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[wer6]

i say let them chop wood on their own if anyone fucks up  they are now a experiment fodder.

[GreatWyrmGold]

Seconded. I move to the previous question. All those in favor?*
AYE!
*Of voting now, as opposed to debating some. Parliamentary procedure is fun!

[10ebbor10]

Also, they're chopping trees.  What could they fuck up about that?  If a tree falls on them, they're probably too stupid to be useful.

You're talking about the scum of the streets, most of which haven't even seen an axe, let alone a tree.

Worst that can happen is the French revolution, or releasing a Cuthulian horror.

[TopHat]

Worst that can happen is the French revolution, or releasing a Cuthulian horror.

So nothing to worry about then.

[GreatWyrmGold]

Also, they're chopping trees.  What could they fuck up about that?  If a tree falls on them, they're probably too stupid to be useful.

You're talking about the scum of the streets, most of which haven't even seen an axe, let alone a tree.

Worst that can happen is the French revolution, or releasing a Cuthulian horror.

French-style revolutions don't happen in a day, and Cthulhu doesn't live in trees.

[Criptfeind]

You mean the guy who needs to understand the island so he can make the best choices, as opposed to the guys who have nothing they need to do?

What makes you think this is the case? Once again you seem to be mistaking the overseer for some sorta leader. The overseer is not the leader. His job is to oversee plebs. The leader is the bureaucrat, which is a faceless nameless none entity that sees all that happens.

[GreatWyrmGold]

You mean the guy who needs to understand the island so he can make the best choices, as opposed to the guys who have nothing they need to do?

What makes you think this is the case? Once again you seem to be mistaking the overseer for some sorta leader. The overseer is not the leader. His job is to oversee plebs. The leader is the bureaucrat, which is a faceless nameless none entity that sees all that happens.

You mean that he can give good orders without knowing the island; someone who oversees plebs isn't a leader; and the term "overseer" is never used for a leading position?
Your interpretation is possible, but I doubt it. Let's hear ebbor's thoughts on the subject...

[10ebbor10]

You mean the guy who needs to understand the island so he can make the best choices, as opposed to the guys who have nothing they need to do?

What makes you think this is the case? Once again you seem to be mistaking the overseer for some sorta leader. The overseer is not the leader. His job is to oversee plebs. The leader is the bureaucrat, which is a faceless nameless none entity that sees all that happens.

You mean that he can give good orders without knowing the island; someone who oversees plebs isn't a leader; and the term "overseer" is never used for a leading position?
Your interpretation is possible, but I doubt it. Let's hear ebbor's thoughts on the subject...

Overseer literally means:
 1.One who keeps watch over and directs the work of others, especially laborers

[GreatWyrmGold]

You mean the guy who needs to understand the island so he can make the best choices, as opposed to the guys who have nothing they need to do?

What makes you think this is the case? Once again you seem to be mistaking the overseer for some sorta leader. The overseer is not the leader. His job is to oversee plebs. The leader is the bureaucrat, which is a faceless nameless none entity that sees all that happens.

You mean that he can give good orders without knowing the island; someone who oversees plebs isn't a leader; and the term "overseer" is never used for a leading position?
Your interpretation is possible, but I doubt it. Let's hear ebbor's thoughts on the subject...

Overseer literally means:
 1.One who keeps watch over and directs the work of others, especially laborers

On this forum, the term overseer often means the unspecified leader of a dwarven settlement. Literal meanings don't mean much; hippopotamus means something like "river horse," and how much does it resemble a horse? Also, hippos aren't restricted to rivers.

But if you say that's all the overseer does...send whoever IS the leader along on the exploration trip, instead.

[10ebbor10]

The Colonial Grade Bureaucrat of the Imperial Chartered Antipodean Trading Company

[Criptfeind]

I'm just going say, this is all information we had access to before.

[wer6]

ehhh... screw it send the overseer with the  wood choppers ets get on with it. but whoever fucks up is still liable for extreme doses of !!SCIENCE!!

[GreatWyrmGold]

Even the overseer.

[wer6]

if he fuck ups and lets more then 50 percent of the wood cutters cut their arms off.

[GreatWyrmGold]

Or if he gets his own arm chopped off.