[Defeated] Peaceful First Contact

[Imperium Anglorum]

I concur with the above assessment of the title. Something like 'Non-violent first contact' or 'Peaceful first contact' (to borrow from Stellaris) would make more sense as a title.

[Umeria]

The title has been changed, but what I really want to change is the subtitle. I'm not sure anything can look good next to "A resolution to slash worldwide military spending."

[Araraukar]

The title has been changed, but what I really want to change is the subtitle. I'm not sure anything can look good next to "A resolution to slash worldwide military spending."

OOC: ...it'll look good for everyone who thinks that there's too much money spent on military stuff (often for waging wars outside of your own country) and not enough spent on domestic civilian issues like healthcare or education.

[Umeria]

The title has been changed, but what I really want to change is the subtitle. I'm not sure anything can look good next to "A resolution to slash worldwide military spending."

OOC: ...it'll look good for everyone who thinks that there's too much money spent on military stuff (often for waging wars outside of your own country) and not enough spent on domestic civilian issues like healthcare or education.

Military spending will go down, but not because the proposal mandates that you slash budgets, as the subtitle makes it seem. It prevents wars from occurring due to a bad first contact, which lowers the "need" for spending instead of just the spending itself.

[Umeria]

After a months-long coma from an unfortunate collision with the Stranger's Bar, Lockwood is refreshed and prepared to discuss the merits of his proposal.

[Araraukar]

After a months-long coma from an unfortunate collision with the Stranger's Bar, Lockwood is refreshed and prepared to discuss the merits of his proposal.

OOC: The draft hasn't changed and you already have 2.5 pages of discussion.

[Umeria]

OOC: The draft hasn't changed and you already have 2.5 pages of discussion.

An excellent point. Should I submit this then?

[Araraukar]

OOC: The draft hasn't changed and you already have 2.5 pages of discussion.

An excellent point. Should I submit this then?

OOC: *shrug* If you have time to campaign for it, why not.

[Imperium Anglorum]

I say patience. It may be some time until the Secretary-General election telegram blocks die down and it becomes possible to campaign successfully.

[Umeria]

Another proposal has made it to queue! This is my cue to submit, which I will do within the week unless I hear an objection.

[Umeria]

Change of plans: the queue is swamped right now so I'll wait for it to calm down before submitting.

[Umeria]

Submitted!

And it has reached quorum! Big thanks to everyone who approved it.

[Flying Eagles]

Full support. Could there be a better title though? We feel this resolution extends well beyond first contact.

[Umeria]

Full support. Could there be a better title though? We feel this resolution extends well beyond first contact.

I mean it's still contacting someone for the first time, even if not every instance of that falls under the conventional usage of first contact.

[Umeria]

We're at vote!

[Umeria]

Wow, four Pacific delegates voted against this within one hour of it coming to vote. They must really hate *checks notes* preventing war.

[Shazbotdom]

"The Empire will be voting against this, for reasons that are our own. But mainly, 'First Contact' situations have rarely, if ever, resulted in War. So, this is really an unneeded resolution and would be useless for the General Assembly to even consider making it into International Law."

[Umeria]

"The Empire will be voting against this, for reasons that are our own. But mainly, 'First Contact' situations have rarely, if ever, resulted in War. So, this is really an unneeded resolution and would be useless for the General Assembly to even consider making it into International Law."

"The notion that a slight risk of catastrophe should simply be ignored is absurd. It's akin to having no safeguards in a nuclear power plant."

[Shazbotdom]

"The Empire will be voting against this, for reasons that are our own. But mainly, 'First Contact' situations have rarely, if ever, resulted in War. So, this is really an unneeded resolution and would be useless for the General Assembly to even consider making it into International Law."

"The notion that a slight risk of catastrophe should simply be ignored is absurd. It's akin to having no safeguards in a nuclear power plant."

"There is no correlation between this Proposal and having no safeguards at a Nuclear Power Plant. The fact that you attempted this correlation is most likely the reason why this Proposal is currently failing so bad within the first two hours of voting within the General Assembly," Antoine stated, sipping his coffee to wake himself up after a long overnight flight back to the WA Headquarters from the Imperial Mainland.

[Umeria]

"The notion that a slight risk of catastrophe should simply be ignored is absurd. It's akin to having no safeguards in a nuclear power plant."

"There is no correlation between this Proposal and having no safeguards at a Nuclear Power Plant. The fact that you attempted this correlation is most likely the reason why this Proposal is currently failing so bad within the first two hours of voting within the General Assembly," Antoine stated, sipping his coffee to wake himself up after a long overnight flight back to the WA Headquarters from the Imperial Mainland.

"Actually the reason why this proposal is failing is because the delegation from the South Pacific was influenced by several unhinged warmongers."

[WayNeacTia]

"There is no correlation between this Proposal and having no safeguards at a Nuclear Power Plant. The fact that you attempted this correlation is most likely the reason why this Proposal is currently failing so bad within the first two hours of voting within the General Assembly," Antoine stated, sipping his coffee to wake himself up after a long overnight flight back to the WA Headquarters from the Imperial Mainland.

"Actually the reason why this proposal is failing is because the delegation from the South Pacific was influenced by several unhinged warmongers."

There may be other reasons as well.

[Shazbotdom]

"There is no correlation between this Proposal and having no safeguards at a Nuclear Power Plant. The fact that you attempted this correlation is most likely the reason why this Proposal is currently failing so bad within the first two hours of voting within the General Assembly," Antoine stated, sipping his coffee to wake himself up after a long overnight flight back to the WA Headquarters from the Imperial Mainland.

"Actually the reason why this proposal is failing is because the delegation from the South Pacific was influenced by several unhinged warmongers."

"The Delegations of those regions are not 'influenced by several unhinged warmongers'. They were influenced because it is a poorly written out proposal on a subject that is such a waste of this August Body's time that it is laughable that it was even submitted." He takes a sip of his Coffee again. "If it would please the GenSec, can we please, for God's sake, throw this proposal into the incinerator?"

[Union of Sovereign States and Republics]

"The Soviet Union is in opposition to this proposal. While a noteworthy endeavor, it just falls flat. There is only one clause; while not a problem in of itself, there is a problem that arises with the way it is written. What is the definition of a vehicle in this sense? A tricycle or a tank? The Soviet Union would stand for this proposal if this was defined as being a military vehicle, but as it stands, a family in their truck from the USSR entering another nation on vacation could be seen as an act of war."

Ambassador Grigorev sips from his water before sitting back down and taking his glasses off.

[The Grand Imperial Reich]

Against, this seems rather unnecessary and not something that needs to put through the WA.

[Umeria]

Lockwood narrows his eyes at the other ambassadors daintily sipping their drinks. He defiantly chugs his entire beverage and throws the empty cup to the ground.

"Actually the reason why this proposal is failing is because the delegation from the South Pacific was influenced by several unhinged warmongers."

There may be other reasons as well.

"Indeed, such as the other Pacific delegations blindly trusting the competence of the South."

"The Delegations of those regions are not 'influenced by several unhinged warmongers'. They were influenced because it is a poorly written out proposal on a subject that is such a waste of this August Body's time that it is laughable that it was even submitted."

"Your insistence that war is a trivial matter is troubling. Why do you suppose the Mild categorization exists, if not to denote resolutions that address small problems before they become large ones?"

"If it would please the GenSec, can we please, for God's sake, throw this proposal into the incinerator?"

"It is already failing the vote. But warmongers are never satisfied, even when they get their way. People like you harbor an unconsious desire to burn people like me at the stake for speaking the truth, simply because they can't stand the idea of peace."

"The Soviet Union is in opposition to this proposal. While a noteworthy endeavor, it just falls flat. There is only one clause; while not a problem in of itself, there is a problem that arises with the way it is written. What is the definition of a vehicle in this sense? A tricycle or a tank?"

"Both, obviously."

"The Soviet Union would stand for this proposal if this was defined as being a military vehicle, but as it stands, a family in their truck from the USSR entering another nation on vacation could be seen as an act of war."

"A family on vacation would not enter a completely unknown nation."

Against, this seems rather unnecessary and not something that needs to put through the WA.

"Peace is never necessary in the eyes of warmongers."