Ramaeus wrote:I can support this.
But I believe it opens up and legitimizes the commendation or condemnation of Feeders and Sinkers beyond TP, an idea that the SC has been most reluctant to pursue.
I had that concern myself, actually. I think there are a couple of reasons this isn't likely to set a trend, at least in regard to condemnations:
1. The nature of the New Pacific Order significantly differs from the governments of other Feeders and Sinkers. It has endured as the autocratic regime of The Pacific -- along with the PRP, which was NPO-Lite -- for more than a decade. Krulltopia has been Delegate for nearly six years. In other Feeders and Sinkers, executive administrations and their positive or negative decisions come and go, but the NPO, as the government of The Pacific, has been engaging in aggression against its fellow Feeders and Sinkers and attempting to ensnare them under NPO hegemony for more than a decade and doing so under Krulltopia for more than half that time period.
2. The high Delegate count votes for each Feeder and Sinker Delegate and the tendency of Feeder and Sinker governments to support one another's legitimacy and security, except under the most extreme circumstances, make frivolous condemnations unlikely to pass. Feeder and Sinker Delegates will just vote against it, and the number of WA votes they command would likely by themselves defeat it -- though a number of user-created regions would also be likely to vote against a frivolous Feeder or Sinker condemnation. The fact that we're having this conversation even about a regime so worthy of condemnation illustrates how unlikely it is for another Feeder or Sinker to be frivolously condemned.
Were the NPO to reform, or be overthrown and replaced by a government that does not engage in this kind of behavior, the condemnation could later be repealed. That it's extremely unlikely for that to occur, in comparison to other Feeders and Sinkers, is, in my view, why condemnation is appropriate here where it may not be appropriate for another Feeder or Sinker.
None of this really speaks to the possibility of a Feeder or SInker being commended, but I don't think this proposal has much of an impact on that one way or another. I think it will be as unlikely as usual for a Feeder or Sinker to be commended based on the transitory nature of their executive governments, though it's possible, in theory, that a region like The Rejected Realms that has nearly as long a history of defending regional sovereignty as the NPO has of infringing upon it could be commended. I'm not sure that's necessarily a bad thing. Actions that have endured in a region for that long probably do deserve either commendation or condemnation, depending on the nature of the actions.
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2015 11:50 am