11-28-2018, 12:06 AM
I guess my concern is that this law, as passed, could result in citizens losing their citizenship here based on the actions of an outside party to which they may not have been privy, without Lazarus actually agreeing to that. I can think of some silly and serious ways for this to manifest. In no particular order:
1) A region declares war on Lazarus and is serious, during a time where someone who is a citizen in both regions is away from the game. They are not back in time to meet the 72 hour deadline and they are kicked out.
2) Through assorted machinations, an anti-Lazarus faction in a region is able to enact a declaration of war. a dual citizen is put in a difficult political position where 72 hours is not sufficient time for them to resolve their situation - for example, if they had been elected delegate in Lazarus and were the root admin of the forum for the other region. They could reasonably need more than 72 hours to either find a new root admin or begin the process for a peaceful delegacy transfer.
3) The founder of a new UCR decides to be silly and declares war on Lazarus, without ever intending to do any harm. Nevertheless, any dual citizens in both regions are forced to choose where to stay.
4) An annoying UCR trying to make a name for itself by bothering larger regions declares war on Lazarus, so that it can hype up how dangerous it is as a "hostile entity" and try to boost recruitment numbers. Lazarenes' overwhelming reaction to the actual threat posed by this pest is "meh".
In general, I take the stance that revocation of a citizen's status and rights is a major step that should not be triggered automatically, and I think it would be a better approach for approval of the Assembly to be required to actually invoke this act when a sufficient threat arises that it makes sense to do so.
1) A region declares war on Lazarus and is serious, during a time where someone who is a citizen in both regions is away from the game. They are not back in time to meet the 72 hour deadline and they are kicked out.
2) Through assorted machinations, an anti-Lazarus faction in a region is able to enact a declaration of war. a dual citizen is put in a difficult political position where 72 hours is not sufficient time for them to resolve their situation - for example, if they had been elected delegate in Lazarus and were the root admin of the forum for the other region. They could reasonably need more than 72 hours to either find a new root admin or begin the process for a peaceful delegacy transfer.
3) The founder of a new UCR decides to be silly and declares war on Lazarus, without ever intending to do any harm. Nevertheless, any dual citizens in both regions are forced to choose where to stay.
4) An annoying UCR trying to make a name for itself by bothering larger regions declares war on Lazarus, so that it can hype up how dangerous it is as a "hostile entity" and try to boost recruitment numbers. Lazarenes' overwhelming reaction to the actual threat posed by this pest is "meh".
In general, I take the stance that revocation of a citizen's status and rights is a major step that should not be triggered automatically, and I think it would be a better approach for approval of the Assembly to be required to actually invoke this act when a sufficient threat arises that it makes sense to do so.