The Writers' Block

[Phydios]

Are there any issues about people leaving their inheritance to pets, as opposed to their children/grandchildren

#161 covers this.

[Australian rePublic]

Are there any issues about people leaving their inheritance to pets, as opposed to their children/grandchildren

#161 covers this.

Thanks!
Though 161 is about whether or not inheritance should exist, mine is about who should benefit from it. I therefore believe that are sufficiantly different
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[Kozmix]

Talking about pets, are there issues on furries and other such public procession things?

[Frieden-und Freudenland]

Talking about pets, are there issues on furries and other such public procession things?

There is one on BDSM enthusiasts making their fantasies public.

Other than that, I don't think so.

[Candlewhisper Archive]

There's been plenty of submissions on furries, but none of them really tackle the problem with any nuance other than "furries, yes or no?"

[Kozmix]

There's been plenty of submissions on furries, but none of them really tackle the problem with any nuance other than "furries, yes or no?"

*takes notes*

This seems like a very nice issue to work on

[Trotterdam]

There's been plenty of submissions on furries, but none of them really tackle the problem with any nuance other than "furries, yes or no?"

To be fair, the BDSM issue doesn't have much more nuance than that, though it at least justifies it being a political issue by including the question "public BDSM, yes or no?".

[Islands of Washington]

There's been plenty of submissions on furries, but none of them really tackle the problem with any nuance other than "furries, yes or no?"

That's true. All I ever see is people mentioning annoying threads, or mention them on RMB's of banning anyone they identify as a furry without any substantial evidence to why it should be banned.

[Frieden-und Freudenland]

Is there an issue about passport strength? For example, Singaporeans have the world's most powerful passports, as they can visit 165 countries without needing a visa.

The Turkish passport, however, is weaker (Rank 43); as it only allows you to visit 112 countries, and most of those are what Trump would call "shithole countries," so you get the idea...

Perhaps we could have an issue about @@DEMONYMPLURAL@@ complaining about not having a strong passport and not being able to visit many countries without a visa, but would I be assuming too much about @@NAME@@?

[Sacara]

Perhaps we could have an issue about @@DEMONYMPLURAL@@ complaining about not having a strong passport and not being able to visit many countries without a visa, but would I be assuming too much about @@NAME@@?

Maybe you could have a validity of low pacifism?

[Candlewhisper Archive]

There's been plenty of submissions on furries, but none of them really tackle the problem with any nuance other than "furries, yes or no?"

To be fair, the BDSM issue doesn't have much more nuance than that, though it at least justifies it being a political issue by including the question "public BDSM, yes or no?".

Sure, which is part of why any new issue about fetishes needs to cover a different narrative approach. Can you imagine how many issues we'd waste if we had one issue for each fetish on that format?

Rule 34 suggests we'd double the number of issues in a day, but probably would also have significantly altered the Nationstates experience...

[Trotterdam]

Is there an issue about passport strength? For example, Singaporeans have the world's most powerful passports, as they can visit 165 countries without needing a visa.

The Turkish passport, however, is weaker (Rank 43); as it only allows you to visit 112 countries, and most of those are what Trump would call "shithole countries," so you get the idea...

Perhaps we could have an issue about @@DEMONYMPLURAL@@ complaining about not having a strong passport and not being able to visit many countries without a visa, but would I be assuming too much about @@NAME@@?

What determines a passport's strength? What can a nation do to make its passport stronger (or weaker, if it for some reason wants that)? What reason would a nation have to accept or not accept some other nation's passport?

[Australian rePublic]

Is the amalgamation of @@CAPITAL@@ topic still in high demand?

[Frieden-und Freudenland]

Is there an issue about passport strength? For example, Singaporeans have the world's most powerful passports, as they can visit 165 countries without needing a visa.

The Turkish passport, however, is weaker (Rank 43); as it only allows you to visit 112 countries, and most of those are what Trump would call "shithole countries," so you get the idea...

Perhaps we could have an issue about @@DEMONYMPLURAL@@ complaining about not having a strong passport and not being able to visit many countries without a visa, but would I be assuming too much about @@NAME@@?

What determines a passport's strength? What can a nation do to make its passport stronger (or weaker, if it for some reason wants that)? What reason would a nation have to accept or not accept some other nation's passport?

Mainly their international reputation and the likelihood of terrorist threat that can come from that country.

If you want to make your passport "stronger," you could try to do various things to improve your country's reputation, I guess.

[Candlewhisper Archive]

Hmmm, I wonder if its to do with geopolitical positioning. Singapore has made it acceptable to both China and America, for example.

Good topic though. If well researched, would be an excellent issue.

Here's a fun link, where a British newspaper uses a ridiculously generous definition of "3rd place".
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/news ... orts-2018/

[Australian rePublic]

Hmmm, I wonder if its to do with geopolitical positioning. Singapore has made it acceptable to both China and America, for example.

Good topic though. If well researched, would be an excellent issue.

Here's a fun link, where a British newspaper uses a ridiculously generous definition of "3rd place".
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/news ... orts-2018/

Another reason could be recognition. If you're not recognised, your passport's not accepted

[Frieden-und Freudenland]

Hmmm, I wonder if its to do with geopolitical positioning. Singapore has made it acceptable to both China and America, for example.

Good topic though. If well researched, would be an excellent issue.

Here's a fun link, where a British newspaper uses a ridiculously generous definition of "3rd place".
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/news ... orts-2018/

Another reason could be recognition. If you're not recognised, your passport's not accepted

Well, I won't assume that @@NAME@@'s sovereignty is not recognized.

[Frieden-und Freudenland]

By the way, is there an issue about selfie enthusiasts dying while they're trying to take selfies in dangerous places? Like, you know, rebellious youngsters climb up a skyscraper illegally and take a selfie at the top just so they can post it on Instagram. Something like that.

Some touristic places have indeed banned selfies (or selfie sticks) to prevent such deaths.

https://www.cntraveler.com/galleries/20 ... -landmarks

Maybe this could make a good issue?

[Candlewhisper Archive]

By the way, is there an issue about selfie enthusiasts dying while they're trying to take selfies in dangerous places? Like, you know, rebellious youngsters climb up a skyscraper illegally and take a selfie at the top just so they can post it on Instagram. Something like that.

Some touristic places have indeed banned selfies (or selfie sticks) to prevent such deaths.

https://www.cntraveler.com/galleries/20 ... -landmarks

Maybe this could make a good issue?

I did a draft in March 2017, so would feel super-sad if you made it obsolete.

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But no rule against open competition, of course.

[Frieden-und Freudenland]

By the way, is there an issue about selfie enthusiasts dying while they're trying to take selfies in dangerous places? Like, you know, rebellious youngsters climb up a skyscraper illegally and take a selfie at the top just so they can post it on Instagram. Something like that.

Some touristic places have indeed banned selfies (or selfie sticks) to prevent such deaths.

https://www.cntraveler.com/galleries/20 ... -landmarks

Maybe this could make a good issue?

I did a draft in March 2017, so would feel super-sad if you made it obsolete.

viewtopic.php?f=13&t=407450

But no rule against open competition, of course.

Oh, OK. I am not gonna read, though, as it might affect my ideas.

[Kozmix]

Are there any issues on acronym use in legislation?

Something like "Youth doesn't care about politics because they don't understand it, so introduce that type of language that youth relates to" versus "that will lose nuance in the law and so should not be oversimplified" and so on

[Trotterdam]

Sounds similar to #567.

[Kozmix]

Sounds similar to #567.

Not in the slightest, not what I have in mind anyways.... *brews issue draft*

[He Qixin]

Are there any issues related to eating and drinking on public transport?

[Liberimery]

Got two issue questions:


Is there an issue to establish a semi-direct and/or direct democracy (the difference is that the former would require a petition process to establish a sufficient number of citizens wish to vote on the issue (i.e. Swiss democracy) where as direct democracy would be the entire population can vote on matters of law ala Anciet Athens).

Second is related to a land rent tax. Under this system, the tax is assessed by the price of the land prior to development. Only further taxation would be assessed to removal of natural resources to a profit (building a coal mine would be further taxable as the land is less valuable once it is removed but building a skyscrapers is not as it ads comercial value and thus overall land value to surrounding land.).