Double Standards, because they are Twice as True...
Rolo Tahmasee
So, There have been a lot of shady happenings in eCanada as of late and a surprising lack of media coverage - Lets see if I can summarize them
Addy's Shadow Congress
Some congressman now for the first time are realizing that they have been excluded from discussions based purely on the fact that Current AWOL CP Addy Lawrence didn't know them or didn't like them.
Business lately has been getting done through in game PM rather than in the congress sections of the eCan forums. Voices that could potentially disagree with the current administration have been silenced and the congress has basically been under control of the Executive. Two branches of government that are meant to be separate.
This was all started under the guise of "National Security" because of a few leaks from Closed Door Congress. This is the "Shock Doctrine" that Addy and his Executive has used to take total control to eliminate differing opinions and control speech
It should be noted that this was once tried in an IRC chatroom called #secretz - How did that turn out again?, and remind me what the public opinion was.....
SAWC vs Addy Lawrence
Speaking of double standards, Addy recently lost a court case vs Sir Arthur Willaim Currie here http://www.ecanada.cc/forums/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=15816 in which he was sentenced to write a public apology article within 48 hours to SAWC for making statements about SAWC deemed by the court to be untrue
48 hours have passed, and we have yet to see and article of apology from Addy, yet the courts, are currently scrambling and making excuses and further timelines/opportunities for Addy to fulfill his sentence. I am pretty sure had this been anyone else, they'd be under an immediate forum ban until such a time they made good on the courts decision...
True Facts regarding Addy's recent (Rage)Quit
The current company line being towed regarding Addy's leaving of the game is being attributed to the fact that he was threatened with his RL personal information. This could not be further from the truth and below are the undisputed facts
Addy left the game over this recent event because he was looking for a reason to leave
saltydog was "root admin" of the MOO forums. As a prank he changed the front page of the MOO forums to the image below
Addy took this as a "Personal" attack on him by saltydog (and myself) and completely over-reacted and decided this somehow made him at personal risk in RL and that he had to quit. In a PM, saltydog said it best when he said the following to Addy about his irrational behavior
"it goes to show how gullible we can be. Think to yourself: would a law enforcement agency really leave you a friendly message of no longer than 100 characters informing you that you were possibly involved in alleged child pornography activity? Come on"
Addy had double downed on his irrational fear and Executive Ordered his Immediate Impeachment, since CP's cannot resign the position and leave the game
It should be noted that the very fear that Addy is propagating (His RL info being used against him) he was a party to in threatening Wally Cleaver with his RL info just a few weeks ago when Wally took over Addy's puppet Party, the Ministry of Opportunity. The Screenshot can be seen here
The blacked out portions were Wally's IP and registration email taken from the MOO forums in Addy's capacity as a forum admin
Congress Ignores CP's Executive Order and makes up the rules as they go
So, Addy releases an Executive Order and about 2/3rds of congress decides they don't like it and dis-obey it. The thing about an Executive Order is that it is meant to be a "Shoot First, Ask Questions Later" by it's very design.
If Addy wanted a 24-48 hour discussion on the matter, the thread would have been titled "Discussion to Impeach Addy Lawrence" and not "Executive Order to Impeach Addy Lawrence" "Executive Order" basically means "I need this done NOW" - Coming from the CP
Now, Speaker Octavian_F who is more interested in FINALLY being popular in eCanada, rather than actually being respected for doing his job had to the brilliant idea to hold a made-up "re-vote" on the forum that basically counts for nothing
The question might as well have been
"Do you want 2/3rds of the congress to receive a 1 week forum ban for ignoring an Executive Order by voting No, or vote Yes and we can continue to keep making this up as we go"
Surprise/Surprise.... the Yes vote won by a landslide....
I should be clear, I don't really care that the impeachment failed and I'm not CP. I would have pushed the appropriate buttons, but the communication and random PP's from other nations is rather annoying on a day to day basis - someone else can do it. You don't get a medal for taking over mid term...
Crooked Executive maintains power through "De-Facto" Executive
So, I'm pretty sure there's a constitution somewhere that says a CP has to log into the forums every so often, but since we're making things up as we go in eCanada, Addy's former Executive has seized power and continues to run the government
Why?
Profit - We have just been made aware that Addy's Secretary of State/Minister of Immigration SleazyStreet(TM) has been on the take as to 1 Gold per citizenship approval he "recommends". http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/the-ezstreet-scandal-aka-how-to-get-ezmoney--1951048/1/20
I wonder how many of Addy's other Ministers are using their position to be on the "dole" It's important to take advantage of the "Opportunity" I suppose...
So, as this "Defacto Executive" maintains it's grip on power, the Real Life guy behind Addy Lawrence" has to log in every day and push the appropriate "buttons" for it out of guilt/obligation rather than let him walk away peacefully and quietly as he asked them to when he ordered his Impeachment
So There's a summary of this weeks double standards eCanada
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Rolo Tahmasee
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Comments
He speaks the truth, i wish what addy did to wally was made public aswell.
mmk
:'D
Grandstanding aside, this article merits answers.
Ban 2/3rds of Congress.
It is only right
Well I'd have to agree with what is said above.
Good job Rolo.
Lmfaooo
Rolo, you try WAYY too hard to sh*t disturb...
Nobody cares what you have to say. You throw around more random, loosely tied, and baseless sh*t than a FOX News or MSNBC "analyst" during a "debate". But here, let me break down some of the sensational headlines for ya:
Congress "only speaks through pms"? Nice statement, I lol'd. Where do you get your facts from? Do you compare what we say in the PMs and what we do in the forums? Oh wait, you can't, cause you're banned from the forums and aren't included in the PMs. Screenshots or gtfo. I encourage eCanadians however, to go to the eCan forums and take a look at Open Door Congress to see what laws we've passed, and the ample discussion we've had about it on the forums. Moving on,
Addy is an evil tyrant who really wants to screw over eCanada? I lol'd. This is coming from Rolo. No comment.
Saltydog screwed over Addy with his silly poo-poo jokes? I lol'd. Next steps: 1. get Addy to come back to the game, 2. ban saltydog from the forums and the irc and put him in league with Rolo. I'll be taking this matter up with congress. Thanks for the tips Rolo!
Congress Ignores CP's Executive Order and makes up the rules as they go? I lol'd. Have you read the law? Oh wait, it's on the forums nvm. Did you see the wording of the law we got running in congress? Oh wait, it's on the forums. But you can always count on ol' uncle Rolo to goon outta his a** with random slogans. Lol
Speaker Octavian_F who is more interested in FINALLY being popular in eCanada? Ha. Hahahahahaha. Yeah man, that's definitely my goal in life. You got me. I give up. Lool.
"Crooked Executive maintains power through "De-Facto" Executive?" You mean, the cabinet congress approved of, and the VP who took over the role of the CP because of the RL issues the CP was dealing with? Yeah. Seems legit. What's the problem?
Hey Rolo, listen I think you'd be able to make better informed comments if you only checked the foru-- oh wait. Nvm. Lol
Newsflash Octavian
I can see everything on the forums that I need to see - Forum bans don't really work....just so you know
Octavian you try to hard, and well your wrong.
Put some intelligence in your arguments were not in Jr. high anymore
"Newsflash Octavian
I can see everything on the forums that I need to see - Forum bans don't really work....just so you know"
Oh ya? Copy-paste the exact wording of the law we passed in Congress recently to overturn the Executive order. Then once you do that, copy-paste the Congressional Rules of Order, etc., and using those two documents, show everyone how what congress did was illegal.
Kthx.
(Was that interrigent enuf for ya SAWC? I tried my bestest :3 )
Octavian, you are naive if you think that Rolo doesn't have forum access.
There is a reason that he has been known as Octo_Fail for the bulk of his time in this game
"Octavian, you are naive if you think that Rolo doesn't have forum access."
"There is a reason that he has been known as Octo_Fail for the bulk of his time in this game"
All I hear is "herp derp!!". I requested for Rolo to prove his access, and prove the illegality of our voting.
Nobody cares about all that random bs you say in-between.
kthx.
I'd like to note this is coming from one of the minds of Project Mayhem...take it with a grain of salt...and try not to get it in the wounds would you?
R I S E
"I'd like to note this is coming from one of the minds of Project Mayhem...take it with a grain of salt...and try not to get it in the wounds would you?
R I S E ?"
There is much you should learn young one http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/project-mayhem-2-0-an-investigative-report--1884701/1/20
Many high ranking members of our society were involved in the project.
"One of the minds" SAWC 😉
; )
I'd like to note this is coming from one of the minds of Project Mayhem...take it with a grain of salt...and try not to get it in the wounds would you?
x2
Meanwhile,
Still waiting for Rolo to give some sort of proof for his accusations. I'm probably wasting my time though..
Octo_Fail
I'm not going to cut and copy the entire text of the Congressional rules of order and your speaker popularity thread
Everyone knows I have access, and it aint hard to do
Everyone who wanted to know what Addy did, here you go (it's not fake, Addy admitted to it in an article.)
http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/3296/capturezs.jpg
This can only be settled in a 5v5 TF2 death match. I would pay to see that.
Haha. Good times.
First, Addy was one of the minds involved with Project Mayhem. So to use it as a negative in reference to Rolo while simultaneously defending Addy is a complete fail. The only BIGGER fail would be to copy/paste it and slap an x2 on the end.
Secondly, your vote was legal in congress to overturn the executive order. There is a technicality that you should of impeached him per the order, THEN held the vote to see if you wanted to uphold it or not. But that doesn't really matter now. The fact that more than 2/3rds voted "No" in game is enough indication that the executive order would be denied. A forum vote wasn't necessary but I applaud you for doing the job os speaker to the utmost. It was a legal impeachment vote per the Executive Order, and per Congressional discretion Congress decided to overturn it. No harm, no foul.
Third, forum access. With the new masking system used on the forums anyone can get "Registered User" masking. It's basically what citizen used to be. I know for a fact I can go to the forums right now, make a new account and instantly have access to Judicial Branch, Executive, and a bunch of other low level forums. This includes Open Door Congress. If I can do it, so can Rolo.
Fourth, if someone wants to press charges against Salty for what he did you can. But it's not congress's business so there's no need to take it up with them. Congress has no say over "criminal" matters in our little roleplay world.
Now back to the point I wanted to make about the current "Double Standard".
As most of you know Addy's executive are for the most part not currently eCanadian citizens. The argument given is that the production bonuses for being a eUS citizen are too good to pass up for the MU company holders. I accept that argument. But my question is, how do you explain Ethel's eIrish citizenship? What kind of bonus (with 3 grain farms, 1 cattle farm, and a Q2 food company) is she taking advantage of in eIreland? As it stands right now, she's actually producing less by being an eIrish citizen.
This question was asked a few days ago and routinely ignored. Some of us are still waiting.
Bear in mind that this is the same group of people that went after TemujinBC likes rabid dogs after a bone when it came to light that he was taking advantage of an NE bonus for training while he was supposed to be a justice and got him thrown out of the Supreme Court.
Is the NE bonus for our top Tank not as important as a negative "Production Bonus" for our Minister of Foreign Affairs?
Now that's a double standard I'd like to get to the bottom of.
an outsider sees it this way:
Rolo publishes an article about allegations of child porn and Addy finally realizes this place is too looney and dangerous. He decides he's had enough. He quits. The congress refuses to impeach him because they won't have Rolo for president, so the cabinet has to do as best they can, and that includes private discussions about keeping the ship afloat.
Addy is convicted of NOTHING. In fact the court acquits him, but Rolo now says otherwise. Of course Addy is no longer on the forum so he doesn't read about his acquittal or the part that asks him to publish an apology. He has previously apologized, in writing and publicly.
Rolo twists this to make him look good. In fact he is the cause of much of this.
There are double standards at work, no doubt. The selling of citizenships is an example. The buying of votes is another. These are behaviours which Rolo and his followers have admitted to quite freely. Inviting foreign players to PTO a party for the purpose of weakening ecanada is another example of admitted behaviour. Of course there is also the plain stealing of millions of dollars. These are all wrong. So is playing with the intention of hurting others, and of being "evil". Rolo and Wally have admitted candidly that their object is to be "evil" (their words not mine). Other players have been persuaded ecanada is a place where it is okay to be dishonest and hurt others. That isn't healthy.
Keep that in mind whenever you read.
"Addy... realizes this place is too looney and dangerous. He decides he's had enough. He quits"
This realization comes only after Addy himself threatens someone in RL with their personal information (Wally Cleaver)?
I personally don't think one has to cross the moral barrier themselves in order to recognize that it could be passed by others.
Best part: that moral barrier was never crossed by others
😃😃😃😃😃😃
I think it's funny that you label yourself as an "outsider" because you have a foreign citizenship.
You're more involved on the forums then anyone I know. You jump at any chance you get to insert yourself where you're not wanted, tell people what they should do, and are the first person to point out mistakes other people make. You're like a condescending neighbor that tells you what they think you should be doing but thinks they get off the hook by adding "I mean, if it were me" at the end of every sentence.
Also, Rolo released an article because he didn't know what Salty had done. All he knew was that the page had changed. I told him on IRC like an hour after the article went up that it wasn't real and he immediately edited his article. For you to imply that Rolo and Salty had somehow coordinated in this is completely off base.
If Addy was acquitted why would they ask him to post an apology? Seems like a serious... wait for it..... DOUBLE STANDARD.
Now for your last points. I don't see how selling citizenships or buying votes is a double standard. Rolo isn't telling other people not to do it, then doing it himself. I'm starting to think you don't understand the concept of a "double standard" Oliver, because you seem to be missing the mark time after time.
Yah Salty, I completely forgot about that double standard.
The "I'm allowed to openly threaten other people with the knowledge of RL information, but if someone does something which I construe as the possibility that they might not be as trustworthy as I thought I get carte blanch to quit and remain the good guy" Standard.
The four stooges, Rolo, Muglack, Saltydog, and Wally,
Are trying to get us to take them seriously.
Try harder n00bs.
trololololo
You didn't black out Wally's IP address.
I have a deep affection for things "canadian" and will try not to be self deprecating in future.
No suggestion of co ordination between rolo and salty. Simply, I suspect Addy realized this place was looney and dangerous.
In fact i suspect absolutely no co ordination between rolo and salty. More likely, Rolo saw something he could use to hurt and did so without hesitation. I appreciate there is a fine line between "be evil" and "hurt" and "be funny".
Nothing untoward in a court aquitting of a crime and still trying to restore balance by asking for a written apology. That is healthy.
Reporting falsely while asserting that others should be truthful is a double standards. Insisting on a standard of behaviour in others which you don't hold yourself to is a double standard. PLAYING on people's sense of decency while not having any oneself is a double standard. Hurting others while asserting you are helping is a double standard. Seeking to destroy while asserting you build is a double standard. Oh, people understand the concept of double standards. I suggested readers keep it in mind when they read. I suppose I should have added that they be honest with themselves, but I thought that went without saying.
Nothing more to say. kind regards
@ Katey
Wally knows that IP's really don't mean anything. He isn't pushing the rampant paranoia that Addy is using as an excuse to (Rage)Quit the game
ZOMG ROLO USED MY SHOUT IN HIS ARTICLE!
23 votes, 33 comments.
Keep the circus rolling fella.s
Rolo, please read the Rules of Order before talk. You will realize that Congress did exactly was supposed to do. Also, you will realize that take Gold from eCadana for personal purposes is called "thief". Please return our Gold!
Keep drinking the Kool-Aid Jorge Salazar
also
Explain to me the purpose of an Executive Order if it requires debate to be valid instead of immediately put into action per the CP's orders THEN debated...
yeah, I know. But you did mention blacking it in your article:
“The blacked out portions were Wally's IP and registration email”
I just wanted to be annoying.
You'll notice that Octavian has realized that he can't win, and has resorted to simply posting inane pointless responses because he realizes the battle is lost.
As for you Oliver. Once again you completely miss the point. Rolo being all those nice words and pointing them out in others isn't the double standard. Rolo admits what and who he is. He doesn't cover it up, he doesn't hide it.
And Rolo it doesn't matter how he explains it, he'll basically be right. He's the speaker, all of the rules are subject to his interpretation when it comes to congress.
The fact that the actual vote was voted down by more than a two thirds margin (as is required to overturn an Executive Order) pretty much settled the issue in my mind. The forum vote was just him covering his bases.
This article isn't about him point at other people and saying, "Look at the bad guys. They're doing bad things. Oh I do those things too, but look at them! Pay no attention to what I'm doing."
He's pointing out that the people who try and maintain an image that they're out for the good of the people and demand the best from everyone else are really just as corrupt as he is. The double standard in question isn't Rolo pointing out the flaws in others that he clearly has, it's the fact that other people clearly display those same flaws but hold others to a higher standard.
Am I the only one who wonders since when did Rolo care about rules?
Rolo is swine
Sign. You're as bad as Oliver.
He doesn't care about the rules. He has made that abundantly clear. What he does care about is people lying about what they're doing, or living by a..... wait for it.... DOUBLE STANDARD.
If you claim to care about the rules, and want other people to be subject to and follow the rules, then you completely ignore them and do what you want it creates a... wait for it..... DOUBLE STANDARD.
He's simply pointing out the glaring examples of the current administration where these DOUBLE STANDARDS have become almost too obvious to ignore, and yet a rather large segment of the population has decided to do so anyways.
What it basically boils down to is this:
Rolo = Bad guy for lying, cheating, stealing, buying votes, selling Cit passes, etc...
Addy and his Executive = Good guy because they do the same thing that Rolo does, but they do it while proclaiming to follow the rules.
Rolo's simply pointing out the irony of the situation.
It's easy to explain.
II.6) Motions of non-confidence leading to an in-game Presidential impeachment may bypass the 24 hour debate time if the current President has been convicted of a crime by the Supreme Court of Canada or if they have taken control of the government or military for nefarious purposes. All other motions of non-confidence must be discussed for a period of no less than 24 hours.
ALL OTHER MOTIONS, that include Executive Order. Or I misunderstood the word ALL?
A requested impeachment isn't a "No Confidence Vote". So what you're copy/pasting isn't relevant.
You'll need to find something that directly refers to executive orders and from what I can remember there's nothing in the Rules of Order that does.
The whole thing is pointless anyways. When the vote failed by more then a 2/3rds margin it was a dead issue. It doesn't need to keep being addressed. The in game vote was, by itself, enough to overturn the Order.
Had it failed by less there'd be room for discussion, but it didn't so it's not.
Sounds like Rolo is still pissed he didn't become PM by default.
I'm going to go with "looney and dangerous" and care not what standards are being discussed.
Keeping track of what's double vs straight has gotten to be too much work in eCanada.
Muglack writes:
"As for you Oliver. Once again you completely miss the point. Rolo being all those nice words and pointing them out in others isn't the double standard. Rolo admits what and who he is. He doesn't cover it up, he doesn't hide it."
No, I haven't missed the point, particularly since I was making the point. Rolo has always proclaimed that he is a liar, plays the evil character, is dishonest, a thief and out to do damage. He is perfectly clear about that. Half the time. The other half, he says the opposite. But of course that is perfectly consistent with being a liar a thief and out to do damage.
But, you see, my little bit of advice was not to Rolo. It was directed to others. Not the players who really do try to play honestly. It was addressed to those who are on the fence.
The players who are self confessed evil liars will always try to persuade us that "everyone is doing it and so should you". For those who read these articles, my advice is "look honestly at yourself and see if you are using a double standard. If you are, consider choosing a side".
Obviously I think one choice is healthy. But that will be for each man to decide for himself.
I just wanted to give Rolo the explanation he asked me. I know it's a dead issue. Anyway, could you told me the practical difference between "non-confidence" and "Impeachment". In-game, I don't remember an option to propose a "non-confidence vote" and another different to propose a "President Impeachment"
Laws couldn't predict all cases or use all words! The result of a non-confidence vote or a self impeachment are the same.
@Jorge - The reason this isn't a 'non-confidence' issue that you're asking about is that Addy asked to be booted from office.
@Jorge, it's Rolo, whatever he says is always a dead issue. Of course you always have d**kriding Muglak to amplify his bs, but the end of the day its, just that, bs. Rolo has an agenda. His agenda today is to prove a double standard. It doesn't matter if he actually has any concrete arguments, that's his agenda regardless.
I gave up actually taking them seriously, because they don't deserve it. Let congress debate this stuff, not convicted criminals who hate this nation.
Anyway this article now has only 25 votes and 50+ comments. The fail is only getting stronger.
Sure, when you stole 6000 golds, help to PTO several top5 party, get PTOers in, as so much more for the lulz or whatever reason, you certainly feels that there is double standard.
We want people who play for the community, not those who play for themselves.
Stop playing the victims.