10-19-2006, 01:34 AM
Federation of DisjunctionOct 18 2006, 03:05 PM While our internal UN debates are always important and insightful, from a big picture standpoint our position on this one will be less impactful since it seems the resolution already has wide support.
On an editorial note, I respect everyone's opinion on this and all other matters but I'm a bit concerned as I've recently gotten the impression that we are quite utopian in our views on many resolutions; meaning that we want them to be perfect. I myself admire a utopian goal but also understand realism as well. I'm sure many of you also carry realistic ideals underneath the utopian ones that NS tends to make more possible.
Taking a realistic look at this resolution, despite criticism it does say/stand for something good and I believe the philosophy of our resolutions are fairly important since ultimately, philosophy is exactly what they are. So I realistically support the philosophy of this resolution.
Maybe those reading this say realism be damned since this isn't RL and if so I respect that. I just wanted to put this out there for discussion. [/quote]
That makes sense. I'm guilty of that, and it's reasonable to pass something that isn't perfect for the game's sake, because it's true that it is rare to see a perfect resolution.
And I think I misread it before, I do now see the "DECLARES" which does seem to give it some purpose. I just hate words like "asks" because they don't really do anything, just encourage it. I personally tend to prefer strong statements over gentle persuasion, and that was my main problem with this.
I might just abstain now.
On an editorial note, I respect everyone's opinion on this and all other matters but I'm a bit concerned as I've recently gotten the impression that we are quite utopian in our views on many resolutions; meaning that we want them to be perfect. I myself admire a utopian goal but also understand realism as well. I'm sure many of you also carry realistic ideals underneath the utopian ones that NS tends to make more possible.
Taking a realistic look at this resolution, despite criticism it does say/stand for something good and I believe the philosophy of our resolutions are fairly important since ultimately, philosophy is exactly what they are. So I realistically support the philosophy of this resolution.
Maybe those reading this say realism be damned since this isn't RL and if so I respect that. I just wanted to put this out there for discussion. [/quote]
That makes sense. I'm guilty of that, and it's reasonable to pass something that isn't perfect for the game's sake, because it's true that it is rare to see a perfect resolution.
And I think I misread it before, I do now see the "DECLARES" which does seem to give it some purpose. I just hate words like "asks" because they don't really do anything, just encourage it. I personally tend to prefer strong statements over gentle persuasion, and that was my main problem with this.
I might just abstain now.