* goo bill draft
- Hoi-Cho has attempted to pass a law to forbid trading and even owning of goo-infected items, especially weapons, ammunition and goo-drugs, on Fallenor 16th in the first cycle of Atys-Year 2572 (OOC: March 1st 2013). Shortly afterwards the first draft was published http://app.ryzom.com/app_forum/index.php?page=topic/view/16585/1# 1 in an open letter to Min-Cho and Jen-Lai
- the Awakened Astarth and the Awakened Fey-Lin Liang were told about this at the following Assembly in Min-Cho as well. Both wished for additions to be made, which seemed to indicate that they agreed with the law in general, but they refused to phrase these additions themselves and to work on the draft. I, Honorary Initiate Zhoi, suggested a phrasing for the desired additions, however the Awakened did not even comment
- while talking about Goo-research at the Assembly in Zora on Fallenor 2nd in the 2nd cycle of Atys-Year 2573 (OOC: May 30th 2013), the Grand Mask Mabreka Cho made clear that studying the Goo had been forbidden in a number of amber cities in the past. http://app.ryzom.com/app_forum/index.php?page=topic/view/17636/1# 1
- on Nivia 28th in the 4th cycle of Atys-Year 2573 (July 11th 2013) Tao Sian told the Assembly of the Circles that research had been done in the past - by a small number of chosen scholars. She also stated that Goo can be destroyed by homins, however without letting on about any details of how it can be done. Tao Sian announced a meeting of scholars to approach all of the pending questions, but no schedule was fixed. Unfortunately the additions for the Goo bill draft could not be phrased clearly without knowing these details
- I, Honorary Initiate Zhoi, asked the Circle and Sage for permission to constitute the basic law (ban on goo-infested items) quickly and only to later on add more information to the law after another talk with Tao Sian and learning about how to destroy Goo, how to handle Goo without risking infection and where to deliver Goo-infested items for research (presumably the future Academy that will be known as "temple of knowledge")
- the Awakened Fey-Lin Liang voiced worries that the tribes of the Witherings (as the law is supposed to apply to all of the 6 regions of the jungle) might view this law as a declaration of war. I, Honorary Initiate Zhoi, calmed these worries by pointing out that the ban of the usage of Goo is already well known to these tribes and just writing it down wouldn't make any difference to them
- the Awakened Fey-Lin Liang then asked: "And as they already know, is there a point to this law ? I am afraid it's just loosing some time in discussions". "Exactly, he difference is we put time into this, instead of action". "Writing a law will not change the behavior, as it is a Theocracy principle, initiates already follow it, allied tribes too, and enemy tribes won't change their behavior"
- replying to this I explained some of the reasons for this law once again: it's supposed to inform everyone, including visitors from other nations and especially newcomer-refugees, of the unwritten laws of the Theocracy. It will remind everyone about how dangerous Goo is, also Goo-drugs."
- the Awakened Fey-Lin Liang now stated all of a sudden: "We don't need written laws for that", "Information doesn't c ome from a law, information must preced a law". Still she clarified that she did not want to stop all the efforts that had been made to pass this law
- I added that this law will allow the Theocracy to bring criminals to court if they are caught carrying goo-infested weapons or drugs, like the homin who had attacked Xiao-Mei for instance. As of now it is sadly not officially forbidden to wield such items within the Witherings...
- as a conclusion the Sage Sens / Gangi Cheng-Ho suggested to form a work-group to phrase the law, since otherwise the topic might dominate the Assemblies for a long time. I proposed to let Tao Sian be a member of this team, and to set a clear aim for this group: to get this law on the way as soon as possible, and definitely not to discuss it to death. Again I insisted on working out a basic draft (like the one I have already phrased many cycles ago (7 RL-months) quickly and leave the additions for later if needed, since we still have need of official information for these
- once again the lack of communication amongst the amber cities was addressed at this point. When the Awakened Fey-Lin Liang explained that many Initiates are troubled by language differences I suggested to use open letters since everyone can take their time to phrase things and also get direct translations on the boards. This did not fully convince the Awakened, she thought that more organization will be needed for this
- Initiate Nahual stated that it's tiring to read long texts. Well, since laws are no telegrams and political discussions are no speed dating sessions, the only solution for this would be to read long texts bit by bit, taking as much time as needed. And boards are better suited for this again than talking for hours at a stretch
- maybe there's a lack of personal motivation? If action followed the talking like the Rangers demonstrated, then more homins might get interested and think that it's worth the effort to discuss things with each other...
* marauder arrested in Zora
- officials told us that a homin named Ezek was arrested in Zora; it seems he might be the attacker of Xiao-Mei who then killed Initiate Pao-Len, which happened at the Assembly of Zora on Nivia 28th in the fourth cycle of Atys-Year 2573 (OOC: July 11th 2013). Filira Salazar Caradini asked if he had been interrogated, which was negated by the Awakened Fey-Lin Liang
- the Awakened Fey-Lin Liang asked the officials to keep this prisoner apart from his victim Xiao Mei. More details will be discussed privately amongst Zorai only
- Hoi-Cho has attempted to pass a law to forbid trading and even owning of goo-infected items, especially weapons, ammunition and goo-drugs, on Fallenor 16th in the first cycle of Atys-Year 2572 (OOC: March 1st 2013). Shortly afterwards the first draft was published http://app.ryzom.com/app_forum/index.php?page=topic/view/16585/1# 1 in an open letter to Min-Cho and Jen-Lai
- the Awakened Astarth and the Awakened Fey-Lin Liang were told about this at the following Assembly in Min-Cho as well. Both wished for additions to be made, which seemed to indicate that they agreed with the law in general, but they refused to phrase these additions themselves and to work on the draft. I, Honorary Initiate Zhoi, suggested a phrasing for the desired additions, however the Awakened did not even comment
- while talking about Goo-research at the Assembly in Zora on Fallenor 2nd in the 2nd cycle of Atys-Year 2573 (OOC: May 30th 2013), the Grand Mask Mabreka Cho made clear that studying the Goo had been forbidden in a number of amber cities in the past. http://app.ryzom.com/app_forum/index.php?page=topic/view/17636/1# 1
- on Nivia 28th in the 4th cycle of Atys-Year 2573 (July 11th 2013) Tao Sian told the Assembly of the Circles that research had been done in the past - by a small number of chosen scholars. She also stated that Goo can be destroyed by homins, however without letting on about any details of how it can be done. Tao Sian announced a meeting of scholars to approach all of the pending questions, but no schedule was fixed. Unfortunately the additions for the Goo bill draft could not be phrased clearly without knowing these details
- I, Honorary Initiate Zhoi, asked the Circle and Sage for permission to constitute the basic law (ban on goo-infested items) quickly and only to later on add more information to the law after another talk with Tao Sian and learning about how to destroy Goo, how to handle Goo without risking infection and where to deliver Goo-infested items for research (presumably the future Academy that will be known as "temple of knowledge")
- the Awakened Fey-Lin Liang voiced worries that the tribes of the Witherings (as the law is supposed to apply to all of the 6 regions of the jungle) might view this law as a declaration of war. I, Honorary Initiate Zhoi, calmed these worries by pointing out that the ban of the usage of Goo is already well known to these tribes and just writing it down wouldn't make any difference to them
- the Awakened Fey-Lin Liang then asked: "And as they already know, is there a point to this law ? I am afraid it's just loosing some time in discussions". "Exactly, he difference is we put time into this, instead of action". "Writing a law will not change the behavior, as it is a Theocracy principle, initiates already follow it, allied tribes too, and enemy tribes won't change their behavior"
- replying to this I explained some of the reasons for this law once again: it's supposed to inform everyone, including visitors from other nations and especially newcomer-refugees, of the unwritten laws of the Theocracy. It will remind everyone about how dangerous Goo is, also Goo-drugs."
- the Awakened Fey-Lin Liang now stated all of a sudden: "We don't need written laws for that", "Information doesn't c ome from a law, information must preced a law". Still she clarified that she did not want to stop all the efforts that had been made to pass this law
- I added that this law will allow the Theocracy to bring criminals to court if they are caught carrying goo-infested weapons or drugs, like the homin who had attacked Xiao-Mei for instance. As of now it is sadly not officially forbidden to wield such items within the Witherings...
- as a conclusion the Sage Sens / Gangi Cheng-Ho suggested to form a work-group to phrase the law, since otherwise the topic might dominate the Assemblies for a long time. I proposed to let Tao Sian be a member of this team, and to set a clear aim for this group: to get this law on the way as soon as possible, and definitely not to discuss it to death. Again I insisted on working out a basic draft (like the one I have already phrased many cycles ago (7 RL-months) quickly and leave the additions for later if needed, since we still have need of official information for these
- once again the lack of communication amongst the amber cities was addressed at this point. When the Awakened Fey-Lin Liang explained that many Initiates are troubled by language differences I suggested to use open letters since everyone can take their time to phrase things and also get direct translations on the boards. This did not fully convince the Awakened, she thought that more organization will be needed for this
- Initiate Nahual stated that it's tiring to read long texts. Well, since laws are no telegrams and political discussions are no speed dating sessions, the only solution for this would be to read long texts bit by bit, taking as much time as needed. And boards are better suited for this again than talking for hours at a stretch
- maybe there's a lack of personal motivation? If action followed the talking like the Rangers demonstrated, then more homins might get interested and think that it's worth the effort to discuss things with each other...
* marauder arrested in Zora
- officials told us that a homin named Ezek was arrested in Zora; it seems he might be the attacker of Xiao-Mei who then killed Initiate Pao-Len, which happened at the Assembly of Zora on Nivia 28th in the fourth cycle of Atys-Year 2573 (OOC: July 11th 2013). Filira Salazar Caradini asked if he had been interrogated, which was negated by the Awakened Fey-Lin Liang
- the Awakened Fey-Lin Liang asked the officials to keep this prisoner apart from his victim Xiao Mei. More details will be discussed privately amongst Zorai only
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