Silly and/or Illegal GA Proposals. zOMG!

[Mousebumples]

I'm sure we have enough people around here with a moveable WA nation that could make sure you have enough endos to submit.

*begins plotting*

Actually, I've already had an offer made already. And boy is this becoming a nail biter, it only needs to get two approvals in the next 2 1/2 hours for quorum.

If it makes you feel any better, it needed 2 approvals when I went to bed last night. I think the counter-campaign that was mentioned elsewhere is working at least well enough to get approvals to drop as quickly as they're accrued ...

[Bears Armed]

Free Emmision Resolution
A resolution to reduce barriers to free trade and commerce.

Category: Free Trade
Strength: Significant

Proposed by: South American Republics

Description: KNOWING That many WA member nations have economies that are based on mass manufacturing, which emit high levels of carbon dioxide into the air.

REALIZING That for many WA mamber nations, the economy is a higher priority than the environmental health.

HENCEFORTH All nations of the World Assembly have the freedom to emit carbon dioxide without foriegn intervention. No future World Assembly Resolution can restrict the amount of pollution a nation creates, only local laws can have this power.

The World Assembly will not have the power to restrict CO2 emisions in member nations.

Appears to be little more than a blocker without real substance.

And doesn't the 'Advancement of Industry' category have an 'Environmental Deregulation' option (so far unused) that would be a better fit than 'Free Trade' is for this concept?

[Ahntong]

And boy is this becoming a nail biter, it only needs to get two approvals in the next 2 1/2 hours for quorum.

You can stop biting. It reached quorum.

[Bears Armed]

Hug Day
A resolution to improve worldwide human and civil rights.


Category: Human Rights
Strength: Mild
Proposed by: FirePath867

Description: Day: Dec 1st

To help people across the world become more close to each other and promote peace and acceptance of all.

Approvals: 0

Status: Lacking Support (requires 72 more approvals)

Voting Ends: in 3 days

Illegal, no operative clause.
(Submitted twice....)

Equal Education Opportunities
A resolution to promote funding and the development of education and the arts.


Category: Education and Creativity
Area of Effect: Educational
Proposed by: DeMarcus and Amy Collins

Description: An act to establish a comprehensive prohibition of discrimination on the basis of race, color, gender or national origin

Approvals: 0

Status: Lacking Support (requires 72 more approvals)

Voting Ends: in 3 days

Illegal, no operative clause... and if it did have one then that would probably be illegal for duplication of existing legislation (specifically the CoCR) anyhows...

[Soviet Canuckistan]

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PROPOSAL
ID: firepath867_1352562667

Hug Day
A resolution to improve worldwide human and civil rights.


Category: Human Rights

Strength: Mild

Proposed by: FirePath867

Description: Day: Dec 1st

To help people across the world become more close to each other and promote peace and acceptance of all.

Approvals: 4 (Celtic Iberia, The SAPPHIROS Islands, The Eternal City, Andropoland)

Status: Lacking Support (requires 68 more approvals)

Voting Ends: in 2 days 23 hours

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PROPOSAL
ID: firepath867_1352562687

Hug Day
A resolution to improve worldwide human and civil rights.


Category: Human Rights

Strength: Mild

Proposed by: FirePath867

Description: Day: Dec 1st

To help people across the world become more close to each other and promote peace and acceptance of all.

Approvals: 0

Status: Lacking Support (requires 72 more approvals)

Voting Ends: in 2 days 23 hours

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PROPOSAL
ID: demarcus_and_amy_collins_1352564253

Equal Education Opportunities
A resolution to promote funding and the development of education and the arts.


Category: Education and Creativity

Area of Effect: Educational

Proposed by: DeMarcus and Amy Collins

Description: An act to establish a comprehensive prohibition of discrimination on the basis of race, color, gender or national origin

Approvals: 0

Status: Lacking Support (requires 72 more approvals)

Voting Ends: in 2 days 23 hours

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PROPOSAL
ID: cameron_delph_1352568288

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


Category: Environmental

Industry Affected: All Businesses

Proposed by: Cameron Delph

Description: All nations should have a limit put on how many waste producing factories they can own

Approvals: 0

Status: Lacking Support (requires 72 more approvals)

Voting Ends: in 3 days 11 hours

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PROPOSAL
ID: cameron_delph_1352568479

Regional Party System
A resolution to improve worldwide human and civil rights.


Category: Human Rights

Strength: Significant

Proposed by: Cameron Delph

Description: All regions should have at least 3 major government parties in order to be aware of their decisions if they are to become a government official.

Approvals: 0

Status: Lacking Support (requires 72 more approvals)

Voting Ends: in 3 days 11 hours

A superfecta of illegal and crappy proposals

[The Dourian Embassy]

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PROPOSAL
ID: cameron_delph_1352584505
Military Limit

A resolution to improve world security by boosting police and military budgets.


Category: International Security


Strength: Strong


Proposed by: Cameron Delph

Description: Don't you think the world should be more peaceful? I am requesting that we put a limit on every nations military Budget. Maybe about 25%. I think this will keep more citizens safe and also free. I say this because it will keep them out of Military Oppression.

Approvals: 0

Status: Lacking Support (requires 72 more approvals)

Voting Ends: in 3 days 6 hours

You think maybe about 25%? I'm thinking Arby's.

[Noob Colony]

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PROPOSAL
ID: cameron_delph_1352584505
Military Limit

A resolution to improve world security by boosting police and military budgets.


Category: International Security


Strength: Strong


Proposed by: Cameron Delph

Description: Don't you think the world should be more peaceful? I am requesting that we put a limit on every nations military Budget. Maybe about 25%. I think this will keep more citizens safe and also free. I say this because it will keep them out of Military Oppression.

Approvals: 0

Status: Lacking Support (requires 72 more approvals)

Voting Ends: in 3 days 6 hours

You think maybe about 25%? I'm thinking Arby's.

His proposal is bloggish (using "I am", in this case), it uses questions like "don't you think" (which is illegal according to the rules), and there isn't an operative clause. It's also too short, and it doesn't have much to justify why the proposal should exist.

And, dang son! Cameron Delph had submitted THREE proposals. Two of his proposals had been deleted by the mods, and if this proposal is deleted he's out of the WA, according to the rules. Proof:
http://i.imgur.com/1O6f9.png

EDIT:
The proposal's removed, as far as I can see. Uh-oh.
DOUBLE EDIT:
Cameron Delph isn't removed from the WA yet after having his third proposal removed. So he's spared, for now.

[Noob Colony]

Woodchipping Adjustment Act
Category: Environmental
Industry Affected: Automobile Manufacturing
Proposed by: Noob Colony

The General Assembly,

AWARE that the elimination of massive amounts of trees by woodchipping will accrete the chances of droughts and desertification, wiping out the hospitality of the area,

BELIEVING that widespread woodchipping promotes erosion, causing the removal of valuable topsoil and creating landslides/mudslides, which pose as threats to mountainous communities,

FURTHER BELIEVING that large-scale woodchipping also destroys biodiversity and the environment, endangering organisms and risking habitat loss or even extinction,

RECOGNIZING that the eradication of forests will encourage the buildup of air pollution, containing gases from carbon dioxide to soot, and threatens humans and other animals by increasing the chances of lung diseases and cancer as they breathe in unabsorbed polluted air,

REGARDING that some woodchipping corporations might not be paying attention towards the impact caused by cutting or removing endangered, exotic, or ageing trees,

Hereby,

MANDATES that woodchipping on environmentally-sensitive areas and/or high biodiversity areas should be reduced, to prevent massive impact that would bring about disruption and destruction to the organisms, animal or plant;

YEARNS leaders to establish a "Woodchipping Limit" on how much trees can be cut and/or chipped, to avert any overcutting from occurring;

ENCOURAGES nations to pay more attention to their trees and wood industries in their environments and ecosystems, and to pay more attention on the current levels of pollution in their air;

PROMOTES the woodchipping of trees from sustainable forests instead of rainforests, large-biodiversity forests, or exotic forests;

FURTHER PROMOTES the conservation of wood and paper products by the means of recycling, reusing, or reducing, to reduce the demand of wood and timber and the need of woodchipping, relinquishing the need to use more trees;

RECOMMENDS nations to plant one tree for every one tree cut, to ensure a balance between the trees cut and the trees planted;

FURTHER RECOMMENDS leaders to listen carefully to their indigenous/aboriginal people, or ecologists, environmentalists, and scientists, to learn more on ways to effectively deal with habitat loss and biodiversity destruction by woodchipping.

The bolded text is the only reason why my proposal should be pulled off. Apparently I've accidentally inserted it into the wrong category.

[Frisbeeteria]

The bolded text is the only reason why my proposal should be pulled off. Apparently I've accidentally inserted it into the wrong category.

Because you noticed this and posted, I've removed it without penalty. In future, you should file a GHR and ask for mod approval. Also, see my comments in your main thread.

[Noob Colony]

The bolded text is the only reason why my proposal should be pulled off. Apparently I've accidentally inserted it into the wrong category.

Because you noticed this and posted

Actually, it was The Separatist Confederacy of Kelvaros Prime who informed me of the miscategorization. Imposing a penalty is fine to me.

[Auralia]

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PROPOSAL
ID: south_cvandia_1352605272

Repeal "On Multilateral Trade Talks"
A resolution to repeal previously passed legislation


Category: Repeal

Resolution: GA#221

Proposed by: South Cvandia

Description: WA General Assembly Resolution #221: On Multilateral Trade Talks (Category: Free Trade; Strength: Mild) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.

Argument: Having recognized the good intent of this resolution, promoting trade, it does not do what it intends. This resolution mandates trade, whether member nations would like trade or not, or whether the industry in the nations are able to trade or not. This resolution also mandates make "good faith attempts" for the "best interests of all national populations involved" which is impossible in ANY agreement, as national populations are extremely diverse, and are all affected in their own different ways if a trade agreement between 2 nation takes place. This also requires, essentially, that all industry must be public, and only public, as it makes individual nations make agreements such as this, not private companies.

Approvals: 1 (General Themis)

Status: Lacking Support (requires 71 more approvals)

Voting Ends: in 3 days

I'm not sure if this is illegal, but it certainly doesn't make any sense.

[Moronist Decisions]

Illegal, no operative clause.

[Damanucus]

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PROPOSAL
ID: south_cvandia_1352605272

Repeal "On Multilateral Trade Talks"
A resolution to repeal previously passed legislation


Category: Repeal

Resolution: GA#221

Proposed by: South Cvandia

Description: WA General Assembly Resolution #221: On Multilateral Trade Talks (Category: Free Trade; Strength: Mild) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.

Argument: Having recognized the good intent of this resolution, promoting trade, it does not do what it intends. This resolution mandates trade, whether member nations would like trade or not, or whether the industry in the nations are able to trade or not. This resolution also mandates make "good faith attempts" for the "best interests of all national populations involved" which is impossible in ANY agreement, as national populations are extremely diverse, and are all affected in their own different ways if a trade agreement between 2 nation takes place. This also requires, essentially, that all industry must be public, and only public, as it makes individual nations make agreements such as this, not private companies.

Approvals: 1 (General Themis)

Status: Lacking Support (requires 71 more approvals)

Voting Ends: in 3 days

I'm not sure if this is illegal, but it certainly doesn't make any sense.

Illegal, no operative clause.

And slightly bloggy...I think.

[Noob Colony]

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PROPOSAL
ID: south_cvandia_1352605272

Repeal "On Multilateral Trade Talks"
A resolution to repeal previously passed legislation


Category: Repeal

Resolution: GA#221

Proposed by: South Cvandia

Description: WA General Assembly Resolution #221: On Multilateral Trade Talks (Category: Free Trade; Strength: Mild) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.

Argument: Having recognized the good intent of this resolution, promoting trade, it does not do what it intends. This resolution mandates trade, whether member nations would like trade or not, or whether the industry in the nations are able to trade or not. This resolution also mandates make "good faith attempts" for the "best interests of all national populations involved" which is impossible in ANY agreement, as national populations are extremely diverse, and are all affected in their own different ways if a trade agreement between 2 nation takes place. This also requires, essentially, that all industry must be public, and only public, as it makes individual nations make agreements such as this, not private companies.

Illegal, at least to me. The underlined and bolded phrase states that all industries will be made public, or placed under government control. That is removing the private sector.

[RB Rebecca Black]

Repeal "Restrictions on Child Labor"
A resolution to repeal previously passed legislation


Category: Repeal

Resolution: GA#4

Proposed by: Imperium Londinium

Description: WA General Assembly Resolution #4: Restrictions on Child Labor (Category: Human Rights; Strength: Strong) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.

Argument: Knowing that the WA is forbidden from banning ideologies,
Aware that to make a position untenable is a de facto ban
Therefore understand that to place restrictions on a nation may lead to its position becoming untenable
Therefore understand that a de facto ban,caused by restrictive policy, whilst not illegal as such, paves the way for a less representative World Assembly
Argues that a less representative World Assembly is an Abhorrent concept to be fought against
Understanding that many types of government require strong, competitive economies to thrive or remain stable,
Knowing that there are economies that need underage labour to remain competitive
Therefore knowing that restrictions on child labour prohibitively restricts the growth of certain economies
And so finds that to restrict child labour is a form of prejudice against certain types of government
Therefore finds WA resolution #4 to be in contravention of the ideals of the WA
Hereby repeals the restrictions on child labour

Whatever good ideas that could have been in this were stifled by poor writing. Plus, half the resolution is filler, and it lacks definitions.

[Moronist Decisions]

Has a thread already

[RB Rebecca Black]

Has a thread already

Oops. Did not see that one.

[Moronist Decisions]

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PROPOSAL
ID: mialandia_1352717618

Unused capital tax
A resolution to reduce income inequality and increase basic welfare.


Category: Social Justice

Strength: Strong

Proposed by: Mialandia

Description: The World Assembly notes that global inequality is rising and that while some people are starving to death others have more money than they know how to spend.

The WA believes that this is morally unacceptable. In our modern world no one should have to starve. The WA further believes that taxing unused capital would have no harmful effects, as it only applies to capital which is unused and as anyone can avoid the tax simply by choosing to use their capital (hence contributing to the economy).

The WA resolves to tax capital which have remained unused for a period of 12 months at a rate of 50%. The WA further resolves to use this revenue to fight global poverty.

Approvals: 0

Status: Lacking Support (requires 72 more approvals)

Voting Ends: in 3 days 4 hours

Illegal, contradicts the General Fund by intervening in domestic taxation.

[Flibbleites]

Nuclear Proliferation

A resolution to improve world security by boosting police and military budgets.


Category: International Security
Strength: Strong
Proposed by: Tylora

Description: The World Assembly

NOTICES that many third world and other coutries do not have nuclear weapons and or nuclear reactors.

FORMULATES having nuclear capabilities is good for the economy, and good for preventing nuclear warfare.

CONCLUDES that all nations should have the right, ability, and duty to create nuclear reactors and nuclear weapons.

DISGUSTED that some contries unsafely test and operate nuclear capabilities.

DEFINES nuclear capabilities as the use, or ability to use nuclear reactors or weapons.

THEREFORE

CREATES the BFNP (Board for Nuclear Proliferation) to help acheive nuclear proliferation.

ALLOWS the BFNP to punish nations for not following saftey laws set up by the BFNP.

ZONES an international wasteland
to test nuclear weapons in each region.

Illegal, nothing but a committee.

[Omigodtheykilledkenny]

ZONES an international wasteland to test nuclear weapons in each region.

This clause has nothing to do with a committee.

[Omigodtheykilledkenny]

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PROPOSAL
ID: mialandia_1352717618

Unused capital tax
A resolution to reduce income inequality and increase basic welfare.


Category: Social Justice

Strength: Strong

Proposed by: Mialandia

Description: The World Assembly notes that global inequality is rising and that while some people are starving to death others have more money than they know how to spend.

The WA believes that this is morally unacceptable. In our modern world no one should have to starve. The WA further believes that taxing unused capital would have no harmful effects, as it only applies to capital which is unused and as anyone can avoid the tax simply by choosing to use their capital (hence contributing to the economy).

The WA resolves to tax capital which have remained unused for a period of 12 months at a rate of 50%. The WA further resolves to use this revenue to fight global poverty.

Approvals: 0

Status: Lacking Support (requires 72 more approvals)

Voting Ends: in 3 days 4 hours

Illegal, contradicts the General Fund by intervening in domestic taxation.

I don't even get if the resolution is trying to create a new tax for nations, or a special tax collected directly by the WA.

[Flibbleites]

ZONES an international wasteland to test nuclear weapons in each region.

This clause has nothing to do with a committee.

It doesn't require nations to do anything either.

[Mallorea and Riva]

GPA
A resolution to legalize or outlaw gambling.
Category: Gambling
Legalize/Outlaw: Legalize
Proposed by: Boomer41

Description: GAA or Gambiling Person Actions states:
Gambiling is a form of fun for adults over the age of 21 can enjoy.
1)Persons whom decide to gamble are making the descison to either strike it big or to strike out.
2)Persons whom "get out of hand" are at their own deristricsion and must face the consiquinces they make if good or bad.
3)Persons whom have a problem will be allowed to take conceling for half off price.
4)People may do as they please with their money as long as they arn't breaking the law.
5)People may borrow money from others or casinos themselves, but must put it down on recored that they did borrow money from a person,business,or casino.
6) If do not pay back the amount owed along with a extra 10% on top of that in 90 days they will be throw in jail for 30 days and be requierd to show up in front of a judge and speak why and how they could'nt pay back their amout.
7)From that point on the judges decision on the punishment are: 1)must sell owns property in order to pay back the fine.2)Thrown in jail for 2 years with parol if fine under $5000; if not then still 2 years with no parol.3)must work for person(s) for 3 years with min. pay of $10 per 3 hours of work for whatever job requierd by person(s).
Gambling is an enjoyment for all, but they make their own decisons and its up to them what to do with their money.

Writen By. The Democratic Republic of Boomer41

Approvals: 0

Status: Lacking Support (requires 72 more approvals)

Voting Ends: in 3 days 7 hours

Well. Branding for one.

[Dagguerro]

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PROPOSAL
ID: providence_and_port_hope_1352777348
Repeal "Reduction of Abortion Act"

A resolution to repeal previously passed legislation


Category: Repeal


Resolution: GA#44


Proposed by: Providence and Port Hope

Description: WA General Assembly Resolution #44: Reduction of Abortion Act (Category: Social Justice; Strength: Mild) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.

Argument: Two reasons influence the Repealing of the Reduction of Abortion Act.

Reason #1:
The Reduction of Abortion Act does not go far enough in reducing abortion.

Reason #2:
If the Reduction of Abortion Act is repealed, another act similar to it will be repealed also. If both are repealed, an act to fully ban abortion will be proposed..

I end this proposal with a question. Could you say to any adult or child who was to be aborted that you would have gone through with their abortion? Would you have said it was their mother's right to kill them?

[b]As a step to end this evil called abortion, the General Assembly hereby repeals the Reduction of Abortion Act.

Approvals: 3 (Architeuthis, Providence and Port Hope, Luziyca)

Status: Lacking Support (requires 69 more approvals)

Voting Ends: in 2 days 10 hours

Blogposal. Lacks substance. Poorly written.

That said I don't think I can pick any particular illegalities out off the top of my head. The bit about "I end this proposal with a question" might be skirting the edge of it a bit though.

[RB Rebecca Black]

Trade with other nations
A resolution to reduce barriers to free trade and commerce.


Category: Free Trade

Strength: Strong

Proposed by: Connors nation

Description: I think that the game would be fun if we could trade with other countrys and we can also have a monetary system where we trade items for currency

Game Mechanics/Blog Proposal