't no lie,
If you put me to the test, if you let me try,
Take a chance on me,
That's all I ask of you honey,
Take a chance on me...

ouch, ABBA
i've successfully avoided ABBA for 3 weeks...now this

[Quantum Leap]

*brakes out into dance*

If you change your mind, I'm the first in line,
Honey I'm still free,
Take a chance on me,
If you need me, let me know, gonna be around,
If you've got no place to go, if you're feeling down,
If you're all alone when the pretty birds have flown,
Honey I'm still free,
Take a chance on me,
Gonna do my very best and it ain't no lie,
If you put me to the test, if you let me try,
Take a chance on me,
That's all I ask of you honey,
Take a chance on me...

[Rodri]

Really? Then I should be the one in power right now! Popularity is what the masses love. People in general look up to those who have the talent to set themselves above their peers and style themselves as heroes. If they see a common one then naturally it is easier to pick a leader.

I think that I have said enough in that arena.

Take your medication puhleeze!

[Ghost101]

I hereby declare the results of the Assembly to be null and void. I will now appeal directly over the heads of the Assembly ruled by the venal and corrupt deputies and present myself to the people of the Evony Community.

Under what authority do you declare the results of the Assembly to be invalid? There are no corrupt deputies, there is one Paladin King in charge now. You have no claim, no power to consider the votes to be inaccurate.

[acer5200]

Really? Then I should be the one in power right now! Popularity is what the masses love. People in general look up to those who have the talent to set themselves above their peers and style themselves as heroes. If they see a common one then naturally it is easier to pick a leader.
I think that I have said enough in that arena.

But you're not popular....