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[Weev]

I had just noticed it.  At first, I was happy about my flashing, legendary dwarves.  I was still a small town, less then a hundred dwarvish souls, and then I received the message: "Inod Wheelsculptures has been elected for another term!"
I smiled. Inod has been with me since the begining. She herself has struck out every vein in my fortress. When the people were hungry, she was down with the planters, giving them some much needed help.  When my people went thirsty, she brewed up hundreds of drinks, in a time most brewers would have only done a few.  She herself was Ultra-Mighty, Perfectly Agile, and Superdwarvenly Tough.  She was the first to execute the captured goblins.  However.  It sent a chill down my spine as I thought about it.
She had free time. She built her skills quickly, Legendary trader, Legendary politician.

I started to stray from her, and thought of my dwarvish society.  The skill/stat system is scary when it comes to those golden tounged dwarves.  If it weren't for the dwarvish societies hierarchy, their loyalty to a king, a duke, and a system of nobles...I could see the congress of dwarves. All flashing. All menacing.

*shudder*

While I overly dramatized the possibilities, I would like to point out that nobles serve a vital function.  They keep those legendaries from growing out of liars, flatterers, and politically inclined dwarves.  It's some food for thought.

(Remember: You want to value your legendaries, not have them as your stock Urist.)

[Emperor Bob]

I just had a flash of what Congress would look like in dwarf fortress.
535 dwarves, all of which are good friends with at least a few others, often legendary in the social skills.
All it takes is one tantrum and you get a spiral of violence which makes Boatmurdered look like kindergarten.

The spinning !!arm!! strikes the speaker of the house in the head!
It is mangled!
and so on...

[Aqizzar]

Holy Armok.  I never even though of the idea of an elected Dwarven congress.  All the stat-buffs from yakking skills...



Just imagine if they could all rip arms out of sockets and backhand people into the air.  We're talking 300 type stuff man.

Of course, it would survive for a session or so.  That's probably where the Noble system came from in the first place - a cold hard calculation to save Dwarven civilization from thermonuclear politician brawls.

[the_taken]

Holy Armok.  I never even though of the idea of an elected Dwarven congress.  All the stat-buffs from yakking skills...



Just imagine if they could all rip arms out of sockets and backhand people into the air.  We're talking 300 type stuff man.

Of course, it would survive for a session or so.  That's probably where the Noble system came from in the first place - a cold hard calculation to save Dwarven civilization from thermonuclear politician brawls.

That's the most productive group of politicians I've ever seen.

[magikarcher]

Atleast those guys are upfront, I don't see any mud being slung.

[Duke 2.0]

Atleast those guys are upfront, I don't see any mud being slung.

 Not YET, anyway.

 A spinning Mud strikes the Public Image! It collapses in gore!

[IndonesiaWarMinister]

Wow.  They're fighting?

[Weev]

World news is a fun thing to read sometimes gents.  But you people get the picture.

[Earthquake Damage]

Maybe you could post a link to the relevant article?

[Weev]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbSvPtyCoEs

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- A ruling party lawmaker threw a shoe at the speaker of Taiwan's legislature on Friday and assorted colleagues pushed and shoved each other, throwing the final day of the winter legislative session into chaos.

There ya go.

[EverybodylovesTJ]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbSvPtyCoEs

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- A ruling party lawmaker threw a shoe at the speaker of Taiwan's legislature on Friday and assorted colleagues pushed and shoved each other, throwing the final day of the winter legislative session into chaos.

There ya go.

The !!spinning shoe!! hits the Speaker in the head! It explodes in gore!

[John Johnston]

It's a good job those Taiwanese didn't have an artifact mace to hand...    

[autophage]

My college has a ceremonial mace like that.  When I got to school here, during Convocation, it was carried wielded by a tutor in her 80's.

[puke]

It's a good job those Taiwanese didn't have an artifact mace to hand...    

and it seems like in the UK, Mace Lords are dual-wielders:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/m-o/82548.stm

[Skizelo]

Not the funniest thing about the British Parliament.
I think that may be the official title "Black Rod".