- asp1986

Dude you need to vote still don't you?

I will be voting this aft before dinner.

I will rule shortly... I am reviewing evidence
- enigmatic

I thought your avatar said you love herpes.

I thought your avatar said you love herpes.
- ryan78

It say hippies.... You have me confused with Mapes... he's the one who likes Herpes.

It say hippies.... You have me confused with Mapes... he's the one who likes Herpes.
- enigmatic

someone's in love with me, i'm on his mind in every post this morning

it must have been all the townie hick talk

someone's in love with me, i'm on his mind in every post this morning

it must have been all the townie hick talk
- StabMeInTheFace

Wanna come kill some animals with me ?

Wanna come kill some animals with me ?
- enigmatic

jsr -1

jsr -1
- the_cause2000

thank you

No kidding, I win? I didn't need a tri-(frank)ing-bunal to tell me that.
- Delonte

hi jayden congrats on the win big guy

thank you
- jsr1034

hey i thought this was anonymous?

that big black man you're talking about happens to be my 12 year old wife.
- kicksave856

Does he/she have nipples?

This thread springs out of the ridiculousness of a debate currently going on between myself and Glucker over whether knives or baseball bats are more dangerous in a fight.

Though I see someone has posted in the thread where the debate rages, it is unlikely that post is Glucker conceding defeat. Nobody here ever does, even if it is obvious they have lost.

This example shows the necessity of having a sort of a Hockeybuzz tribunal to put a stop to and rule upon such debates. While Hockeybuzz has always been very adversarial, it has never had a system. Welcome to the new Hockeybuzz adversarial system.

THE CHARTER:

Scope: This Tribunal may rule upon any Hockeybuzz disagreement through the steps outlined in the "process" section. All decisions are final except in the case of appeals, which are outlined in the "appeals" section.

Process:

In the event that an argument or debate arises:

- Any participant (one who has taken a stance) in the debate may approach the Tribunal and request judgment.

OR

- The Tribunal may rule without request if the debate is exceedingly annoying, is disturbing the peace of hockeybuzz or consists of repetitious arguments. This form of intervention requires the agreement of the majority of a quorum of Judges (to be outlined later). In such an intervention, a Judge will be selected to inform the debators in the thread which the debate rages.

From then on, the procedure is identical.

- Participants in the debate will be invited to this thread to make final arguments (one post of 1000 words or less per debator). The participants will have 24 hours in which to do so, starting from the time when the matter is docketed in the Tribunal thread, otherwise the Tribunal may rule without them.

- A quorum of judges (or more) will be selected for each individual ruling, taking care to ensure that judges with a conflict of interest are excluded. For example, I could not rule on a Paul Gilbert vs the world debate due to my man-crush on Paul and my hatred of the world. Presiding judges will declare themselves present at the outset of the case.

- The judges reserve the right to call for expert opinions (two opinions allowed per judge per case). For example, in a debate about Lebanese food, one may be inclined to call upon Dr Dellio for an opinion. All opinions will be a matter of public record and will be written on this thread, otherwise they are not valid.

- Expert opinions must be obtained within 48 hours of the docketing of the case.

- The selected judges will then each be called upon to cast their vote for the winning debator within three days of the commencement of the case. A vote may be cast anytime after closing arguments (or the closing argument deadline) but it MUST be cast within three days of the commencement of the case.

- The debator with the most votes wins and will be recognized as the winner by the losing debator. The debate then ends FOREVER and should it arise again, the winner need only call upon the decision to shut it down.

- Should a judge or judges fail to perform their duty, a new judge or judges will be selected by the remaining judge or judges and the vote deadline will reset back to three days.

Code of conduct for the Judges:

- Judges are expected to be impartial and honest in their rulings. They may ask questions to elucidate upon closing statements and they may debate issues amongst one another. Above all, they are expected to enforce this thread's status as a Hockeybuzz authority. Judges may request a ruling from the Tribunal but they may not vote on their own cases.

Judges:

There will always be five judges. Should a judge resign, they must be replaced by a candidate whom all remaining judges agree upon. For a judge to be removed there must be consent of all other judges. To refuse service as a Hockeybuzz Judge is disgraceful conduct and will result in unpleasantness.

The initial Judges are as follows:

1. Crimsoninja. He is a fairly bright fellow who has good Hockeybuzz attendance and a wide knowledge base. He also is usually the author of or willing to participate in many zany schemes.

2. Asp. He is honest, direct and opinionated. He has both youth and experience and he hates the Habs.

3. Davies. She is wise like Yoda and frequently is considered an authority. The stern face of a corgi will remind everyone of law and order.

4. enigmatic. He is enigmatic.

5. Pikey. I need a hobby.

Quorum is three judges out of five. Should it be impossible to gather quorum due to conflicts of interest, temporary judges will be selected from this list of alternates (in no particular order):

watsonnostaw, kicksave, aightwebang, dellio, grapeape, jsr, glucker, stormey, Bynger, BINGO and the_cause2000.

Appeals:

Appeals will only be allowed if novel and important information is brought to the attention of the Tribunal. All judges from the original case must agree to reopen a debate at which point the procedure begins anew. Only one appeal per case per debator.

Amendments:

Amendments to this charter may only occur with the agreement of all five current judges.

Judges, remember our motto: "Homo E Rectus"
- Pikey

I'll help out when I can but I'd prefer only to be called upon for cases involving Race, Rape and Child Molestation. Especially cases involving all three.

I'll help out when I can but I'd prefer only to be called upon for cases involving Race, Rape and Child Molestation. Especially cases involving all three.
- stormey

Noted. Cases involving fountain. Got it.

ditto. Also I have a case for the Tribunal and I ask that Pikey have nothing to do with the ruling. Stallone vs. Norris, who was more responsible for the fall of communism and who killed more slopes. I would also ask to be able to ask the projected jury some questions to make sure we start with a open minded group.
- Grape Ape

Grape, this is a great idea and we will totally do this but it'll probably have to start on Wednesday night or Thursday since most of the Tribunal will be spending the next two days being drunk in Montreal.

My vote is that Delonte is cleary much better than Jayden and Jayden is kind of a whinger.

I am sorry about all the parties having STDs and I think Stace is, well, hideous but for (frank)'s sake Jayden be a man.

Vote: Delonte.


That's two for Delonte so he wins. Asp needs to cast his vote but he can only make it a split decision.

Grape, this is a great idea and we will totally do this but it'll probably have to start on Wednesday night or Thursday since most of the Tribunal will be spending the next two days being drunk in Montreal.
- Pikey

Clench your ass cheeks Montreal. They're coming.

Grape, this is a great idea and we will totally do this but it'll probably have to start on Wednesday night or Thursday since most of the Tribunal will be spending the next two days being drunk in Montreal.
- Pikey

Clench your ass cheeks Montreal. They're coming.
- TheTaoOfSemenko

Nah Montreal has a welcoming anus.

- asp1986

Taking off tomorrow morning. Doing heroin all night tonight.

My vote is that Delonte is cleary much better than Jayden and Jayden is kind of a whinger.

I am sorry about all the parties having STDs and I think Stace is, well, hideous but for (frank)'s sake Jayden be a man.

Vote: Delonte.


That's two for Delonte so he wins. Asp needs to cast his vote but he can only make it a split decision.
- Pikey

After a day long of research and a late lunch involving wine and hookers, I come to the same conclusion as you.

Vote: Delonte.

Taking off tomorrow morning. Doing heroin all night tonight.
- Pikey

I'll try to be downtown at around 4:30 or 5 tomorrow so I can have a few cold ones with you guys before the game.

Might try to make it earlier too.

After a day long of research and a late lunch involving wine and hookers, I come to the same conclusion as you.

Vote: Delonte.
- asp1986

Well this resolves the case then. Tribunal has spoken. Jayden is a female dog and Delonte with Gary Jr win the case.

Well this resolves the case then. Tribunal has spoken. Jayden is a female dog and Delonte with Gary Jr win the case.
- Pikey

do it after next week then, I have to go train for a new job all next week. They are teaching me to use the grill, the deep fryer and the headphones for the drive thru so the training will be pretty intense and I probably won't be able to get online too much.
- Grape Ape

Why can't it just be later this week?

- kicksave856

Good. We'll run with that.