Otrenia wrote:I would like to point out the irony between your above statements and (what I'm assuming is) your national motto, "The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice."
There is no irony present, ambassador. You are perceiving a contradiction. A non-existent one. I believe strongly that the strongest principle of growth lies in human choice. However, I also am of the objectively correct position that people need to be
alive to make choices. Your response does nothing to refute the points I made, therefore, I can only assume that you have nothing to refute my points.
Birrapex wrote:How exactly does removing soldiers from the military defense protect civilians?
The nations committing genocide are not within the WA and won't be following these guidelines. Weakening WA military only hinders us from preventing genocide when it occurs.
I would ask to ambassador from Birrapex to learn to read. I am arguing AGAINST this resolution. The point I am making is that this resolution is too liberal and that it gives too much leeway to conscientious objectors, which could potentially cripple a nation's military and lead to widespread death and destruction.
Birrapex wrote:]:blink: People lie about their belief every Sunday, if not every day. Unless you have telepathy of some sort, you can't proclaim to know what any of us think or believe. If you have telepathic powers, I motion we take you in to custody to protect the WA security and disect.... er study you to assess how we can exploit... er I mean..... to fully understand how to develop this ability for the greater good of the WA.
No, people don't tell the truth about their belief every Sunday but they don't outright lie. And bear in mind that this is lying while under sustained questioning from a trained interrogator. I find it very difficult to believe that the majority of people could answer questions on a belief system they don't adhere to under sustained interrogation.
Intellect and the Arts wrote:That's the thing... excepting extraordinary circumstances, a tie tally in the WA, whether GA or SC (*ptooie!*), isn't a literal tie. If one were to break down how many actual clicks of the "for" and "against" buttons there were, there
would be a clear majority of nations on one side or the other. To be honest, Delegate vote weight only really makes sense in the event that either those who endorsed the Delegate abstained from voting themselves or they voted against the Delegate's vote. Otherwise, you're effectively allowing people who endorse a Delegate to vote twice, once with their endorsement and once with their own vote.
Unless they vote against their delegate, in which case the two votes neutralise each other and become an effective abstain.