NationStates

Excidium Planetis wrote:

Sciongrad wrote:"Periods always go inside quotation marks, regardless of whether or not there is a period in the title."

"Perhaps you have differing punctuation rules, Ambassador, but Excidium Planetis follows the rules with a degree of logic. Seems rather backwards to put exclamation points and question marks outside quotations when they were not present in the title, but to put commas and periods inside in the same situation, doesn't it?"

"I just follow the rules, I don't make them."

OOC: Fair enough. I was unfamiliar with British quotation rules. That would explain what I had previously thought was carelessness by the Guardian.

Sweet Jesus. I tried to have faith in the voters that this would not actually be needed. The stupidity of the WA is really getting out of hand lately.

John Turner wrote:Sweet Jesus. I tried to have faith in the voters that this would not actually be needed. The stupidity of the WA is really getting out of hand lately.

OOC: It's summer already?

Excidium Planetis wrote:

John Turner wrote:Sweet Jesus. I tried to have faith in the voters that this would not actually be needed. The stupidity of the WA is really getting out of hand lately.

OOC: It's summer already?

I truly don't believe summer ever ended....

John Turner wrote:

Excidium Planetis wrote:
OOC: It's summer already?

I truly don't believe summer ever ended....

We had a nice autumn, but the last summer was slow to end, and this one is kicking up early. NSG is already seeing an influx of neo-Nazis and edgy newcomers, so the WA's deficiency in thought is understandable.

Wallenburg wrote:

John Turner wrote:I truly don't believe summer ever ended....

We had a nice autumn, but the last summer was slow to end, and this one is kicking up early.

OOC: Isn't/wasn't there a spring break too? We don't have that here (longer summer holiday instead), but apparently it's a big deal in yon foreign lands.

John Turner wrote:Sweet Jesus. I tried to have faith in the voters that this would not actually be needed. The stupidity of the WA is really getting out of hand lately.

OOC: It's not stupidity, it's just not reading the resolution with a critical eye. Skimming over the resolution, it looks like a feel-good, yeah-we-oughtta-do-that bit of legislation; it's not until you really delve into the details that you realize, hey, all it does is require a whole lot of people to do very little to comply, ultimately accomplishing next to nothing.

The Puddle Jumping Wads of Wrapper wrote:

John Turner wrote:Sweet Jesus. I tried to have faith in the voters that this would not actually be needed. The stupidity of the WA is really getting out of hand lately.

OOC: It's not stupidity, it's just not reading the resolution with a critical eye. Skimming over the resolution, it looks like a feel-good, yeah-we-oughtta-do-that bit of legislation; it's not until you really delve into the details that you realize, hey, all it does is require a whole lot of people to do very little to comply, ultimately accomplishing next to nothing.

OOC: Indeed, although I might also suspect that some of the delegates are not taking their WA votes seriously. I'm seriously lamenting endorsing who I endorsed for my region's delegate, as he's admitted that he hasn't even read the resolution and simply voted for whomever was on top. But, he was the only other WA nation in the region at the time, so I couldn't do much.

The Puddle Jumping Wads of Wrapper wrote:it's not until you really delve into the details that you realize, hey, all it does is require a whole lot of people to do very little to comply, ultimately accomplishing next to nothing.

OOC: Which is why I wonder how it didn't count as a strength failure, but meh.

EDIT: Just realized (still having hard time to remember you're a mod on Wrapper, sorry ) that might be counted as complaining of your actions on your modly account. It's not, it's just general grumbling.

Support.

Araraukar wrote:

The Puddle Jumping Wads of Wrapper wrote:it's not until you really delve into the details that you realize, hey, all it does is require a whole lot of people to do very little to comply, ultimately accomplishing next to nothing.

OOC: Which is why I wonder how it didn't count as a strength failure, but meh.

EDIT: Just realized (still having hard time to remember you're a mod on Wrapper, sorry ) that might be counted as complaining of your actions on your modly account. It's not, it's just general grumbling.

OOC: Yeah, I forget sometimes too.

As for the ruling, remember, it's the "whole lot of people" part that elevates the strength. Every police officer, MP, national guardsman, secret serviceman, palace guard, coast guard seaman, etc., needs their five seconds of training. It's the breadth that makes it Significant.

The Puddle Jumping Wads of Wrapper wrote:OOC: Yeah, I forget sometimes too.

As for the ruling, remember, it's the "whole lot of people" part that elevates the strength. Every police officer, MP, national guardsman, secret serviceman, palace guard, coast guard seaman, etc., needs their five seconds of training. It's the breadth that makes it Significant.

OOC: So if I wrote an IS proposal that mandated that every police and military person needed to smile once per day and would be given a piece of candy as thanks, the number of people involved would allow me to use significant strength and the spending on candy to keep the category?

Araraukar wrote:OOC: So if I wrote an IS proposal that mandated that every police and military person needed to smile once per day and would be given a piece of candy as thanks, the number of people involved would allow me to use significant strength and the spending on candy to keep the category?

Yes. Also, the expense of candy being given to every law enforcement officer in a nation every single day... Imagine the state being tasked with eternal Halloween (Or, I suppose, some other candy-issuing holiday celebrated elsewhere in the world rather than in America).

This will be submitted in about 11 hours.

Excidium Planetis wrote:Yes. Also, the expense of candy being given to every law enforcement officer in a nation every single day...

OOC: Considering how most nations pay a salary to both the police and military personnell, I wouldn't think that 7 pieces of candy a week would be all that onerous. They don't have to be large pieces, after all. Breath minths, for example. Or ones with xylitol instead of sugar, to avoid tooth decay. That would be left to the national governments to decide, of course.

Araraukar wrote:

Excidium Planetis wrote:Yes. Also, the expense of candy being given to every law enforcement officer in a nation every single day...

OOC: Considering how most nations pay a salary to both the police and military personnell, I wouldn't think that 7 pieces of candy a week would be all that onerous. They don't have to be large pieces, after all. Breath minths, for example. Or ones with xylitol instead of sugar, to avoid tooth decay. That would be left to the national governments to decide, of course.

But what about the inspections to determine who has smiled and who hasn't?

And with that last comment, you could rewrite it as a Health resolution. "Prevent Police Tooth Decay"

Araraukar wrote:

The Puddle Jumping Wads of Wrapper wrote:OOC: Yeah, I forget sometimes too.

As for the ruling, remember, it's the "whole lot of people" part that elevates the strength. Every police officer, MP, national guardsman, secret serviceman, palace guard, coast guard seaman, etc., needs their five seconds of training. It's the breadth that makes it Significant.

OOC: So if I wrote an IS proposal that mandated that every police and military person needed to smile once per day and would be given a piece of candy as thanks, the number of people involved would allow me to use significant strength and the spending on candy to keep the category?

Aw come on, you know moderation won't deal in hypotheticals. You'd have to write it first.

Wrapper wrote:You'd have to write it first.

OOC: Don't tempt me.

Anyways, I'll stop trying to derail this particular thread, at least until it's submitted.

"There being of only one problem that Sobaira would be of having with the recipe therein-" the Ambassador from Sobaira spoke up, "That to being of only one version has been included, whereas alternatives for alternative diets does not of being included and thi--" she's cut off by an assistant whispering in her ear.

After a brief, hushed exchange, the Ambassador laughed, "My apologies, I am of being in a mood of sorts. Allergies and other such things aside, Sobaira does of giving full support to the prospective repeal. While it does of being that not all of us can, do, or be of wanting to consume eggs and honey, we all should be of having qualms with the resolution this repeals."

Sobaira wrote:"There being of only one problem that Sobaira would be of having with the recipe therein-" the Ambassador from Sobaira spoke up, "That to being of only one version has been included, whereas alternatives for alternative diets does not of being included and thi--" she's cut off by an assistant whispering in her ear.

After a brief, hushed exchange, the Ambassador laughed, "My apologies, I am of being in a mood of sorts. Allergies and other such things aside, Sobaira does of giving full support to the prospective repeal. While it does of being that not all of us can, do, or be of wanting to consume eggs and honey, we all should be of having qualms with the resolution this repeals."

"Sorry, I don't write vegan repeals. Only Kosher ones."

"The Delegate from United We Stand fervently supports this repeal."

"I have submitted the repeal. Please offer your support."

Excidium Planetis wrote:

Sobaira wrote:"There being of only one problem that Sobaira would be of having with the recipe therein-" the Ambassador from Sobaira spoke up, "That to being of only one version has been included, whereas alternatives for alternative diets does not of being included and thi--" she's cut off by an assistant whispering in her ear.

After a brief, hushed exchange, the Ambassador laughed, "My apologies, I am of being in a mood of sorts. Allergies and other such things aside, Sobaira does of giving full support to the prospective repeal. While it does of being that not all of us can, do, or be of wanting to consume eggs and honey, we all should be of having qualms with the resolution this repeals."

"Sorry, I don't write vegan repeals. Only Kosher ones."

The Ambassador suppresses a giggle. It was people like them that made her want to be more active in these halls again. Though that very thought made her immediately look around to check for the troublesome ones who had her voluntarily reducing her activity to minimum requirements to... avoid unpleasantness.

Laws have been enacted to bring Imperium Anglorum into compliance with the World Assembly resolution Law Enforcement Education.

Parsons: Fortunately, we didn't actually do anything. Compliance with LEE is simple as balls. Fund non-existent programmes.

"We've taken the 'fund programs we dont have to create' approach as well, Ambassador Parsons" Clover said "Attempting to talk the Princess *out of 'holding the authoring and supporting nations accountable' is another matter. Proud to be the first rubber stamp."

ARI: Oh, come on, Miss Schultz, we just finished our compliance training in the Bar! Oh... very well. Wad Ty, go stamp this one with our approval.