Unknown Newcomers

Discussion:

When visitors come to this island, they will have a pass and will be recognized as visitors. If they want a piece of our territory, we will give them a 15% of our land. However, this will be the one who is not the best to live in because we have worked so hard to gain something from this island, that is now their turn to work for their own benefit. This is, due to the fact that they will make and independent part and society from ours. After they have produced and improve that territory we can get to an agreement an share some aspects of our land and theirs, we can may be have an economic relationship but they should respect our decisions or at least answer in a calm way because we were solidary to them and gave them an opportunity to have their own way of life. Our method to settle disputes work in this scenario is that they should sign a contract of well-behaving before settling on the territory and one of the rules on it the contract is that they should stay away from our land and if they want something from us they should contact a certain institutions and the leader MUST authorize it. We think our choice is the best for many reasons; first of all, everyone deserves an opportunity to live freely and have their own territory. However, if they misbehave then, they will be asked to exit the land, but this is only on extreme occasions because that is what the contract is about, to avoid incidents and struggles with them.

By: Henry Losada

Reflection:

During the discussion, various ideas surge from the members and some of them were completely different. They ideas were “set on the table” and the two most intelligent and coherent decisions were the “finalists”, then each member of the group voted, each explaining why and giving positive facts and aspects of it.  Then, the idea that had more votes was the idea established and imposed. The main issues were how much amount of land give them and what to use for being sure that they will act correctly and nothing will get out of our hands. Some things my group struggled with was if they become and independent society or had some connection with us. There is where we started having some discussions and got to the method of choosing the decision by votes and preference. A question that still remains is: what will happen if they rebel, will they be expelled or punished? Having a plan about how to handle visitors in a society matters because at any moment it can affect and have a great impact in society and hurt citizens, they can try to dominate the island and result in war.

By: Henry Losada