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[Servant Corps]

Meh. I think I may have stumbled on a strange bug. It seems in the early game I get a lot of Arch-Conservatives elected to the house and senate. Even when they absolutely dominate both, very frequently they will both vote to pass liberal bills and refuse to pass conservative bills. of course, the President Vetos them all.

Then when the opposite bills come up, they vote to pass them. It just seems strange they'd flip their positions so gleefully. And then when I start getting more L and L+ congresspeople, they start voting conservatively. Are they doing it because they know what won't pass? Or are they just easily influenced by public opinion?

I believe Congress is quite influenced by public opinion. You can get Congress to start supporting Liberal bills by swaying society to be more liberal. Even the President can be swayed by public opinion, up to a point. I remember one time where a Conservative President signed a Liberal Bill that restricted animal testing (altough my memory might be faulty).

[mainiac]

Apples and oranges. The point is the end, not the means. Blowing up an abortion clinic isn't done to induce chaos, it's to attack the structural support for legal abortion.

And printing fake money is done to attack the structural support for fiat currency.

[Karlito]

Maybe you can work this into something usable:

I wished that you posted that before I sent my own suggestions over to John, those articles are great!

Might want to add more Elite Liberal countries the terrorists can flee to, instead of North Korea (why in the world would Second-Amendmenters and fascists flee to North Korea)...
--Libya
--Syria
--Canada
--The Netherlands
--France
--Sweeden
--Cuba
--Venuezala

What else?

Russia, maybe?

Somalia, since its a Libertarian's paradise.

[mainiac]

Israel has some big appeals as a destination for conservatives.

[Aqizzar]

Trying to think of countries that vocally supported the last Conservative administration.

Isreal...  Poland...  Taiwan...  Tonga...  Palau...

[Servant Corps]

Taiwan is not an indepedent country. Callig it so will upset any fans of the People's Republic of China. It will also upset the current party in power in Taiwan, which is offically pro-unification.

Call it Chinese Tapiei.

[Aqizzar]

Again, LCS =/= Reality.  It's a newspaper article, just call it Taiwan.

[Gimmick Account]

Taiwan is not an indepedent country. Callig it so will upset any fans of the People's Republic of China. It will also upset the current party in power in Taiwan, which is offically pro-unification.

Call it Chinese Tapiei.

Are you fucking kidding me?

[cowofdoom78963]

Taiwan is not an indepedent country. Callig it so will upset any fans of the People's Republic of China. It will also upset the current party in power in Taiwan, which is offically pro-unification.

Call it Chinese Tapiei.

So much for self respect. Hurmph.

[LiteralKa]

Taiwan is not an indepedent country. Callig it so will upset any fans of the People's Republic of China. It will also upset the current party in power in Taiwan, which is offically pro-unification.

Call it Chinese Tapiei.

I think we should call it Taipei, to piss of the CONSERVATIVES.

[viskaslietuvai]

Taiwan is not an indepedent country. Callig it so will upset any fans of the People's Republic of China. It will also upset the current party in power in Taiwan, which is offically pro-unification.

Call it Chinese Tapiei.

Ummm... I gotta disagree, largely 'cause I love me the Taiwan. Made me want to minor in Chinese.
Anyway, I would say that Taiwan is independent, it just isn't recognized as such by much of the world including the mainland. And no one wants to piss off the mainland. But the military present on Taiwan is Taiwanese, they do not follow Beijing. The people there feel Taiwanese. There are political parties, plural rather than the one communist party of China. The current government of Taiwan I think is better described as more pro-trade with China ( (Current President) Ma, in his inaugural address, laid out his promise in dealing with cross-strait relations that there would be "no reunification, no independence, and no war".) The previous administration was notorious for being anti-China (and corrupt) and as a result Taiwan's economy suffered from being denied a good trading partner. Then it was going up under the new, more conservative by Taiwanese standards, administration. Then this recession hit and demand for high tech industrial goods has fallen off. Taiwan has its own flag, its own currency and its own passport. It is its own glorious, awesome country.
I have respect for the history of mainland China, but when it comes to Taiwan, long may the ROC reign, fuck the PRC.

Edit: On reflection I feel that my reaction may have been unwarranted. But still, them's are my feelings on the matter.

[Servant Corps]

Chinese Taipei

Chinese Taipei is the designated name used by the Republic of China (ROC), commonly known as Taiwan, to participate in some international organizations and almost all sporting events, such as the Olympics and Asian Games. The international community commonly employs the term "Chinese Taipei" due to several considerations arising out of the complexities of the political status of Taiwan and cross-strait relations. First, the People's Republic of China (PRC) objects to the use of the official title "Republic of China" as lending legitimacy to a government it considers defunct or suggesting that there are two Chinas. Second, PRC objects to the use of the common name "Taiwan" because it suggests that Taiwan is an entity separate from China. Both the ROC and PRC officially claim to be the sole legitimate government of all China, including Taiwan.

I know that Taiwan is de facto independent, but de jure? That's the kicker. The main reason I prefer this name though is that I don't want to offend any activists from the People's Republic of China. That's really it. Also, America's foriegn policy is to keep the current status quo of One China, with the Republic of China (Taiwan) and PRC claiming to control this "One China", in order to keep the peace in the straits and to prevent a PRC invasion. I don't like seeing an PRC invasion, of course.

* Servant Corps shrugs.

[LiteralKa]

Chinese Taipei

Chinese Taipei is the designated name used by the Republic of China (ROC), commonly known as Taiwan, to participate in some international organizations and almost all sporting events, such as the Olympics and Asian Games. The international community commonly employs the term "Chinese Taipei" due to several considerations arising out of the complexities of the political status of Taiwan and cross-strait relations. First, the People's Republic of China (PRC) objects to the use of the official title "Republic of China" as lending legitimacy to a government it considers defunct or suggesting that there are two Chinas. Second, PRC objects to the use of the common name "Taiwan" because it suggests that Taiwan is an entity separate from China. Both the ROC and PRC officially claim to be the sole legitimate government of all China, including Taiwan.

... Nobody cares (except for viskaslietuvai)

[Skeeblix]

Is it intentional that so many doors are locked at sites now? It seems kind of stupid that the front door to a police station would be locked, but every time I've been there it is. I've also used the legacy code with a fresh save to test this.

Everything is locked, arg!

[Little]

Does it do anything if your doing an anonymous action while wearing a mask? Because they can't convict you for murder if they don't know it's you.