If you had to choose one or the other, who would you rather have lunch with:
George W. Bush or Saddam Hussein? Why?

congrats! are you allowed to drive now? whats the law in Iowa?

Outlaw Necrophilia
A resolution to restrict civil freedoms in the interest of moral decency.


Category: Moral Decency
Strength: Mild
Proposed by: Karmicaria

Description: The NationStates United Nations,

DEFINING necrophilia, for the purposes of this resolution, as any unauthorized sexual act, performed on a deceased individual,

DISTURBED by the occurrence of necrophilia within the member nations of the UN,

NOTING that a corpse is incapable of consent, and that such lack of consent is why rape is commonly considered an inappropriate act,

OBSERVING many cases of emotional damage to the families of deceased individuals in cases of necrophilia,

RECOMMENDS that member nations outlaw the desecration of corpses,

STRONGLY ENCOURAGES member nations to punish those guilty of corpse desecration to the fullest extent of the law, and,

CALLS UPON member nations to provide counseling and medical care for those engaging in acts of necrophilia.


Votes For: 1,516

Votes Against: 603


Voting Ends: Sat Sep 30 2006

Heres the stats on our UN-categories. This is, as you see, just cut-and-paste-stolen from the Texas NSDossier. But here you can see how we all are categorized. Maybe someone with better computer skills could do a chart of the info contained here. I tried, but failed.

Gruenberg's latest proposal is one endorsement away from establishing quorum and reaching the resolution queue.

Approvals: 121 (Gruenberg, WHOPSES, Iron Felix, Bezad, Niranhiero, Bordoria, Arenaea and Alesium, OmniTech Company, Misplaced States, Esperantania, Thelostsouls, Ubu-Rex, Wolololia, Mara Jade Skywalker, The Wolf Guardians, Claktopian, Congressional Dimwits, Carebis Kahlne, Halakrukis, The Derrak Quadrant, Shisnoia, Sorgloss, -Environmentalists-, Flibbleites, Kiloria, Eatonland, The Yellow House, Waterrock, Ala cuisene, Malabra, Equalitarianism, Ellenburg, Billieland, Yasashiku, Errinundera, Brobenkind, OCR, Freemen Lands, De Ganja, Hughesington, St Edmundan Antarctic, Vampire Piggies, City 67, Opatia, WZ Forums, Nicoshore, Hermlandia, EVAchu, Crypto-Debauchery, Fishyguy, Riddim, The Georges, Duke Albert Norbert, Daisetta, Gorgoland, Nevadar, Bonestasia, Pickwick and Yuna, Spike Mountain, Shujun, East Trafalgar, Ziggiz, La Provincia di Roma, Veritas Aeternus, Dracoliches, White-Rose, Harshhaven, Witchcliff, The UK in Exile, Safalra, Ajeo, Vikingy, Mandlandia, NewTexas, Chaotic Illumination, Quaon, Chandelier, The San Luis Valley, Amazonia warrior women, Drunken Butterfly, Tarmsden, Progressive Islands, Allech-Atreus, Teaberry, Homieville, Cuborea, All Peoples and stuff, Phoot, Vekkeul, East Hylia, Jey, West Bratislava, FreeChina, Netmynder, Solisbury, Impertinence, HappyValley0012, Hadristan, Amphrii, Ehrmordung, Nobeldragon, Irretrievable Pebbles, Arkaria, Kanu Tanu, Jastreb, Nuevo Cimmeria, Mommy D, New Magdala, Hurdegaryp, Bleni, Venitell, Lusapha, The Rational Alliance, XarousLand, Juntunium, Lackland, NickBlasta, Lord of Hosts, The Father-Land, Hapandapenland, Olverica)

Status: Lacking Support (requires 1 more approval)

Voting Ends: Sun Sep 24 2006

congrats. :funky_pisang:

Just letting you guys know that a tree fell over and damaged my car yesterday. Since it happened in my apartment complex, me and my insurance company feel it is my complex's fault ... so things will be a bit edgy in my world for the next few weeks.

The car runs but looks kinda bad (I've seen worse, but still).

Repeal "Support Hemp Production"
A proposal to repeal a previously passed resolution

Category: Repeal
Resolution: #85
Proposed by: Leg-ends

Description:
UN Resolution #85: Support Hemp Production (Category: Environmental; Industry Affected: All Businesses) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.

Argument: The United Nations,

AGREEING in principle with UN Resolution #85, "Support Hemp Production", that hemp is 'a profitable and environmentally friendly crop',

CAUTIOUS, however, of the resolution's effusive praise of hemp, offering no mention of any of the disadvantages of the hemp crop,

HIGHLIGHTING, for example, that hemp can only be harvested at specific times, whereas many other crops can be harvested throughout the year, thus making the use of hemp in processes requiring large, regular harvests considerably more difficult,

DISAPPOINTED that the resolution introduces no checks or balances in the creation and operational running of hemp advisory boards, thus rendering the process very open to corruption, unfair apportionment of funds, or the dissemination of unsuitable advice,

CRITICISING the system of stipends and subsidies proposed by the resolution, and the poor logic of such a scheme,

OBSERVING that if hemp is indeed as profitable and commercially viable as the resolution claims, such support would be unnecessary, wasteful, and would endanger competition,

FURTHER OBSERVING that if the projects did not prove viable and did in fact require such support, tax-payers would be forced to contribute large sums of money solely to keep unprofitable enterprises afloat,

APPALLED that such a burden would be placed not only upon tax-payers within specific nations, but on all UN member nations, through the mandate for the UN to contribute funds to such projects,

BELIEVING that government-enforced bias towards particular crops to be unfair as well as impractical, as it discourages specialisation and development of resources, and could lead to wasteful excess of certain crops and shortages of other essential varieties, especially those used towards the production of food,

FURTHER NOTING that placing special emphasis on one single crop risks ecological and economic catastrophe in the case of specific crop diseases, climate conditions or pest attacks affecting that crop;

CONSIDERING such flaws too critical to justify retaining the resolution and its bureaucratic, inefficient and wasteful system of finance:

1. REPEALS UN Resolution #85, "Support Hemp Production";

2. AFFIRMS that this repeal will not prohibit any nation from continuing such programs on a national level should they choose to do so, noting that their right to implement such schemes would remain protected by the UN under Resolution #128, "Representation in Taxation".

Co-authored by the members of ACCEL

Hey dudes- it's me again ( ) I was thinking, i have this idea where i'll make a new region- through one of my puppets or something. I was also thinking- why not make it like a colony or ally of IDU or something- we could send our puppets there or something? good idea or bad? if good ill start on it as soon as i can.

I, Newk (Max, Newk Island, "the nation formerly known as New Cormingland") of Futaba Aoi has been welcomed as a "tourist" at the International Democratic Union (IDU) and Equilism.
Newk's introduction and welcome at IDU:
http://z10.invisionfree.com/IDU/index.php?...=884&st=0&#last
Newk's introdcution and welcome at Equilism:
http://www.equilism.org/forum/index.php?sh...=0&#entry124136

On Sept. 20, 2006, my first act as a tourist was to be in three places at once. I went to the games and some off-topic sections of all three regional forums.

The big game in Futaba Aoi was still "Who'll Post Next," a game where you try to guess who'll post next. I think that's why the game is called "Who'll Post Next."
Of course, the players squeeze in spam, jokes, side comments, and other fun things. It doesn't really hurt the game because all it takes to get back into the game is to guess who'll post next.
Futaba Aoi
forum: http://z10.invisionfree.com/Futaba_Aoi

The game that really got my attention over at Equilism was "Nation Creation Competition 3." Players create a puppet during a certain time period before the contest starts. During the contest period, each nation that ends up last in the NationStates UN rankings is eliminated (except if the ranking is a population thing).
This looks like fun because it is a game of both skill and luck. You have to manage your puppet, but you're also at the mercy of chance. What if the next UN ranking is for "most free nation"? Then a dictator will lose. But if the UN ranking is "least free nation," then a dictator wins!
One benefit: your region grows bigger thanks to some very interesting puppets!
Another benefit: you get to experiment because you might run your puppet differently than you do your "real" nation.
Equilism
forum: http://www.equilism.org/forum

My visit to the IDU took me to their "Off-Topic" subforum. The thread "NationStates isn't the only 'Fantasy World'" is really interesting.
It's about these man-made islands being built off the coast of Dubai. One group of islands is made to resemble a map of the whole world! You can own "Iowa" island, for example (even though it doesn't really look like Iowa). Amazing!
As a graphic designer, I also enjoyed IDU's "Custom Flag Service" forum.
International Democratic Union
forum: http://s10.invisionfree.com/IDU

That's it for now! Until next week!

[This article is cross-posted at all three regional forums.]