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by Soupasia. . 35 reads.

WA Proposal: Repeal SC#223, Commend Imperium Anglorum

Welcome back to the second World Assembly (WA) edition of the Scrapheap Tribune!
Although the WA edition does not get read nearly so widely as the standard edition, I still feel that an analysis of the resolutions at vote is important.

The current proposal at vote, 'Repeal "Commend Imperium Anglorum'", is currently set to fail.
The proposal, by Jocospor, comes as the latest in a long line of attempts to defame Imperium Anglorum, hereafter 'IA'.

While the fact that Jocospor has constantly been trying to register condemnations and repeals at the expense of IA and many other prominent delegates, leading to him and his region becoming something of a joke to the major regions of NationStates, with delegates saying things about him such as: "Jocospor and the CCD aren't even worth my time. People barely pay attention to them anyways," this does not mean that his WA resolutions should be treated as jokes. If they are, then there is a danger that they could pass.


"Calling into question, in fact, the very sincerity of I.A.’s WA operations, which, though lauded by SCR#223, have of late caused mass controversy and disharmony among member nations of this WA"

The main nation who has been complaining about IA is, in fact, Jocospor himself.
I have rarely heard anything bad about him from the more powerful delegates; Jocospor's only potential ally in the WA was Yuno, who is no longer in power. Furthermore, Jocospor and his region, the Confederation of Corrupt Dictators, have themselves been spreading discord and disunity in NationStates, although the other regions for the most part now attempt to ignore the CCD.

"Disappointed that I.A. outwardly uses its reputation and power amongst the international community to further its own interests"

I am rather confused as to what Jocospor feels IA's "own interests" are.
The interests of Europe, his region?
But Europe is a neutral region, distinct from the alliances and wars of the other large regions, as evidenced by the fact that Europe did not withdraw its embassy with the NPO after the scandal.
The only region that appears (apparently without reason) to detest Europe is the CCD.
Thus, does the attempted defamation of Europe's delegate not constitute as Jocospor himself using the WA to further his own interests?

Noting that, for example, I.A., along with a collective of other WA Delegates, consciously instigates and perpetuates the lemming effect during WA votes; that is, dishonourably dumping a large number of votes at the onset of the ballot, creating a majority for member nations to align with

This is a recognised tactic in the World Assembly; if Jocospor wishes to use it himself, he is welcome to do so. However, as it is so widely accepted and used, there is little point in singling one particular nation out for it.

Frustrated that some of I.A.’s more recent General Assembly resolutions, such as and GAR#443 and GAR#452, are, put simply, seemingly incomprehensible to the vast majority of member nations

Quite frankly, I find much of the language the WA uses to be incomprehensible. Furthermore, his proposals have first gone through the SC forums, where complaints against language and suchlike may be filed. If Jocospor wishes to complain about that, he can bring it up there, and I am sure IA would be more than happy to explain what his wording means.
I might also add that the wording of IA's proposals is no different from many irl proposals made by irl governments. As the WA is supposed to mimic the United Nations, then incomprehensibility perhaps should be seen as an inevitable consequence of having such an organisation.

Equally annoyed that I.A. would disrespect this WA by proposing vague, quasi-sarcastic resolutions such as "Debtor Voting Rights" (which is, at the time of this condemnation's writing, at vote)

First, I shall note that General Assembly Resolution # 454 "Debtor Voting Rights" is no longer at vote; it was passed by a slim majority of 15%, with 9,614 votes to 6,991.
Secondly, if the delegates thought that the proposal was unreasonable, they would not have been enough approvals to make it to the general vote.
As such, there are systems in place to filter out completely unreasonable resolutions, and so, presumably, enough of the NationStates community had no problems with the proposal, that it was passed.

Convinced I.A. adopts an air of superiority when dealing with nations it does not consider to be worth its time

Perhaps this is true; I myself do not know this.
Yet, I know myself that Jocospor himself "adopts an air of superiority when dealing with nations it does not consider to be worth its time".

Furthermore, alarmed that SCR#223 would falsify the import of the legislation I.A. repealed to mislead this WA

One of the sub-arguments made in this bit was that one of the resolutions IA repealed did not slow the internet down.
However, with further investigation, I discovered that the repealed proposal said that "bandwidth-throttling" would be permitted, defining this thus:

"...the intentional act of decreasing the speed of a connection below the maximum possible connection speed."

This proves that it is Jocospor, not Imperium Anglorum or IA's commender, who is misleading the WA.

Appalled that I.A. would seek to undermine both the democratic process and fellow authors in such a deceptive fashion

I personally am appalled that there appears no basis in facts for Jocospor's arguments, and that he himself is being deceptive.
Furthermore, Jocospor is ardently against Democracy, and so calling someone else Anti-Democratic as an excuse to remove the commendment is hypocritical, considering how Jocospor, the embodiment of Anti-Democracy, has himself been filed for commendments in the past.


As such, I would very much encourage you all to vote against Jocospor's proposed repeal.


Yours,
Soupinaspis,
King of Soupasia

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