[DEAD] Ban on Zombie Exportation

[Imperium Anglorum]

This is most certainly dead. It has also been most certainly zombified. After a rather long discussion, a consensus was reached that the biological weapons legislation already on the books could be extended to deal with the issue.

Category: International Security
Strength: Mild

Believing that zombies have lead to the deaths of countless billions of citizens throughout the world,

Regarding this as a menace which should be fought against with the utmost effort for the preservation of human life and the protection of both state sovereignty and continuity,

Accepting that zombies are not sapient persons which have rights, as their animalistic nature is devoid of rational thought,

Intending for this legislation to serve as a warning to future national regimes who intend to pursue such actions,

Naturally taking action against this threat, and

Strongly encouraging mass action against the zombie menace,

This august World Assembly hereby,

1. Defines 'zombie' as an undead being which is reanimated and desires to consume the flesh of the living and supporting or abetting such beings as a crime against humanity;
   
   
2. Explicitly bans the export of zombies from nations into other member nations by member governments for the purpose of infecting the citizens of other nations;
   
   
3. Advocates for increased military spending to combat future zombie threats to national security and continuity as well as strong border controls to further prevent the spread of zombifying pathogens, and
   
   
4. Demands that nations take actions to check for zombie infection when enforcing border control policies.

[Tinfect]

Believing that zombies have lead to the deaths of countless billions of citizens throughout the world,

"Where, Ambassador? The Imperium has not had a problem with any such 'Zombies'."

Regarding this as a menace which should be fought against with the utmost effort for the preservation of human life and the protection of both state sovereignty and continuity,

"Ambassador, I am certain you are aware that this assembly contains non-human delegations. I do not believe it was your intention to imply that the Non-Human civilizations of this assembly were not worthy of protection."

Strongly encouraging mass action against the zombie menace,

"Menace? Ambassador, the Imperium has had no incidents with these 'zombies' of yours. The closest we have experienced, is an outbreak of a parasitic organism on an Outer Colony, it was contained quickly, and other Imperial worlds were under no threat. And those infected by the parasite, were, quite unfortunately, given the nature of the parasite, very much alive, and very much aware. Not quite fitting your definition of 'zombies'."

Defines 'zombie' as an undead being which is reanimated and desires to consume the flesh of the living and supporting or abetting such beings as a crime against humanity

"Arguably, if it is capable of the desire of a thing beyond simple need or instinct, it is Sapient."

Explicitly bans the export of zombies from nations into other member nations by member governments for the purpose of infecting the citizens of other nations

"Arguably covered by existing legislation regarding Biological Weapons."

Demands that nations take actions to check for zombie infection when enforcing border control policies.

"Ambassador... If these 'zombies' are intelligent enough to pilot a vessel into the Imperial Territories, they will be treated as any other such vessel, and turned away.

The Imperium can offer no official position on this proposal at this time, but it would likely be best if you took this exchange into consideration if you intend to further pursue this draft."

[Araraukar]

Joke proposals should be in the Joke proposal thread, and zombie proposals do belong there. This has been stated every year.

[Imperium Anglorum]

Joke proposals should be in the Joke proposal thread, and zombie proposals do belong there. This has been stated every year.

I've posted this not in the zombie thread because I want to see whether is would be theoretically legal.

[Araraukar]

I've posted this not in the zombie thread because I want to see whether is would be theoretically legal.

OOC: Various things to do with zombies have been tried in previous years - search GA forum for zombie keyword. As long as you reference zombies as the living undead (or any such wording), you fall under "fantasy RP" and as such will get rejected. If they are the inhabitants of a WA nation, they already fall under all the existing resolutions.

Also, I didn't mean the Zombie forum, I meant this thread: viewtopic.php?f=9&t=255807

[The Chan Islanders]

As a proud zombie empire, I fanatically oppose this motion with every tooth and nail available!

[Imperium Anglorum]

OOC: Various things to do with zombies have been tried in previous years - search GA forum for zombie keyword. As long as you reference zombies as the living undead (or any such wording), you fall under "fantasy RP" and as such will get rejected.

I've always found that suspect. When people are quite willing to propose resolutions against planet busters and those don't get removed, what leads to qualification as roleplay?

[Araraukar]

I've always found that suspect. When people are quite willing to propose resolutions against planet busters and those don't get removed

OOC: Example, please? Because far-future things also get called wank. Heck, most RP'd things get called wank, but since the Mod Hivemind ruling that "human rights" work for non-human inhabitants too, it's been merely an RP point for arguments and general courtesy to not call all inhabitants "human" but rather come up with species-neutral wording in resolution text.

what leads to qualification as roleplay?

You're welcome to RP as a zombie nation to your heart's content, just don't expect it to be taken seriously in proposal text.

[Wallenburg]

"The People's Republic of Wallenburg has never encountered or even heard of a single zombie ever. How is this an international issue?"

[Povinksi]

"The People's Republic of Wallenburg has never encountered or even heard of a single zombie ever. How is this an international issue?"

OOC: But aren't you a minecraft nation?
Anyway, Imperium Angolorum - I'd recommend that you change the title to, "Ban on Undead Expirementation-The term zombie was invented by [i]humans[/] after all.

[Separatist Peoples]

"The People's Republic of Wallenburg has never encountered or even heard of a single zombie ever. How is this an international issue?"

OOC: But aren't you a minecraft nation?
Anyway, Imperium Angolorum - I'd recommend that you change the title to, "Ban on Undead Expirementation-The term zombie was invented by [i]humans[/] after all.

OOC: so was the term "pony", "potted plant", "bear", and "Klingon". Origin doesn't mean shit. Zombie can reference any species.

[Frisbeeteria]

As long as you reference zombies as the living undead (or any such wording), you fall under "fantasy RP" and as such will get rejected.

Because far-future things also get called wank.

Just to be clear, there's nothing in the GA rules that prevents specific areas of roleplay from being proposed. If you're saying the voters will reject it, that's fine. If you're saying the mods will remove it and call it illegal, I do not believe that precedent exists.<sup>1



1</sup> I'm not saying we haven't removed plenty of RP proposals, but they were removed for other rulebreaking, not for being RP.

[Wallenburg]

"The People's Republic of Wallenburg has never encountered or even heard of a single zombie ever. How is this an international issue?"

OOC: But aren't you a minecraft nation?

OOC: Kind of. It's complicated.

[Araraukar]

If you're saying the mods will remove it and call it illegal, I do not believe that precedent exists.

OOC: On previous occasions, once the zombie event is done, people have been told (on proposals posted here, no idea of submitted ones) to save that for the roleplay forums and not submit them. Also, considering it's a game-side event, one could always argue it's meta-gaming.

But "RP wank" is the most common term I get thrown at me, when using non-human arguments against proposals. That works both ways. (This statement not directed at Fris, but generally at whoever's reading.)

EDIT: I'm now so very tempted to switch WA to Araraukar for just long enough to write and submit and "anti-chlorophyll act" to wipe out all higher plants in case they turn out to be intelligent... fairly sure I could make it legal. Bad Fris for giving me bad ideas...

[Imperium Anglorum]

If you're saying the mods will remove it and call it illegal, I do not believe that precedent exists.

OOC: On previous occasions, once the zombie event is done, people have been told (on proposals posted here, no idea of submitted ones) to save that for the roleplay forums and not submit them. Also, considering it's a game-side event, one could always argue it's meta-gaming.

That's the main point I was trying to skirt around. The manner in which I write about zombies is one which is easily interpretable to mean the zombies which exist in situations not dealing with NS Halloween.

[Separatist Peoples]

OOC: As I read it, this isn't illegal for Metagaming or even any kind of Roleplay issue, but this is textbook biological warfare, so much of this is, technically, already covered. It's also likely covered by the Epidemic Response Act, since Zed-Head is being treated as a disease in this draft. Which is a shame, because I'd totally support a WA-wide Zombie contingency.

[Povinksi]

Regardless of its legality, we will stand firmly opposed to this resolution should it come to vote- I see nothing wrong with exporting with the undead.

[Imperium Anglorum]

OOC: As I read it, this isn't illegal for Metagaming or even any kind of Roleplay issue, but this is textbook biological warfare, so much of this is, technically, already covered. It's also likely covered by the Epidemic Response Act, since Zed-Head is being treated as a disease in this draft. Which is a shame, because I'd totally support a WA-wide Zombie contingency.

Hmm... would make a good Law Review article, examining the interaction between currently passed resolutions on a zombie invasion...

[Separatist Peoples]

OOC: As I read it, this isn't illegal for Metagaming or even any kind of Roleplay issue, but this is textbook biological warfare, so much of this is, technically, already covered. It's also likely covered by the Epidemic Response Act, since Zed-Head is being treated as a disease in this draft. Which is a shame, because I'd totally support a WA-wide Zombie contingency.

Hmm... would make a good Law Review article, examining the interaction between currently passed resolutions on a zombie invasion...

OOC: eh. Gameside and the GA don't really gel, so it wouldn't work terribly well for an article beyond pointing out the disconnect.

[Imperium Anglorum]

Hmm... would make a good Law Review article, examining the interaction between currently passed resolutions on a zombie invasion...

OOC: eh. Gameside and the GA don't really gel, so it wouldn't work terribly well for an article beyond pointing out the disconnect.

There's a lot of room between the roleplay elements of both. If one establishes that it is government who choose their direction from the Zombie issue and thereby, are nations responsible for their actions, if they are WA members, they must also be accountable to WA legislation... and then, there's lots of explore there, like the status of war crimes, etc.

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However it is, it doesn't seem to be illegal per se.

[Araraukar]

OOC: Ok, had some time to look through things...

First of all, this is where my memory of "this RP is not valid" comes from, though I admit it's just the player's word on that having been the mods' reason for shooting it down:

Moderators took it down saying that it's not valid because of the "Vampire RP" so....Take it up with them?

Here's the link to that thread in general - IA, I suggest you read through it and the arguments presented, not just the post quoted above. More reading found by searching GA forum with "undead".

Also, these were apparently mod-removed (the first time the zombies came around), from silly/illegal thread:

I'm not caring if I repost some.

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


Category: International Security

Strength: Strong

Proposed by: Kronssia

Description: DESCRIPTION: PLAN TO HELP CONTAIN THE ZOMBIE OUTBREAK THROUGH OUT THE WORLD AND PROTECT THOSE WHO ARE NOT YET INFECTED.

OBJECTIVE A: ALL MILITARY FORCES OR DEARIES CONTAINMENT ORGANIZATIONS MUST BURN THE BODIES OF THE DEAD ONCE THEY HAVE BEEN SHOOT IN THE HEAD WHILE WEARING BIO-HAZARD SAFE CLOTHING.

OBJECTIVE B: AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN CONSIDERS TO HAVE A HIGH INFECTION RATE MUST BE CLOSED OFF AND BOMBED BY MILITARY FORCES UNTIL THERE ARE NO SINGS OF THE UNDEAD.

OBJECTIVE C: AREAS THAT CONTAIN LOW INFECTION RATES MUST HAVE ALL NONINFLECTED EVACUATED TO A NEAR BY MILITARY BASE AND CHECKED BY MEDICAL CHECK POINTS TO KEEP THOSE WHO ARE INFECTED FROM THE UNINFECTED POPULATION AND MUST BE TAKEN TO A QUARANTINE ZONE AND IF THE INFECTION GETS WORST... YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO.

OBJECTIVE D: CITIZENS MUST BE WARNED HOW TO FIGHT OFF THE INFECTED BY TAKING ANY WEAPON THEY FIND AND AIM FOR THE HEAD!

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


Category: International Security

Strength: Strong

Proposed by: Mizuyuki

Description: The nations of the World Assembly,

NOTING that the current zombie outbreak is rapidly spreading over the world;

FURTHER NOTING that this might be a non-permanent fixture due to the possibility of it being a prank;

NEVERTHELESS RECOGNIZING the importance and necessity of countermeasures in the event that the outbreak is a very real threat;

RECOGNIZING the importance of restricting the spread of the as yet unknown vector causing the outbreak to proliferate;

BELIEVING that the zombie outbreak has the potential to cause a total collapse of the known world if not handled correctly;

DEFINING, for the purpose of this resolution, "zombies" as undead organic beings which have been restored to life and may be able to infect any other beings, turning them into zombies,"white areas" as areas that are known to be free of any infected beings;

THUS PROPOSING that the nations of the World Assembly

1. Allocate a portion of their national budget towards the modernization and upkeep of military personnel and equipment.

2. Increase the intensity of training of police and military personnel as well as drafting recruits from the nation to restore law and order.

3. Provide basic military training to citizens to ensure that they are able to adequately defend themselves in the event of a zombie invasion.

4. Dispose of bodies of dead zombies through containment in airtight containers to reduce the risk of infection.

5. Immediately mobilize their national army to combat the zombies and reduce the zombie population.

6. Immediately focusing on the development of a cure to avoid the zombie outbreak from spreading and to vaccinate citizens from possible future infection.

7. Evacuate all civilians from areas known to contain infected beings to minimize death and infection.

8. Set up white areas around their nation for uninfected citizens to congregate and to minimize risk of contact with infected beings.

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


Category: International Security

Strength: Mild

Proposed by: Rectangulo Circular

Description: In order to avoid any future outbreak of zombies is of maximum importance the share of medical and technological measures to contain and fight any future threat.

The proposals of this resolution are:

1) That all research and possible cure to be share to all nations of the world independent of its ideological and/or religious points of view.

2) Future outbreaks are to be dealt without resorting to exporting zombies to neighboring countries.

3) All future outbreaks are to be warned to its region with the maximum urgency in order to prevent its spread.

The Rights Of The Infected
A resolution to improve worldwide human and civil rights.


Category: Human Rights

Strength: Strong

Proposed by: Blassland

Description: Recognizing the dire situation caused by the infection
Commending the nations who have refused to resort to violence agains the 'undead' and have instead begun to search for a cure to the disease or export diseased to a new location
Condemning the nations that have resorted to senseless violence and mass murder against their civillian populace which has been infected
Resolving That:
1) All WA members will be required to stop killing the infected on site
2) Enforcing the basic rights of man, namely that of life, by suspending non-cooperative nations from the WA
3) Creating a Council Of Health And Safety, being made up of the 10 representatives of the 10 largest regions in population
4) Excusing all WA nations that immediatley cease and desist with violent attempts to contain the infection

Zombie Cure Proposal
A resolution to improve worldwide human and civil rights.


Category: Human Rights

Strength: Mild

Proposed by: Catholican Catholica

Description: Seeing that the zombie apocalypse has caused the number of infected victims to escalate to a very high and horrendous number,

Urges member states to find cures to help infected victims,

Urges member states to not kill the infected victims in order to stop other healthy victims from being infected,

Proposes that all the scientists of all the member states find a cure to treat the infected victims.

Hereby proposes the Zombie Cure Proposal.

April Fools related.

[Imperium Anglorum]

I'm not caring if I repost some.

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


Category: International Security

Strength: Strong

Proposed by: Kronssia

Description: DESCRIPTION: PLAN TO HELP CONTAIN THE ZOMBIE OUTBREAK THROUGH OUT THE WORLD AND PROTECT THOSE WHO ARE NOT YET INFECTED.

OBJECTIVE A: ALL MILITARY FORCES OR DEARIES CONTAINMENT ORGANIZATIONS MUST BURN THE BODIES OF THE DEAD ONCE THEY HAVE BEEN SHOOT IN THE HEAD WHILE WEARING BIO-HAZARD SAFE CLOTHING.

OBJECTIVE B: AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN CONSIDERS TO HAVE A HIGH INFECTION RATE MUST BE CLOSED OFF AND BOMBED BY MILITARY FORCES UNTIL THERE ARE NO SINGS OF THE UNDEAD.

OBJECTIVE C: AREAS THAT CONTAIN LOW INFECTION RATES MUST HAVE ALL NONINFLECTED EVACUATED TO A NEAR BY MILITARY BASE AND CHECKED BY MEDICAL CHECK POINTS TO KEEP THOSE WHO ARE INFECTED FROM THE UNINFECTED POPULATION AND MUST BE TAKEN TO A QUARANTINE ZONE AND IF THE INFECTION GETS WORST... YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO.

OBJECTIVE D: CITIZENS MUST BE WARNED HOW TO FIGHT OFF THE INFECTED BY TAKING ANY WEAPON THEY FIND AND AIM FOR THE HEAD!

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


Category: International Security

Strength: Strong

Proposed by: Mizuyuki

Description: The nations of the World Assembly,

NOTING that the current zombie outbreak is rapidly spreading over the world;

FURTHER NOTING that this might be a non-permanent fixture due to the possibility of it being a prank;

NEVERTHELESS RECOGNIZING the importance and necessity of countermeasures in the event that the outbreak is a very real threat;

RECOGNIZING the importance of restricting the spread of the as yet unknown vector causing the outbreak to proliferate;

BELIEVING that the zombie outbreak has the potential to cause a total collapse of the known world if not handled correctly;

DEFINING, for the purpose of this resolution, "zombies" as undead organic beings which have been restored to life and may be able to infect any other beings, turning them into zombies,"white areas" as areas that are known to be free of any infected beings;

THUS PROPOSING that the nations of the World Assembly

1. Allocate a portion of their national budget towards the modernization and upkeep of military personnel and equipment.

2. Increase the intensity of training of police and military personnel as well as drafting recruits from the nation to restore law and order.

3. Provide basic military training to citizens to ensure that they are able to adequately defend themselves in the event of a zombie invasion.

4. Dispose of bodies of dead zombies through containment in airtight containers to reduce the risk of infection.

5. Immediately mobilize their national army to combat the zombies and reduce the zombie population.

6. Immediately focusing on the development of a cure to avoid the zombie outbreak from spreading and to vaccinate citizens from possible future infection.

7. Evacuate all civilians from areas known to contain infected beings to minimize death and infection.

8. Set up white areas around their nation for uninfected citizens to congregate and to minimize risk of contact with infected beings.

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


Category: International Security

Strength: Mild

Proposed by: Rectangulo Circular

Description: In order to avoid any future outbreak of zombies is of maximum importance the share of medical and technological measures to contain and fight any future threat.

The proposals of this resolution are:

1) That all research and possible cure to be share to all nations of the world independent of its ideological and/or religious points of view.

2) Future outbreaks are to be dealt without resorting to exporting zombies to neighboring countries.

3) All future outbreaks are to be warned to its region with the maximum urgency in order to prevent its spread.

The Rights Of The Infected
A resolution to improve worldwide human and civil rights.


Category: Human Rights

Strength: Strong

Proposed by: Blassland

Description: Recognizing the dire situation caused by the infection
Commending the nations who have refused to resort to violence agains the 'undead' and have instead begun to search for a cure to the disease or export diseased to a new location
Condemning the nations that have resorted to senseless violence and mass murder against their civillian populace which has been infected
Resolving That:
1) All WA members will be required to stop killing the infected on site
2) Enforcing the basic rights of man, namely that of life, by suspending non-cooperative nations from the WA
3) Creating a Council Of Health And Safety, being made up of the 10 representatives of the 10 largest regions in population
4) Excusing all WA nations that immediatley cease and desist with violent attempts to contain the infection

Zombie Cure Proposal
A resolution to improve worldwide human and civil rights.


Category: Human Rights

Strength: Mild

Proposed by: Catholican Catholica

Description: Seeing that the zombie apocalypse has caused the number of infected victims to escalate to a very high and horrendous number,

Urges member states to find cures to help infected victims,

Urges member states to not kill the infected victims in order to stop other healthy victims from being infected,

Proposes that all the scientists of all the member states find a cure to treat the infected victims.

Hereby proposes the Zombie Cure Proposal.

April Fools related.

That would be because these are all illegal for one reason or another which doesn't have to do with RP. I have some irl concerns right now, so I'll read the thread on vampires when I get the time. However, onto the linked proposals, which I did have time to read:

• the first one is illegal for not speaking in a WA manner,
  
• the second one is illegal for referencing a game mechanic in an OOC manner (b),
  
• the third one is illegal for speaking about regions,
  
• the fourth one is illegal for optionality in 4, and
  
• the fifth one is illegal for speaking in a manner where it is Catholican Catholica which is proposing and not the WA.

All of these are illegal for reasons which do not have to do with the zombies themselves, and hence, do not serve as precedent for the removal of zombie-related legislation.

[The Imperial Frost Federation]

As an Empire that reserves the right to deploy Bio-Organic Weapons including the undead legions of Zombies, the Imperial Frost Federation is opposed to this moratorium on Zombie Exportation.

Regards
Lt. Albert Nakiri

[Separatist Peoples]

As an Empire that reserves the right to deploy Bio-Organic Weapons including the undead legions of Zombies, the Imperial Frost Federation is opposed to this moratorium on Zombie Exportation.

Regards
Lt. Albert Nakiri

"No, you aren't. Biological warfare is already banned. Unless your government is full of liars and dishonorable oathbreakers, WA law prevents them from doing so."

[Araraukar]

All of these are illegal for reasons which do not have to do with the zombies themselves, and hence, do not serve as precedent for the removal of zombie-related legislation.

OOC: LOL, I didn't mean them as examples of "see? zombie RP grrr no good" but rather than "this is why I remembered zombie RP wasn't good in proposals", human memories are fallible, ya know. And also to give you ideas of things that have been approached around zombies. The one "removed for vampire RP" is probably the best attempt so far - but it tried to claim zombieism to be due to cordyceps type of fungus, and thus ran into the existing medical resolutions.

IC: I know it's sometimes hard for people to believe it, but I just plain hate to see crap being submitted to the WA - even if I think this belongs into a bad horror movie and not a proposal, I'll help you make it the best bad horror movie screenplay proposal possible.

"No, you aren't. Biological warfare is already banned. Unless your government is full of liars and dishonorable oathbreakers, WA law prevents them from doing so."

Well, to be fair, the resolution that prevents bioweapons only says this:

1. "Biological agents" shall be defined as any disease-producing bacterium, virus, prion, or other microorganism with the capacity to be used effectively in an act of biological terrorism or biological warfare;

I don't see really see how a dead body, whatever they call it, would come under "bacterium, virus, prion or other microorganism".