[Nomic] Stuff (plus new proposal)

[Jonathan David Amery]

> On Sep 26 2004, John-Joseph Wilks wrote:
> 
> > >Adam Biltcliffe wrote:
> > >
> > >>I still think we need to revise the voting system, specifically to 
> > >>address:
> >
> > >> - Give proposals a time limit, so the outcome of a proposal is 
> > >> definitely known after a particular point
> >
> > That's done by the Rule of Assumed Consent, isn't it?
> 
> No. If a proposal *doesn't* get consensus, it floats around forever, and 
> potentially could be resurrected at any time by everyone giving consent to 
> it. I believe this would be confusing and a bad thing, so I want proposals 
> to die if they fail to be voted in within some time limit.
> 
 In case anyone thinks that this is unlikely; this actually happened
to the US...

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-Seventh_Amendment

 WC.