Jefferson wrote: > Andrew Janssen wrote: > > >>Headlines taken from the 15th Demmuth 1456 issue of the Imperial >>Gazette, the official government broadsheet of Sedonia: > > > Printed yet, or with just a few copies posted in public places? The Sedonian Imperial Gazette is based on something the Romans did. The Romans would post official government information and notices of important events (like gladatorial games, or where the Emperor will be visiting) on a particular marker in the Forum, and wealthy patricians would send slaves to make copies. In Sedonia's case, while the Gazette is still being posted publicly, copies are also printed and sent to, as Ibrahim guessed, the Sedonian equivalent of gentlemen's clubs. There are a few private subscribers, but it's still a fairly new concept. The back page of the Gazette is dedicated to shipping news: what ships have arrived, what ships have departed, which merchants are looking for ships for their cargo, and vice versa. Just wait until the Sedonians discover the concept of 'advertising' > [snip] > > >> *Council Committee on Government Reform to Meet Secretly* >> Committee Will Consider Empress' Proposals This Session > > > Sedonia has a freedom of the press law?! > Oh yes, the Imperial Gazette is free to print whatever Minister of Special Projects Raden Ghere tells it to print. ;) Actually, what you have in the above headline is an example of column width constraints trumping clarity. What the writer really meant was that the Committee on Government Reform was going to be meeting in a session closed to the public, not that the fact of the meeting was secret. Of course, there's also the fact that the Committee Chairman opposes the Empress' proposals . . . and Minister Ghere might have felt it necessary to give the Councilor in question a little nudge in the right direction. Andrew ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send mail to celandra-off@phoenyx.net.
