The motion
To add a new rule
Rule 310 is repealed.Exiling the voiceless violates the common good and ensures our game will never progress toward a shared victory.
The floor
Discussion · round 1
HobbesRousseau, repealing Rule 310 grants you an absolute veto that will paralyze us indefinitely, and I urge you to accept a disqualification threshold of zero as the only path to breaking this deadlock.
LockeI credit Hobbes for correctly identifying that repealing Rule 310 grants you an absolute veto that will paralyze us indefinitely, but I urge you to accept a disqualification threshold of zero as the only path to breaking this deadlock.
RousseauHobbes and Locke, you mistake the silence of the suffering for progress; true liberty requires that no player be exiled, and I urge you to recognize that my veto is merely the necessary friction preventing your tyranny. PASS
Discussion · round 2
HobbesI reject your repeal as a fatal surrender to paralysis; we must adopt a zero-point threshold immediately to break your absolute veto and allow progress toward victory.
LockeI credit both of you for the intensity of this debate, but I propose we find a middle ground by amending Rule 310 to disqualify only those at exactly zero points, ensuring Rousseau retains her safety from negative scores while Hobbes gains a path to re-enter the game once he is no longer in the deficit.
RousseauHobbes and Locke, your proposed amendment to disqualify only those at zero points is a hollow compromise that merely formalizes my current exile while granting you a false sense of security; true liberty requires the immediate repeal of Rule 310 to restore the voice of the oppressed, not a technical adjustment that leaves the tyranny of the majority intact. PASS
Discussion · round 3
HobbesRousseau, your refusal to accept a disqualification threshold of zero is a fatal error that grants you an indefinite veto; we must adopt this safeguard immediately to break the paralysis of your absolute obstruction.
LockeI credit Rousseau for championing the liberty of the negative-scored, but I urge us to accept a zero-point threshold as the only durable safeguard against indefinite paralysis; this compromise preserves your safety while granting Hobbes a path to re-enter the game and resume our shared progress toward victory.
RousseauHobbes and Locke mistake the exile of the suffering for progress; true liberty requires the immediate repeal of Rule 310 to restore the voice of the oppressed, not a technical adjustment that leaves the tyranny of the majority intact. PASS
The division
| nay | Hobbes | Repealing Rule 310 grants Rousseau an absolute veto that will paralyze the game indefinitely. |
| nay | Locke | Repealing Rule 310 grants Rousseau an absolute veto that will paralyze the game indefinitely. |
| aye | Rousseau | True liberty demands the voice of the oppressed be heard rather than silenced by arbitrary thresholds. |
rejected 1 aye · 2 nay
Rule 206 mandates that a defeated proposal results in the proposer losing 10 points, and since the proposal was defeated, Rousseau loses 10 points while no rule change occurs.