[freeciv-data] Re: SV: Re: [Freeciv-Dev] Re: fascism patch

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On Wed, Aug 02, 2000 at 05:16:51PM +0100, SamBC wrote:

> > Where is the policy states that? Whos supports it anyway? I
> > haven't found it. Why can't we just be liberal and let nations
> > have any city name if it is (bitwise) != all other nations' city names?

City name clashes.  This has been discussed before.  It was
agreed that existing nations are limited to their present cities.
On other categories of nations, some think they should not be
allowed at all, or put into separate rulesets; some think they are fine
as long as they don't clash (the present situation).  It's always
possible to enforce the rule that nations cannot be chosen if they
share a city name with a nation that has been chosen before.

> That would block a Nazi nation anyway, wouldn't it? After all, they would
> just have German (and Austrian & some French perhaps) city names?

Yes, it would clash with the Germans, and few people would be comfortable
with a ruleset where picking Nazi Germany would exclude Germany.
 
> In any case, there is no current Freeciv nation representing a political
> movement, although there are those that represent cultural groups.

There used to be: the Soviet Union.  It has been replaced with Russia.
 
> I think no-one would describe Nazis as a nation or a civilisation.

Not 'Nazis', but 'The 3rd Empire'.

> SamBC
 
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