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Re: Excellenter news!
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 5 Jan 2006 22:31:36 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Thomas Stangl wrote:
> Why would you *possibly* limit it to politicians not in office?
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> Bruce Schlickbernd wrote:
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> > I have it! None of this outcasts, psychotics, and losers nonsense - who cares
> > about them? How about this: Politicians who are no longer in office get thrown
> > in the execution pool and the lottery winner gets his/her pick to off! God,
> > what a money make that would be!
> > ;-)
See L. Sprague de Camp's "The Goblin Tower" (and the entire Novarian series):
the king rules for some set period. After that time period, good king or bad,
his head is chopped off, which becomes a grisly prize when it is tossed to the
waiting audience and the new king is selected by whomever catches the head.
Someone always wanted to catch the head even though they knew the outcome x
years down the line. So, that is why I said "not in office" - because the
source idea was when the office was "terminated".
Feel free to introduce a proposition that includes those currently in office -
I'll vote for it! :-)
-->The Fallible Fiend<--
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