08-04-2005, 07:03 PM
Groot GoudaAug 4 2005, 12:04 PM I agree that 3b isn't strictly necessary in this resolution.
Because quite a few nations are not inhabited by human beings, perhaps the term "person" is better.
When exempting, perhaps the term "reasonable" can be usefull. In the fourth section you can put something like:
4. No person may be held or forced to do something against their will, except in cases where it is reasonable to do so, preventing harm or damage to the general public or property. [/quote]
Thanks, that's really helped. I'll give section 4 a shot, but I may just submit this proposal without it. Of course, the one thing we must be careful about is making sure that section 4 cannot be used for coercion - if you held a gun to someone's head and then told someone else to do something, then under this resolution they'd have to do it because their doing so would prevent harm to others. I'll try to re-word it, but as I said, I may just leave section 4 out.
Because quite a few nations are not inhabited by human beings, perhaps the term "person" is better.
When exempting, perhaps the term "reasonable" can be usefull. In the fourth section you can put something like:
4. No person may be held or forced to do something against their will, except in cases where it is reasonable to do so, preventing harm or damage to the general public or property. [/quote]
Thanks, that's really helped. I'll give section 4 a shot, but I may just submit this proposal without it. Of course, the one thing we must be careful about is making sure that section 4 cannot be used for coercion - if you held a gun to someone's head and then told someone else to do something, then under this resolution they'd have to do it because their doing so would prevent harm to others. I'll try to re-word it, but as I said, I may just leave section 4 out.