RP and granting it to other

[RocksHope@aol.co]

In a message dated 4/21/99, 9:25:44 AM, birthright@mpgn.com writes:

[Mark A Vandermeulen]

On Wed, 21 Apr 1999 RocksHope@aol.com wrote:

> A major premise of the Giantdowns accessory is that non-regents can collect
> regency for various acts that catch the attention of the people.
>
> Irregardless, I would still require a regent to take extraordinary means (ie.
> an action of his own) to "grant" RPs to another. Whether it be an
> investiture or whatever, RPs shouldn't be something that can be passed along,
> they certainly shouldn't be done secretly??

Well, I certainly agree that it can't be done secretly. If RP represent
some sort of "influence" over the collective opinions of a population, it
would certainly make sense that it would have to be known to be used. But
it would seem to me that a guilder could support a temple that was being
contested. The Guilder announces that he personally support the Church X
against the nefarious purposes of Church Y. All his factors in the
marketplace start comiserating with the shoppers, saying isn't it terrible
the things that Church Y is doing, and wouldn't it be scary if Church B
actually won. Why, they might just have to think about moving elsewhere if
that happened. After all, you know that they say about those Church Y
officials. Why I heard of a man over in...

Anyway, I guess all I'm trying to say is that I don't have a problem with
it either way.

Mark VanderMeulen
vander+@pitt.edu