Sciongrad wrote:"Simply because the area might seem complicated to legislate on is no excuse to not include a ban on the possession and distribution of child pornography in a resolution against child pornography. A resolution against child pornography that doesn't ban the use or sale of it isn't really very effective."
We object to the characterization that we are making excuses about how complicated this is, when in fact... we... ummm... pretty much admitted to that already, but that's besides the point. The point is... that we have no point. Very well, ahem, we'll change the wording from "BANS the production" to "BANS the production, sale and possession" and take comments on that for now.
"I don't see why a clause along the lines of 'member nations shall punish those that violate the provisions of this resolution accordingly,' is so taboo. I'd like to hear the argument against that."
Our argument is... that... we have no argument. Okay, actually, we were considering the wording "MANDATES that nations treat violations of this resoltion as criminal offenses, and proceed accordingly." (OOC: Originally had "felony" in there but I'm thinking that's a US-centric term, is it not?) Beyond that, we do not want to mandate a strict set of punishments because of the reasons outlined earlier. Fair enough?
"Unfortunately, your Excellency, we're not artists. If an ambassador were to write a resolution on recreational drug use, they wouldn't use the term 'dope' just because those that partake in recreational drug use use the term."
We're not artists? Speak for yourself, Ambassador! Is not karaoke in the Strangers' Bar an art? Wait, don't anwser that. Anyway, ahem, we'll go ahead and change it to "nude images", would that suffice?
Given all the fine suggestions, we'll go ahead and update the draft soon, and change the strength to "Significant" accordingly, but we shall hold off on submission for a bit. We'll also change the title to something stronger, like "Child Pornography Ban", unless there is an objection to that.