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I would urge a vote against the proposal. The definition of "blood sport" as a "competitive activity" itself produces issues.

The problem with "ordinary evidentiary standards" is that the "ordinary" evidentiary standards apply also to everything else. So you want to make it easy to disprove the assertion of self-defence (SD) for someone who did in fact kill someone else. This would be in the form of requiring...

The West's philosophy isn't built on Judaeo-Christian values or thinkers. It is built on Graeco-Roman thinkers; Judaeo-Christian perspectives are a latter-day admixture of a tradition that greatly predates the so-called Christ. I am not and did not affirm the absolute untruth that Plato...

CW // suicide Literally everything in the post above is irrelevant. The clash above has to do with whether or not there exists philosophers or philosophical systems that disagree with you. You said there are none: Sierra Lyricalia and I both gave clear examples where serious philosophers have...

This is exactly what I meant above when I said: 'At the same time, you also have shown broad ignorance of other peoples' philosophical beliefs or philosophical beliefs historically: virtue ethics is like only Aristotle, deontology is like only Kant, utilitarianism is only Bentham. Even a...

CW // Suicide, euthanasia, self-harm Conservatives in general do this thing where they assert facts – which can only be determined one way or the other by actually examining reality – and then build their conclusions on those assertions. For example, you do this thing above where you just...

Let us be very clear right now. The paeans to choice and condemnations of 'despotism' above are profoundly disingenuous. A person has a right to determine whether euthanasia is a 'profane' act or not. Nations do not. Some large corporation owning a whole bunch of hospitals does not. An...

I'm frankly confused as to why this was rushed to submission. The point which Abacathea raised, as to treating all drugs equally, regardless of whether they are dangerous or not, is a good one. The wording of the proposal's definition "simple drug possession" with "malicious intent" doesn't make...

Yes, the new proposal is a replacement in part.

If I could put a word in, the portion that I dislike most about the repeal (though it is not illegal to do it, insofar as such a characterisation is mostly opinion,) is the characterisation that the entire target is obsolete. It isn't. P Innocents, among other things, prevents member nations...

I did it already, if this drug is safe. GA 499 s 5(b). It would be distributed by post, however, rather than at a specific pharmacy.

The death penalty is ineffective. It has high costs with no measurable deterrent effects. A review of annual state panel data from 1977–2006 found 'no empirical support for the argument that the existence or application of the death penalty deters prospective offenders from committing homicide'...

By not creating rights of action or by limiting the scope of existing rights of action. We have a whole category for this in the GA: tort reform. These kinds of bars are common in real world law. Eg War Damage Act 1965 s 1 (UK) (retroactively abolishing any compensation for claims against the...

We literally just repealed the last proposal on unions for flaws that were less major than the one I identified. I think the topic shines very brightly right now; and also, I agree with Praetor, authors shouldn't rush to submission with flawed drafts. A law that allows unions to be sued into...

I think this is a good point. Section 4(b) creates a very difficult legal position for unions: they'll get sued any time they do much of anything. One could easily imagine that a union saying 'We voted to take the compromise we signed' would get sued by the people who voted against the...

This emerges from my comments at https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?p=38413686#p38413686. I'll be honest, you shouldn't vote for this proposal because it by omission, allows honour killings to be used as justification or excuse. The relevant clause stops honour claims from being used...

Due to GA 2's use of "international law" in the good faith clause, the Assembly has a convention that "international law" means only WA law. This is because otherwise basically all proposals are illegal for violating some unknown treaty that someone could invent out of thin air (You want to...

The European Convention on Human Rights does not prohibit the abolition of home schooling. Konrad and others v Germany, App. no. 35504/03, Eur Ct HR (2006).

Sciongrad and I discussed this argument. I wrote my conference paper on the topic. See https://forum.thenorthpacific.org/topic/9192857/. The paper argues there is no reason to believe that the nebulous executive under, possibly Catherine Gratwick, would not fall under political pressure or...

In short— The World Assembly primarily relies on money taxed from member nations in GA 17 “WA General Fund”. Member nations cannot bear unlimited expenditures, especially when the World Assembly cannot borrow. When resources are expended, they ought to be used under tight constraints on...

If you believe this is true, given the provisions of GA 2, you should challenge the proposal for being an Honest Mistake violation. At a more broad level, I wrote some time in mid-August a long explanation as to why I feel the interpretation made here is both correct and the best supported by...

Or, maybe like the totalitarian dictatorship of Justin Trudeau's Canada, where abortions are paid for by Canadian Medicare. Abortion services are insured in all provinces and territories; however, access to these insured services varies within and between jurisdictions across the country. In...

Because you are attempting to determine firearm policy within member nations, without a preamble section which explains why and how this proposal complies with Responsibility in Transferring Arms, this proposal will be found illegal. See Agricultural Invasive Species Act, [2018] GAS 4 (holding...

I wrote my view on this at here and also cross-posted below. On the current GA proposal: "Rights Of The Employed". I can tell you as an economic analyst that workers need protections, mostly because they have less bargaining power than corporations, especially when corporations create...

The idea that reversing a state of emergency is less impactful than reversing a single miscarriage of justice is a massive under-appreciation of magnitude.

If one wanted to change, in good faith, the authorisation procedures for abortions so to remove the requirement for parental approval, would not the easiest and least destructive way to do that be repeal and replacement of the Patients' Rights Act?

This was linked via the WALL server. I'm unclear as to how this doesn't duplicate the proposal which Kenmoria has in queue. Could you clarify?

Yes and no. It would depend on the requirement made by legislation. For example, if the legislation said that WA members are to provide healthcare to all their citizens, that is not specifying a non-zero number for the allocation of government funds. Members would, nevertheless, be required to...

It isn't sufficient to say "I don't understand this" when it comes to clarifications. What needs clarifying? Where? And what do you not understand?