[DRAFT #1] Commend Trans Anarcho-Communist Lesbian Catgirls

[Tinhampton]

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In defence of Commend Trans Anarcho-Communist Lesbian Catgirls

In RE "timely" in the OBSERVING clause: The announcement was made on March 31st, the International Day of Transgender Visibility.

Commend Trans Anarcho-Communist Lesbian Catgirls
A resolution to recognise outstanding achievement by a nation or region.

Category: Commendation

Nominee: Trans Anarcho-Communist Lesbian Catgirls

Proposed by: Tinhampton

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THE SECURITY COUNCIL:

RECALLING that, at the end of March 2020, the ambassador from Caelapes stood down as the Secretary-General of the World Assembly after making a highly controversial comment about [region=Libertatem], thus spurring the second election for the post in four years and simultaneously turning World Assembly Headquarters into a jungle ravaged for half a week by obsessive and often offensive negotiating;

NOTING [nation=Trans Anarcho-Communist Lesbian Catgirls] (TACLC) to be a vassal state of [nation=Sakana], a raider that had succeeded mere weeks earlier in claiming the WA Delegacy of Slatos, a particularly infamous region which was destroyed by an interregional coalition after it lost its founder and then its Prime Minister for multiple inflammatory remarks;

OBSERVING, with gratitude, the TACLC candidate's speedy, timely announcement of a grassroots campaign for Secretary-General (one well-suited to an election for a post which entitles its holder to power so immense that no spokesperson dares to mention the consequences of wielding it), which featured among its main tenets and promises:

• subsidised tea, both South Pacific Iced and black, especially after an early concession from Wymondham's WA office;
• trans visibility and equality (hastily appropriated by the Caelapitan incumbent in an ill-fated attempt to win re-election);
• getting this august body to "endorse" the act of holding hands, without much in the way of context; and notably
• the commissioning, by a wide array of pro-TACLC illustrators from across the multiverse, of drawings of catgirls for WA ambassadors that requested such (even those opting to support other candidacies) throughout the campaign, which ranks as among the finest politicking efforts in modern world history;

IDENTIFYING the TACLC-run campaign - which reflected their candidate's meticulous, responsive, and sometimes wildly hilarious approach to politics - as a model, not only for similar campaigns in future (if they ever occur), but also for the attitude that every national leader should keep in mind during their daily business:

• happily espousing the virtues of other candidates for Secretary-General - broadly friendlier and less inclined to make suspect accusations of vote-rigging than certain other competitors - in its only official campaign communication;
• winning, in turn, the support of a few feeders, sinkers, and other former candidates such as those hailing from Wymondham, McMasterdonia and The Stalker; and
• willing where necessary to implore sympathetic WA delegations to vote against Jocospor's openly fascist candidate (which had wrongly labelled TACLC as a member state of the "WA Elite"), but doing so and carrying out all other election-related business while rising above the horrendous squabbles and shows of self-righteousness that plagued many other campaigns; and

BELIEVING the campaign ran by Trans Anarcho-Communist Lesbian Catgirls' nominee - who ultimately came second to the Lenlyvitian Empress and her political action committee, which sent at least four stamped campaign letters to every national WA delegation - to be a shining example of how even a single nation can effectively promote fundamental international values such as equality, respect, and good old-fashioned anti-fascism to all and sundry:

HEREBY COMMENDS [nation=Trans Anarcho-Communist Lesbian Catgirls].

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"So I think I might have worked out why I'm not voting to Commend Sakana's catgirl puppet..."

"Commending Sakana for April Fools is a bad idea!" Commend Versutian Federation, which aimed to Commend a two-week-old region simply for handling Z-Day 1 well, got 45.1% FOR. Commend The NationStates Community actually passed! So why shouldn't I get a fairly-experienced raider Commended for an Election 2020 campaign in which she simply oozed positivity and decorum? (Kuriko has the badge, Val Z doesn't want the badge, and Caelapes had a lacklustre Condemnation by Bitely rejected after the first election - ergo...)

"Commending Sakana for raiding is a bad idea!" TACLC/Sakana/Feu de Glace, who was at the time raiding for EPSA (previously for Lily; now a Corporal in TBH) was the point for February's raid on Slatos. If we were talking about a genuinely innocent founderless region like Yorkshire or The Communist Bloc, I wouldn't talk about it in this Commend; however, given the attempted hijacking of Stargate (a TNP ally), infiltration of TEP and generally annoying comments made by Slatosians, I believe that her help in pillaging Slatos is worthy of mention.

"Commending Sakana is a bad idea!" If she doesn't want it, she can say so here.

"You're just not the right author!" TACLC is nice. I had the idea for this during the first round when it looked like she was on a path to winning the General Election; only now, however, have I truly fleshed out the proposal.

"Your first clause isn't accurate!" There is a really nasty bug going about that I shall not mention here which led to the cancellation of Max's Providence book tour which was supposed to leave him and [violet] without any time to code a new April Fool for 2020... but since Rule 4 exists, I'll have to pretend that the election was triggered by Misley's TG to Auxorii instead. Not strictly true OOCly, but it just about makes for safer and saner roleplay

"Rule 4 says Kuriko is a nation, not a woman!" Ahhhh - but Kuriko's roleplayed Empress is, you see.

[South Reinkalistan]

I will raise objection to the mention of Jocospor in this draft. Don't give them more attention, especially not in the SC.

Excluding that -- this is well-done, and I think it's a good idea.

[Kuriko]

Against, Sakana is not yet worthy of a commendation or condemnation.

Edit: Also, commending solely based upon one April fools election and a very few anti-OOC raids isn't enough for a commendation.

[Mallorea and Riva]

I think winning the election is really its own reward, rendering a commendation a bit superfluous.

[Warzone Codger]

No mention of Feu De Glace, nuker of worlds? She made the killing blow N-Day and was where outsiders first heard of her before Sec Gen.

[The Unified Missourtama States]

against, winning an election is not commendable.

[Daytime to Night]

This proposal feels slightly oversaturated and it is difficult to follow. I think part of the problem is that it contains too much information about other candidates.

Four of the five paragraphs focus solely on a lost election, when I suspect that Sakana would prefer any proposal to better reflect her wider contributions to the game (don't want to put words in her mouth). Although I do appreciate that you want to seize the relevance of this within a reasonable timeframe of the election, rather than waiting until her body of work in NS is a little more developed/complete.

The Slatos paragraph needs correction, I am pretty sure the Slatos lead was Trans Anarcho-Communist Lesbian Catgirls, and her TEP nation was Feu de Glace, so the reference to Sakana is slightly off. Raider needs changing to raid, but the paragraph slightly misses the whole context of the raid and could be better phrased as 'delivering justice against those who sought to sabotage and infiltrate the East Pacific and the North Pacific', which seems to have been the more significant motivation for the operation. It may be worth mentioning that Slatos itself was a raiding region, as that might sway some voters.

Few other minor considerations:

I don't like unnatural acronyms in SC proposals, I don't think it would be excessive to use the full name a few more times and maybe remove the other unnecessary TACLC references

The way you have worded the South Pacific Iced Tea reference completely loses the whole joke about drinking SPIT

The reference to her 'speedy, timely' campaign seems superfluous, unless you were trying to make a light-hearted reference to her r/d speeds, in which case that needs refinement so it is a little less ambiguous? (i.e. praising their speed as a fundemental characteristic rather than a one-off circumstance which frankly isn't commendable)

The bracketed comment on the powers of the WA Secretary-General could be a fun paragraph in its own right, and doesn't help with the flow of the proposal

The side-glance vote-rigging reference is just a little unbecoming of the Security Council and drags down the proposal a little. I agree with those who say that we shouldn't give undeserved recognition to those who crave it.

[Ever-Wandering Souls]

I think winning the election is really its own reward, rendering a commendation a bit superfluous.

against, winning an election is not commendable.

Catgirls won?

[Mallorea and Riva]

I think winning the election is really its own reward, rendering a commendation a bit superfluous.

against, winning an election is not commendable.

Catgirls won?

Shows how closely I was paying attention.

[Grenartia]

I wholeheartedly support.

[LiberNovusAmericae]

Against. They don't deserve to be commended simply for running in an election and being responsible for a few raids.

[Praeceps]

I think winning the election is really its own reward, rendering a commendation a bit superfluous.

The real reward is the friends we made along the way.

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It's a bit funny how you mention outside of the proposal Sakana's R/D activities as justification for the recognition but there is no mentioning of these acts in the proposal.

[Morover]

It's a bit funny how you mention outside of the proposal Sakana's R/D activities as justification for the recognition but there is no mentioning of these acts in the proposal.

NOTING [nation=Trans Anarcho-Communist Lesbian Catgirls] (TACLC) to be a vassal state of [nation=Sakana], a raider that had succeeded mere weeks earlier in claiming the WA Delegacy of Slatos, a particularly infamous region which was destroyed by an interregional coalition after it lost its founder and then its Prime Minister for multiple inflammatory remarks;

[Praeceps]

It's a bit funny how you mention outside of the proposal Sakana's R/D activities as justification for the recognition but there is no mentioning of these acts in the proposal.

NOTING [nation=Trans Anarcho-Communist Lesbian Catgirls] (TACLC) to be a vassal state of [nation=Sakana], a raider that had succeeded mere weeks earlier in claiming the WA Delegacy of Slatos, a particularly infamous region which was destroyed by an interregional coalition after it lost its founder and then its Prime Minister for multiple inflammatory remarks;

Thank you for the correction.

That clause definitely doesn't cover the scope of Sakana's activities in R/D. She has done a lot more than just one raid...

You could also potentially put in material re: Sakana's success in the trading cards game.

[The Notorious Mad Jack]

I don't see enough here that makes Sakana worthy of a commendation, but commending this nation would boil the piss of more than a few people so whilst I probably won't vote for it, I very much wouldn't mind seeing this at vote.

[Morover]

Honestly, I gotta agree that this doesn't merit commendation. I like the player (from the like, one interaction I've had with them), but it's not particularly noteworthy to do what they did. Impressive, sure, but not noteworthy.

[ShrewLlamaLand]

Seriously?

[Grenartia]

Honestly, I gotta agree that this doesn't merit commendation. I like the player (from the like, one interaction I've had with them), but it's not particularly noteworthy to do what they did. Impressive, sure, but not noteworthy.

I mean, if something impresses you, it must be noteworthy.

Seriously?

CoCD mad

[ShrewLlamaLand]

Seriously?

CoCD mad

Not mad, I just think this is an utterly worthless proposal.

[The OS]

This is the unfunniest garbage I’ve ever seen. And if it wasn’t meant to be, that makes it just normal garbage. Against

[Grenartia]

CoCD mad

Not mad, I just think this is an utterly worthless proposal.

I don't think its fair to compare this to yall's proposal to "Condemn the WA Elite". There's actually something to act on here, and for valid reasons.

This is the unfunniest garbage I’ve ever seen. And if it wasn’t meant to be, that makes it just normal garbage. Against

Ok, barely-a-day-old-with-only-one-post guy. You're not even in the WA, so your opinion has literally no impact.

[Kuriko]

This is the unfunniest garbage I’ve ever seen. And if it wasn’t meant to be, that makes it just normal garbage. Against

Ok, barely-a-day-old-with-only-one-post guy. You're not even in the WA, so your opinion has literally no impact.

Not trying to be rude, but we shouldn't discount someone's opinion just because they aren't a WA member nation. One thing we all need to start doing is to be nicer when voicing our opinions, and instead of calling a proposal "garbage" voice your opinion on the proposal without being rude. That part is not aimed at you Grenartia, rather the person you quoted.

[Xoriet]

While I love Sakana, for once I actually agree with Shrew and his "Seriously?" response to this. If Sakana is recognized by the WA one day, this is not the proposal I would back. I would rather one that recognizes her other achievements, not the work dedicated to a puppet on an April Fools event. If you include the site events, you've left out the N-Day incident where she almost singlehandedly took out Uppercut, and all the other things she's done on the site. It's a fun idea, but if this is actually intended to be a serious draft, it's not one I'd support. Against.

[American Pere Housh]

"I have nothing against catgirls but since they are Communist, We would vote no."

[Daves Computer]

OOC: I concur with those who spoke before me. Although Trans Anarcho-Communist Lesbian Catgirls is a very admirable example in the international community (and boasts a dazzling name), they have not accomplished enough in the international community to be given a commendation. I personally would vote against, but this is a well-written proposal. Though, in regards to formatting, when you want to link to another region or nation, I don't believe [region=NAME] works. Instead, you'll have to do (nation) (/nation) or (region) (/region), except replacing parenthesis with brackets.