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[PASSED] Statement on the Nuclear Apocalypse

Postby Morover » Tue Aug 24, 2021 7:23 pm

The World Assembly Security Council,

Observing the currently ongoing volley of nuclear missiles and warheads across the multiverse,

Mildly perturbed at the frequency of such acts of aggression, happening at suspiciously regular intervals of time, about one year apart from one another,

Concerned for the wonderful nations of the World Assembly’s wellbeing during these atomic get-togethers, which may result in a less-than-ideal situation for many of the profoundly good and moral nations residing under the governance of this organization,

Gleefully noting, however, that some notoriously evil nations get bombed into oblivion during these events, meaning that there is a compelling reason for them to join the World Assembly and start on a path towards recovery and goodness,

Celebrating the goodwill brought among several groups of nations and regions, known as “factions”, which ultimately can foster positive relations between previously isolated groups of people,

Finding the chaos arising from these events to be a generally positive recess from the mundaneness of this realm, which some have described as “stagnating”, “generally boring”, or “mind-numbingly tedious”,

Concerned, though, about the safety of the Security Council at large if any malevolent actors were to shift their warmongering focus to the building of the World Assembly, and the largely negative effects that hurling nuclear megabombs towards our esteemed Assembly would incur,

Asking, in light of this, that any nations thinking of blowing up the home of the Security Council, to not do that,

Reemphasizing the fact that it would be an objectively very bad thing if any nations were to aim their full arsenal of weapons of mass destruction at any building containing gnomish personnel of the World Assembly, even though there is no formal method in which this Assembly can retaliate with material action should that action occur,

Growing rather suspicious at the lack of demonstrable aftermath following this should-be-armageddon, and worried at the implications that such a finding would have on this realm at large,

And believing that, with all these factors combined, this so-called “N-Day” shall be remembered now and forever,

Henceforth endorses any and all activities that occur under the name of N-Day, in good jest and abject chaos.


This will be submitted when the announcement for N-Day 2021 comes out - I'm open to thoughts on it in the meantime, though. Is it too on the nose? I tried to fill it with humor, and I figured I could either go with the route of being so overly grim that it's funny, or making such light of an event that would obviously be disastrous - I went with the latter.

I will be submitting something along these lines regardless, but I'm willing and open to making pretty large changes if the consensus seems to be that. I will not be willing to sacrifice making it funny, though - if you don't think this is funny, feel free to voice that and I'll work on it. I think it's pretty clever, but I'm also a tad bit inclined to think that.

Also, once this is submitted I'll post a similar draft for Z-Day.

Feedback away!
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Postby Sedgistan » Wed Aug 25, 2021 12:45 am

Fits fine as a Declaration, but "worried that this may add to the ever-expanding evidence that this realm is in fact a simulation" wouldn't pass Rule 2a.

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Postby Morover » Wed Aug 25, 2021 10:11 am

Sedgistan wrote:Fits fine as a Declaration, but "worried that this may add to the ever-expanding evidence that this realm is in fact a simulation" wouldn't pass Rule 2a.

I feel like it should pass muster, but that's why you're the person with the rulings and I'm the one who pushes the limits. I edited the clause a bit to keep the joke but be less on-the-nose with it, so it should hopefully now be resolved.
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Postby Sedgistan » Wed Aug 25, 2021 12:19 pm

What you've edited it to is absolutely fine.

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Postby Morover » Wed Aug 25, 2021 5:43 pm

Awesome sauce. Any comments from anyone containing the content?
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Postby Nyxonia » Fri Aug 27, 2021 1:18 am

Nations and Regions who do not want to participate should post the NS-approved signage around their borders with the message No Fission!

N-day +1 should be one of romance; Your face will have that healthy glow of Cesium 137 and other than the vomiting we will all still look so pretty before our hair begins to fall out.

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Postby Morover » Sat Sep 04, 2021 10:30 am

Bump for feedback. If the schedule remains as it always has, we’re a few weeks out from submission.
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Postby The Python » Mon Sep 06, 2021 5:20 pm

Morover wrote:among several groups of nations and regions , known as “factions”,

change it to
among us,


Other than that, I'm not sure if this is really necessary, so I'm not sure whether I'll support or oppose this.
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Postby Morover » Thu Sep 09, 2021 9:05 am

The Python wrote:Other than that, I'm not sure if this is really necessary, so I'm not sure whether I'll support or oppose this.

Of course it's not necessary - but it's fun. If Declarations are intended to "express an opinion on international affairs...", then I think that it's the perfect scenario to use one in.
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Postby WayNeacTia » Thu Sep 09, 2021 11:29 am

Morover wrote:
The Python wrote:Other than that, I'm not sure if this is really necessary, so I'm not sure whether I'll support or oppose this.

Of course it's not necessary - but it's fun. If Declarations are intended to "express an opinion on international affairs...", then I think that it's the perfect scenario to use one in.

I agree. People seem to be of two camps: Declarations are useless or declarations ares supposed to be super duper serious. This on the other hand is novel and creative and I usually tend to vote for something that is novel and creative.
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Postby Bhang Bhang Duc » Thu Sep 09, 2021 1:45 pm

Morover wrote:
The Python wrote:Other than that, I'm not sure if this is really necessary, so I'm not sure whether I'll support or oppose this.

Of course it's not necessary - but it's fun. If Declarations are intended to "express an opinion on international affairs...", then I think that it's the perfect scenario to use one in.

Must admit I do like this draft, strikes the right balance in terms of humour. Will probably support, unless you decide to use Python’s suggestion.

Edit: noticed this.
Celebrating the goodwill brought among several groups of nations and regions , known as “factions”, which ultimately can foster positive relations between previously isolated groups of people,

Space between “regions” and the comma.
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Postby The Python » Thu Sep 09, 2021 1:51 pm

Bhang Bhang Duc wrote:
Morover wrote:Of course it's not necessary - but it's fun. If Declarations are intended to "express an opinion on international affairs...", then I think that it's the perfect scenario to use one in.

Must admit I do like this draft, strikes the right balance in terms of humour. Will probably support, unless you decide to use Python’s suggestion.

It's a joke suggestion, not serious at all :P
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Postby One Small Island » Thu Sep 09, 2021 1:54 pm

For what it's worth, this has my full support.
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Postby Morover » Thu Sep 09, 2021 5:27 pm

Thanks for the support, y'all - glad to get some feedback on this. I must admit, it's often hard for me to gauge my proposals when I involve humor, so it truly is much appreciated. And I fixed that typo, BBD - thanks.
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Postby Giovanniland » Thu Sep 09, 2021 6:35 pm

This is quite creative and has my support.

One comment, though, the first clause contains the wording about a "currently ongoing" event, which would go outdated as soon as those 24 or so hours end. There's the possibility of the queue being full and the proposal not making it in time, or even it not being full but the proposal failing to reach enough approvals by the end of N-Day. Perhaps a change could be made there to account for this possibility?
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Postby Honeydewistania » Thu Sep 09, 2021 6:41 pm

It's still a missed opportunity to not go with Arms Control Treaty, smh.

I think that "comment" is a bit odd for a WA declaration. Maybe "Statement" or something like that would be better.
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Postby Morover » Sun Sep 12, 2021 6:28 pm

Giovanniland wrote:This is quite creative and has my support.

One comment, though, the first clause contains the wording about a "currently ongoing" event, which would go outdated as soon as those 24 or so hours end. There's the possibility of the queue being full and the proposal not making it in time, or even it not being full but the proposal failing to reach enough approvals by the end of N-Day. Perhaps a change could be made there to account for this possibility?

I think that the present tense of the language is fine, given it comments on the "frequency" of the events - even if it technically is outdated, it would remain relevant. Other comments on the topic are gladly appreciated, though.

You're right on reaching queue, though - assuming nothing else gets submitted (to make quorum) before N-Day starts, this will be able to make quorum in time if I submit a few days earlier. It doesn't look as though anyone else will submit for a bit, but I'll coordinate with authors I think may be getting close so that this can be at-vote during N-Day. Current submission date is looking like Sept20 or Sept21? Comments appreciated on this.

Honeydewistania wrote:It's still a missed opportunity to not go with Arms Control Treaty, smh.

I think that "comment" is a bit odd for a WA declaration. Maybe "Statement" or something like that would be better.

Changed to "statement" - thanks.
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Postby Morover » Sun Sep 19, 2021 5:41 pm

I plan to submit this on the minor update on Sept.22. I have communicated with other authors who I feel are near submission and they have agreed to hold off on submission until I submit this - I thank them all greatly. If I somehow managed to miss you and you plan to submit in the next day and a half-ish, and you see this, then I ask you to please wait just a little bit longer. Thank you :)
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Postby Bhang Bhang Duc » Mon Sep 20, 2021 1:32 am

Good luck with this, definitely has my support.
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Postby Gonswanza » Mon Sep 20, 2021 7:42 pm

While I find it all sound and good, one thing that does strike me as odd is the implication that WA/SC/WC headquarters would fall under attack, in spite of this being a glaring fallacy that may come to aid in defeating this proposal flat out should someone (other than myself) point this out as a glaring error.

However, if you instead change the clause to infer that instead it may cause unease between delegates or simply erase that bit entirely, it may strengthen the proposal as a whole.

Of course, this is just a weak criticism, highlighting a glaring issue, if any.
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Postby Morover » Mon Sep 20, 2021 7:52 pm

Gonswanza wrote:While I find it all sound and good, one thing that does strike me as odd is the implication that WA/SC/WC headquarters would fall under attack, in spite of this being a glaring fallacy that may come to aid in defeating this proposal flat out should someone (other than myself) point this out as a glaring error.

However, if you instead change the clause to infer that instead it may cause unease between delegates or simply erase that bit entirely, it may strengthen the proposal as a whole.

Of course, this is just a weak criticism, highlighting a glaring issue, if any.

Confused as to how this is a fallacy - this is not intended to be a serious commentary on N-Day, but rather a light-hearted proposal in line with the light-heartedness of the event. If you have some legitimate gripe other than just saying it's bad, I'm all ears but I frankly do not see the issue.

This will be submitted in 13ish hours regardless of this issue, so if anyone else seconds Gonswanza's criticism, speak up ASAP.
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Postby The Python » Mon Sep 20, 2021 10:19 pm

I don't find it problematic, and I'm not completely convinced it's necessary, but may as well pass it for the lulz.
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Postby Great Algerstonia » Tue Sep 21, 2021 5:39 am

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Postby Nono germani » Tue Sep 21, 2021 9:05 am

IM NUKING THE WORLD ASSEMBLY YEEEEHAW

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