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Pride and Prejudice; Voting ends 22nd May
Topic Started: May 13 2018, 12:45:04 AM (162 Views)
Bai Lung
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It is a truth [almost] universally acknowledged that a government which has been firmly in control of its nation for quite a while is most in need of honest criticism, and of the humility with which to listen to this advice…

Therefore, the World Assembly,

Aware that even in democracies the tenure of government or other public office, especially if prolonged and without credible opposition, may help lead national or sub-national leaders, government members, other politicians, and public officials, into a belief that they are naturally superior to their nations’ other inhabitants, and to think that their own views are not just the only ones they need to consider but the only ones that might even be worth considering at all,

Defining the term 'the relevant people', for the purposes of this resolution, as meaning 'national and sub-national leaders, government members, other politicians, and public officials, whose roles involve making, voting on, and/or advising on public policy in any WA member nation',

Recognising that some of the relevant people might sometimes allow belief in their own superiority to lead them into arrogant actions, or into the passage of badly-thought-out legislation, to the detriment of their nations’ other inhabitants,

Recognising also that some of the relevant people, especially if confident of retaining power, might allow their policies and actions to be influenced by prejudice either towards or against various elements of their nations’ populations,

Believing that if any of the relevant people give in to Pride and Prejudice in these ways then they are unlikely to govern those nations in the best interests of the overall populations therein;

Hereby,

1. Strongly Urges all of the relevant people to listen seriously to honest criticism and constructive advice, and to take this advice in the spirit in which it is meant, instead of just ignoring, belittling or even punishing, the sources of that criticism and advice;

2. Strongly Urges all of the relevant people to act consistently in the best interests of the people within their jurisdictions as a whole, without letting prejudice either towards or against any elements of those populations influence the ways in which they perform their official responsibilities;

3. Suggests to all of the relevant people that listening to public opinion might improve their chances of remaining in office;

4. Declares that if a member nation's government officially states that it will regard the result of a forthcoming referendum or plebiscite as binding, and that vote is on a subject legal under both WA law and the nation’s own constitution, then (even if that nation's constitution itself does not state legally-binding referendums or plebiscites to be possible) that government must indeed consider itself bound by the results of that poll and act accordingly without undue delay;

5. Reminds all of the relevant people that no matter how long and how firmly they may have held those positions, or for how much longer they might reasonably expect to retain them, it is highly unlikely (unless they have very unusual metabolisms indeed…) that the sun actually shines forth from any portions of their anatomies.
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"They whine about discrimination. Do you know who is being discriminated against? The Hal'vonnist people of Dannistaan, the ones who created this nation... I am talking about the Dannistrian Hal'vonnist people of the North as well as the East...Communism is racial! A racial minority seized control in Bai Lung and in all her satellite states such as Kelssek, Dovakhan and the Free Pacific States, and many other countries I could name."

-Kelly Minn'ow-Jones, former leader of the Dannistrian National Party
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This is a worthless joke of a resolution. No reason at all to support it. Strongly against.
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I'm not opposed to a resolution promoting democratic values or targeting specific undemocratic practices, but this resolution is vague, too informal, and frankly disrespectful. In many cases national leaders do a far better job of "listen[ing] seriously to honest criticism and constructive advice" than the World Assembly itself.

Clause 5 in particular has no place in any kind of legislation whatsoever.

Strongly against.
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While I support the stated intentions, the author has written this resolution as a suggestion pretending to be a legally binding document, and therefore offers no actual solution to the issue presented. Against


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Generally, the General Assembly does not spend its time entertaining joke proposals, not least of all because joke proposals violate the Secretariat's ruleset. The sentiments expressed in this legislation, with regard to the government's attention to governed inhabitants, communications skills, and anatomy, avoid controversy and reflect the opinions of many member states, especially among the more industrialized and democratic. Those same sentiments, however, overtake more substantive legislative action to the extent that the author disarms their own resolution of its ability to enforce any policy on member states.

We encourage member states to discuss and introduce resolutions of substance, regardless of any behavior encouraging otherwise. Wallenburg, recognizing the Bears Armed delegation's capacity to write genuinely effective legislation, votes against this resolution for its impotence, frivolousness, and absurdity.
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More info here: https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=418495&sid=a51db3dbdd300efdb9950bc51a594456

This resolution is now up for vote.

Bai Lung will vote AGAINST.
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"They whine about discrimination. Do you know who is being discriminated against? The Hal'vonnist people of Dannistaan, the ones who created this nation... I am talking about the Dannistrian Hal'vonnist people of the North as well as the East...Communism is racial! A racial minority seized control in Bai Lung and in all her satellite states such as Kelssek, Dovakhan and the Free Pacific States, and many other countries I could name."

-Kelly Minn'ow-Jones, former leader of the Dannistrian National Party
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Bai Lung
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"pride and Prejudice" was defeated 14,494 votes to 4,908.
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"They whine about discrimination. Do you know who is being discriminated against? The Hal'vonnist people of Dannistaan, the ones who created this nation... I am talking about the Dannistrian Hal'vonnist people of the North as well as the East...Communism is racial! A racial minority seized control in Bai Lung and in all her satellite states such as Kelssek, Dovakhan and the Free Pacific States, and many other countries I could name."

-Kelly Minn'ow-Jones, former leader of the Dannistrian National Party
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