bad idea off the top of my head

[tyrannosaurus vex]

we hold a constitutional convention!

write a Discordian constitution.. and produce a final document that would under more perfect circumstances be the legally binding contract between a government and its citizens.

this process could bring new discussions regarding human behaviors, etc. like the BIP. and it could also result in the generation of new propaganda.

format: whatever. words, probably, will be involved. but unlike the tired formats of the 18th century i propose pictures also. finding a way to make a picture legally binding could be fun.

feel free to ignore/insult this idea since it's just something i posted without thinking too much about.

[Triple Zero]

doesn't all sorts of stuff like--say--the very foundations of discordia point with big flashing neon arrows that such a thing will NEVAR work??

hell i'd be putting in bullshit rules just for the sake of if you (we) (anybody) actually might pull it off

and even maybe more seriously, if we're gonna do this from start, begin by defining the parties, what is a "govenment and its citizens" .. because looking at the current day "government and its citizens" as the basis of such an important undertaking is probably a badwrong idea, and to do it right from the start

Game Rules
1. The player must pretend to take the rules and structure of the game seriously.
2. The player must forget that he or she is only pretending.

This is your copy of the agreement you made when you elected to live in this world. Don't forget to take it seriously.

[from A Handful of Zen by Camden Benares // via the Self Liberators Digest]

[AFK]

Are we going to have a rousing preamble? 

[Darth Cupcake]

More likely arousing preamble.

The Discordian constitution will be NSFW.

[AFK]

The Discordian Constitution

Make it up as you go along.

The End. 

John Cock and Repost

[East Coast Hustle]

I think if we leave the discordianism aspect out of it and treat it as a BIP-influenced "New Magna Carta"-style project, it'd be worth a shot. I think the BIP is an easier sell to most people if you separate it from discordianism a bit in the propaganda. After all, the URL to this site is in any BIP pamphlets, so people that are interested in that aspect of it will probably find their way here eventually anyway.

[Bebek Sincap Ratatosk]

Discordianism is not a solution for the masses... it might work for individuals, depending on the individual, their reality tunnel and their interest in new ideas.

When MEN are free then Mankind will be free.

[tyrannosaurus vex]

you're missing the point.

my intention is not to create a constitution that's ever going to be used or enacted or even obeyed by the people who create it. it's to spur some good debate on the nature of society and how, theoretically, humans might create processes and forces to shape society into something better than it is.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

we hold a constitutional convention!

write a Discordian constitution.. and produce a final document that would under more perfect circumstances be the legally binding contract between a government and its citizens.

Great.  I get to write the blowjob amendments.

Now, if anyone else needs me to solve the world's problems, I'll be in the tub.

[Bebek Sincap Ratatosk]

you're missing the point.

my intention is not to create a constitution that's ever going to be used or enacted or even obeyed by the people who create it. it's to spur some good debate on the nature of society and how, theoretically, humans might create processes and forces to shape society into something better than it is.

But, why would a Discordian based society be better than what we've got? I don't think most citizens would like it very much.

[tyrannosaurus vex]

sorry. i said "discordian constitution" and you thought i meant to use the PD like the actual framers of the actual constitution used the Enlightenment. what i meant was it would be written by discordians.

mainly, debated by discordians.

besides: where is the rule that said anything a discordian thinks up has to conform to the laws of Discordia(TM)?

apparently this is, like i said in the OP, a bad idea that's better off ignored.

[Forteetu]

an amaranthine task

would be funny if you taped it and watched it back on fast forward

[East Coast Hustle]

reminder: one of the original intents of the BIP project was to find a way to sell "discordian" concepts to the masses WITHOUT using explicitly discordian memes.

I think it's a good idea. If nothing else, it'd be fun.

[Mangrove]

i don't think it's a bad idea.

[Bebek Sincap Ratatosk]

sorry. i said "discordian constitution" and you thought i meant to use the PD like the actual framers of the actual constitution used the Enlightenment. what i meant was it would be written by discordians.

mainly, debated by discordians.

besides: where is the rule that said anything a discordian thinks up has to conform to the laws of Discordia(TM)?

apparently this is, like i said in the OP, a bad idea that's better off ignored.

Well, I think I was confused by your original post (anything based on Discordianism should probably not be legally binding ).

So a form of government as debated by Discordians then? That may be fun.