Silly and/or Illegal GA Proposals. zOMG!

[Kaboomlandia]

Ah, number twelve!

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PROPOSAL
ID: slevochya_1431047267

Repeal "Responsible Arms Trading"

A resolution to repeal previously passed legislation.


Category: Repeal

Resolution: GA#325

Proposed by: Slevochya

Description: WA General Assembly Resolution #325: Responsible Arms Trading (Category: Global Disarmament; Strength: Mild) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.

Argument: Forcing us smaller countries to abide by such regulations is out of the question. We need to be able to protect ourselves, free from military intervention from other nations. The only way we can accomplish this is by spending as much as WE feel we should. Instead of having an outside organization tell us how much we should spend on our military.

Approvals: 0

Status: Lacking Support (requires 93 more approvals)

Voting Ends: in 3 days 2 hours

No "repeals" clause, NatSov.

[Kryozerkia]

Let's just assume that any RAT repeal that winds up here is likely going to be illegal at this point.

[Kaboomlandia]

Let's just assume that any RAT repeal that winds up here is likely going to be illegal at this point.

Let's not. There might be one in the future that's actually written without the same recurring rules violations, no?

[Kryozerkia]

Let's just assume that any RAT repeal that winds up here is likely going to be illegal at this point.

Let's not. There might be one in the future that's actually written without the same recurring rules violations, no?

You're welcome to be optimistic.

[Nurkama]

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PROPOSAL
ID: whitlarkia_1431057858

Repeal "Responsible Arms Trading"

A resolution to repeal previously passed legislation.


Category: Repeal

Resolution: GA#325

Proposed by: Whitlarkia

Description: WA General Assembly Resolution #325: Responsible Arms Trading (Category: Global Disarmament; Strength: Mild) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.

Argument: This is an affront to national sovereignty and I will not sit idly by while my citizens are being forced by an international industry killing treaty. This is bullying at best and the beginning of Neo-colonialism at worst. What next? You decide that countries that don't line up with your ideas of right and wrong and force a regime change. This is a blatant act by the powers that be to gain more control over the smaller and newer countries. You say we aren't allowed to arm those who might initiate a war, but what if an oppressed ethnic minority needs arms to liberate themselves? Or a tyrant needs to be deposed for the good of the country? It is clear that whoever wrote this is a career bureaucrat out of touch with the harsh reality. Arms trading is a win-win for many countries. The seller makes money and helps make the world a safer place and the buyer is making a region more secure or overthrowing an oppressive government.

Approvals: 0

Status: Lacking Support (requires 93 more approvals)

Voting Ends: in 3 days 11 hours
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I think we know why this one isn't going to work.

[Bezombia]

This is a blatant act by the powers that be to gain more control over the smaller and newer countries.

I'll give him points for originality.

[Separatist Peoples]

Let's just assume that any RAT repeal that winds up here is likely going to be illegal at this point.

Let's not. There might be one in the future that's actually written without the same recurring rules violations, no?

That you of all people are willing to be hopeful is rather strong evidence that the contrary is the more likely outcome.

[Kaboomlandia]

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PROPOSAL
ID: dengoober_1431086608

Repeal "Responsible Arms Trading"

A resolution to repeal previously passed legislation.


Category: Repeal

Resolution: GA#325

Proposed by: Dengoober

Description: WA General Assembly Resolution #325: Responsible Arms Trading (Category: Global Disarmament; Strength: Mild) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.

Argument: You can't decide how people are going to use fire arms. Also, how can we decide for everyone how their defense budget is going to go. Its just absurd to expect that from people, especially from nations where they have to have defensive measures to protect their country from tyrants. Doing this will throw the world into a state of war and anarchy!

Approvals: 0

Status: Lacking Support (requires 94 more approvals)

Voting Ends: in 3 days 2 hours

Thirteen...
Pure NatSov, no "repeals" clause.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PROPOSAL
ID: protestant_england_and_germany_1431086659

Repeal "Responsible Arms Trading"

A resolution to repeal previously passed legislation.


Category: Repeal

Resolution: GA#325

Proposed by: Protestant England and Germany

Description: WA General Assembly Resolution #325: Responsible Arms Trading (Category: Global Disarmament; Strength: Mild) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.

Argument: This is absurd, by limiting the proliferation of arms to developing nations, it is essentially throwing them out in the snow and hanging an invade me sign around their necks. What is stopping some imperialistic heavy weight from invading and occupying a developing nations. With out arms supplied by other nations these countries have no way of fighting back. Also how can you be sure that these prohibitions won't be abused. One country might abuse these by saying that one country is supplying new countries that have "poor civil rights records" or "aggressive and expansionist rouge" nations. Now don't get me wrong, I agree with points 4,5, and 6, but how many members of nationstates are not members of the WA, especially the new ones who have no idea how to join the WA. In short, there needs to be limits on arms trading, but there should be a little more freedom for arms trading.

Approvals: 0

Status: Lacking Support (requires 94 more approvals)

Voting Ends: in 3 days 2 hours

Fourteen...
Pure NatSov, no "repeals" clause.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PROPOSAL
ID: the_one_oreo_for_all_1431089743

Guns for safety

A resolution to reduce barriers to free trade and commerce.


Category: Free Trade

Strength: Significant

Proposed by: THE ONE OREO FOR ALL

Description: I believe that people need the protection there are people out there who wont care to kill you for $20

This will help the economy
Make citizens happier
Will cause crime to drop

Approvals: 0

Status: Lacking Support (requires 94 more approvals)

Voting Ends: in 3 days 2 hours

Wrong category again, does nothing.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PROPOSAL
ID: dengoober_1431086534

Repeal "Responsible Arms Trading"

A resolution to repeal previously passed legislation.


Category: Repeal

Resolution: GA#325

Proposed by: Dengoober

Description: WA General Assembly Resolution #325: Responsible Arms Trading (Category: Global Disarmament; Strength: Mild) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.

Argument: You can't decide how people are going to use fire arms. Also, how can we decide for everyone how their defense budget is going to go. Its just absurd to expect that from people, especially from nations where they have to have defensive measures to protect their country from tyrants. Doing this will throw the world into a state of war and anarchy!

Approvals: 0

Status: Lacking Support (requires 94 more approvals)

Voting Ends: in 3 days 2 hours

Duplicate of the first one, so we won't count this one as part of the count.

[Kaboomlandia]

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PROPOSAL
ID: bottle_kids_1431094694

International Drug Trade

A resolution to reduce barriers to free trade and commerce.


Category: Free Trade

Strength: Significant

Proposed by: Bottle Kids

Description: Description: The General Assembly,

NOTING how many nations have strict drug laws;

APPALLED oppression that many nations put upon their people;

FULLY AWARE of every nation's right to have complete sovereign control over their lands and people;

DRAWS ATTENTION capital gain, and happiness that drugs bring;

HAVING CONSIDERED that action must be done;

Hereby,

[1] CALLS UPON a regulation put forth by every country that allows the free trade of controlled substances across borders;

[2] CLARIFIES that nations cannot restrict their citizens' aces to these drugs;

Hereby, therefore, nations may trade controlled substances freely with one another, and their citizens may partake in said substances.

Approvals: 0

Status: Lacking Support (requires 94 more approvals)

Voting Ends: in 3 days 1 hour

The general structure of this, including the sentence structure of the preamble and the operative clauses, is plagiarized from Manufacturing Waste.

Name: Manufacturing Waste
Category: Environment
Area of Effect: All businesses

The General Assembly,

NOTING how many nations have "inhospitable landscapes;"

APPALLED by the Litter on the world(s)'s environment (If we look at many nations' description and banners of pollution);

FULLY AWARE of every nation's right to have complete sovereign control over their lands;

DRAWS ATTENTION to the environment and the waste put forth by Manufacturing industries impacting it;

HAVING CONSIDERED that action must be done;

Hereby,

[1] CALLS UPON a regulation put forth by every country that specifies that all waste must be destroyed by methods deemed fit by every country, or by reusing the product if deemed safe for reuse, but if not possible to be destroyed nor recycled, it shall be stored in certain areas as specified according to each country.

[2] CLARIFIES that areas specified by each country must be reasonable under common sense or reasonable in the eyes of the international community, and not put in environmentally fragile areas.

Hereby, therefore, Manufacturing Waste from all companies will be mildly regulated to minimize impact on the economy and simultaneously creating a healthier environment for all living things.

[Kaboomlandia]

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PROPOSAL
ID: wafflatropolis_1430980183

Disposal of Hazardous Waste

A resolution to increase the quality of the world's environment, at the expense of industry.


Category: Environmental

Industry Affected: Agriculture

Proposed by: Wafflatropolis

Description: General Assembly,

Wafflatropolis submits a proposal to further world interests by recognizing and eliminating the extreme nature of the problem, along with the proposal of beneficial solutions,

Hopes to come away with a stronger and cleaner global economy than ever, does propose to:

1. Better define in context what toxic waste is to be considered for future ease of notation and access,

2. Defines proper storage, treatment, and/or disposal of aforementioned toxic waste,

3. Recognizes the necessity for delayed implementation based off of time constraints, regional wealth, population, or other limiting factors,

4. Assures nations that proper waste disposal will be made available to all via international markets,
4a. Will enforce that a minimum of waste plants be built to accommodate the world's demand in those countries that are most able as will be determined by an independent review,

5. Requires all members to cease and desist in the illegal dumping or disposal of waste via means of other countries upon threat of security council review,

6. Mandates that countries work in tandem to incinerate waste and properly store products underground in order to properly dispose of waste on a self-regulating basis, as there is reason to suspect improper disposal contributes to global warming and other monstrous effects.

Synopsis: Wafflatropolis proposes that counterpart facilities for the disposal and storage of toxic waste be build in neighboring countries to both cut down on environmental harm and to promote a sensation of unity and fellowship among nations. Sure agricultural space will need to be repurposed to build the massive solar fields needed for the incineration plants, but won't the extra energy generated while the incinerator isn't in use make up for it?

Approvals: 8 (The Norwegian Lands, Scioto Republic, The Fourth Republic of Yugoslavia, The Midwestern Atlantic Colonies, Sylvuanir, Karakis, The League of Eastern Orthodox Knights, Vikinghastan)

Status: Lacking Support (requires 86 more approvals)

Voting Ends: in 2 days 1 hour

Not from WA's POV. Also, how is this Agriculture?

[Kryozerkia]

Will be checking for plagiarism with respect to the Manufacturing Waste proposal, which was submitted first.

At this point, I don't need to comment on most of the repeal attempts of RAT. They all fit into the same mould.

"Guns for safety" was removed for the obvious category violation.

[The Dark Star Republic]

Also, how is this Agriculture?

The proposal itself says:

...agricultural space will need to be repurposed to build the massive solar fields needed for the incineration plants...

[Kaboomlandia]

Also, how is this Agriculture?

The proposal itself says:

...agricultural space will need to be repurposed to build the massive solar fields needed for the incineration plants...

In that case, it is proposing destroying agricultural land to build solar panels. The agriculture category is stuff like making agriculture more sustainable.

[Kaboomlandia]

S&I having a field day today, aren't we?

[The Dark Star Republic]

The proposal itself says:

In that case, it is proposing destroying agricultural land to build solar panels. The agriculture category is stuff like making agriculture more sustainable.

No, the agriculture category is for any proposal that increases the environment and reduces the agriculture industry. There's nothing more complex to it than that. But for an unfortunate bit of branding, the proposal seems fine. And not written well enough to be plagiarised, incidentally.

[Kryozerkia]

In that case, it is proposing destroying agricultural land to build solar panels. The agriculture category is stuff like making agriculture more sustainable.

No, the agriculture category is for any proposal that increases the environment and reduces the agriculture industry. There's nothing more complex to it than that. But for an unfortunate bit of branding, the proposal seems fine. And not written well enough to be plagiarised, incidentally.

Nope but it did stink of branding.

And yet another repeal attempt:

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PROPOSAL
ID: the_new_deutschland_1431098407
Repeal "Responsible Arms Trading"

A resolution to repeal previously passed legislation.


Category: Repeal


Resolution: GA#325


Proposed by: The New Deutschland

Description: WA General Assembly Resolution #325: Responsible Arms Trading (Category: Global Disarmament; Strength: Mild) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.

Argument: The General Assembly,

Repealing its commitment to international peace and goodwill,

Realizing the extreme hazard to national populations posed by the unregulated trade of weapons and armaments is not proven,

Hoping to lift the limit of involvement of member nations and their citizens in responsible trade of arms and armament,

1. Defines the term "armament" as military equipment, specifically weapons and ammunition, which possess a practical application in military conflict, including the parts necessary in their construction or production;

2. Defines the term "transfer" as the movement of an armament from one member nation, political subdivisions thereof, or non-state entities associated with a member nation to any other such entity, including non-member nations and non-state entities not associated with any nation;

3. Defines the term "end-user certificate" as an affidavit completed by the buyer of armaments subject to the provisions of this resolution which verifies that said buyer is the final recipient of the product;

4. Allows internal and external trade of arms and armament to be an internal affair with very regulations only imposed by member nations;

5. Finds all manufacturers, exporters, and brokers only responsible for the first hand-off of weapons to the person they deal with directly, no end-user certificate required;

6. Only prohibits the sale of transfer of weapons, arms, or armaments already banned via the World Assembly in past resolutions.

Approvals: 3 (Tokarskia, Cresenthia, The Golden Horse)

Status: Lacking Support (requires 90 more approvals)

Voting Ends: in 2 days 23 hours

I had hope reading the first three clauses then... nope. Though, to its credit, it's not national sovereignty or branding. But we have amendments. This could have been broken into a two-parter repeal n' replace.

[Phydios]

Just for future reference, that's sixteen attempted repeals of RAT so far, unless I miscounted.

[The Dark Star Republic]

Just for future reference, that's sixteen attempted repeals of RAT so far, unless I miscounted.

Sciongrad will get a TG sent to his nation every time a repeal is submitted, so he'll be able to keep track.

[Omigodtheykilledkenny]

Alas, his box will soon be overfull and he'll have lost count.

[Kaboomlandia]

Alas, his box will soon be overfull and he'll have lost count.

So far, if you include the duplicate one, there have been sixteen repeal attempts - I've been counting.

[Kaboomlandia]

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PROPOSAL
ID: beelzebub_confederacy_1431123522

Your God Doesn't Love You

A resolution to improve worldwide human and civil rights.


Category: Human Rights

Strength: Strong

Proposed by: Beelzebub Confederacy

Description: Based on the inequality derived from Conservatism generally found in most religious states, this is a proposal to negate those disadvantages to support human rights despite religion.

Approvals: 0

Status: Lacking Support (requires 93 more approvals)

Voting Ends: in 3 days 5 hours

[Separatist Peoples]

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PROPOSAL
ID: beelzebub_confederacy_1431123522

Your God Doesn't Love You

A resolution to improve worldwide human and civil rights.


Category: Human Rights

Strength: Strong

Proposed by: Beelzebub Confederacy

Description: Based on the inequality derived from Conservatism generally found in most religious states, this is a proposal to negate those disadvantages to support human rights despite religion.

Approvals: 0

Status: Lacking Support (requires 93 more approvals)

Voting Ends: in 3 days 5 hours

I want this framed.

[Lysset]

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PROPOSAL
ID: beelzebub_confederacy_1431123522

Your God Doesn't Love You

A resolution to improve worldwide human and civil rights.


Category: Human Rights

Strength: Strong

Proposed by: Beelzebub Confederacy

Description: Based on the inequality derived from Conservatism generally found in most religious states, this is a proposal to negate those disadvantages to support human rights despite religion.

Approvals: 0

Status: Lacking Support (requires 93 more approvals)

Voting Ends: in 3 days 5 hours

Keelah... What IS this?

[Grays Harbor]

And another one. #17 now?

Repeal "Responsible Arms Trading"

A resolution to repeal previously passed legislation.


Category: Repeal

Resolution: GA#325

Proposed by: Kingdom of Eireland

Description: WA General Assembly Resolution #325: Responsible Arms Trading (Category: Global Disarmament; Strength: Mild) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.

Argument: I believe this violates my nation's right/freedom to sell my arms to who ever I want, that is my right/freedom to and no one should what can and can not do "period!" If I want to supply a nation that has no military will arm then that my right/freedom, or I want to supply a war nation that my right/freedom.

[Kryozerkia]

And yep! The 17th attempt is as invalid as the first. But, what is this? Appears that there may be a legal attempt! Sadly, I don't see a thread for it.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PROPOSAL
ID: imperium_anglorum_1431148414
Repeal "Responsible Arms Trading"
A resolution to repeal previously passed legislation.

Category: Repeal

Resolution: GA#325

Proposed by: Imperium Anglorum

Description: WA General Assembly Resolution #325: Responsible Arms Trading (Category: Global Disarmament; Strength: Mild) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.

Argument: Affirming the need for the securitisation of weapons for the peaceful lives of civilians across the world,

Recognising that war is an inevitable part of human nature as well as a conflict which can lead to the creation of new nations and the achievement of radical change, and

Believing that peace and prosperity are best preserved by the protection of civilians and not overregulation of arms used generally for defence,

This august World Assembly;

Objects to the definition of armament, as it includes the “parts necessary in their construction or production”, which includes items such as wood, metal, brass, and saltpetre, since this is an overly broad definition which includes many resources which are and are not used in armament production;

Realises that clause (4) is a piece of boiler-plate filler which does nothing, since it exempts from regulation weapons that are not regulated and only binds future regulations to relax gun control laws for ‘recreational purposes only’ and tighten said laws in the case of posing ‘imminent lawless action’, the first of which is irrespective of the violent nature of non-developed countries and the second of which is irrelevant, as any regulation passed would ipso facto make violations ‘imminent' and ‘lawless';

Objects to the requirement that ‘exporters and brokers of armaments within member nations ... register with the relevant governments of the nations in which they operate’, as this would mean government oversight over all armament production facilities and endanger the freedoms of civilians who may want to overthrow dictatorships;

Decries clause (7), which prohibits the sale of weapons:

if there is a possibility of diversion, which may occur in the chaos of war (e.g. blockades, interception, etc.) and or

if there is a possibility of use in a ‘war of conquest or expropiation', the definition of which is not well defined, and hence, can include cases where nations may wish for payments of war indemnities (thus expropriating wealth), colonies, and or claims of uninhabited territories;

Believes that the mandate for the issuance of ‘end-user certificates’ is irrespective of the chaos of war, which may lead to the capture of war materiel, hence forcing that ‘said buyer’ might not be the ‘final recipient of the product’; and thus; this esteemed World Assembly;

Repeals the resolution on Responsible Arms Trading.

Approvals: 1 (General Hammond)

Status: Lacking Support (requires 92 more approvals)

Voting Ends: in 3 days 3 hours