That pretty much covers exactly what I would prefer the SC do instead of granting exemptions.
I have been one of the more vocal opponents to an exemption being granted, due to a general opposition to exemptions than a particular opposition to you.
Did you approach the SC to offer your services...
I wouldn't take it too much to heart. This council of five election has been untested ground for all of us, and I think that has a tendency to push people towards candidates they are familiar with. And unfortunately you were up against at least 4 TNP / NS long termers.
On the bright side, at...
If reconsideration is what we're going for, I tend to agree slightly more with GBM's view. My worry would be that under a strictly defined endo-cap policy, the first contact some non-forum nations would have with us would end up being a telegram telling them to drop endos or else.
The SC is...
I know right, Keyboards and Mice?! What a god awful name for a nation...
Then again, when the VD is away, the Keyboards and Mice do play! :w00t:
edit - for terrible pun