GNN HOME: GIRO
ISSUE DATE: March 21, 2009
ISSUE CODE: [V-105]
EDITORS: Romenoch
For those who do not know, the former NSPF was changed over t GIRO, which opened earlier this week. Today,however is the official opening of GIRO, as well as RegionStates (RS). To catch up on any GNN articles you may have missed, please check out our GNN Archives. In NSPF, you asked for the new features, now, with GIRO, you have them so have some fun!. Dont forget to re-open your embassy, and join a RS Political Party Today!
HEADLINE NEWS
---RegionStates Opens
---Interview with The Enclave
GIRO NEWS
---GIRO's Got Maps!
---Embassies Rising
REGIONSTATES NEWS
---Day 1, A Manifesto
---Various Ideologies Within Parties
EDITORIAL
---The Validity of an Objective News Report in Relation to its Author
PICTURES OF THE DAY
---Establishment of RegionStates causes Celebration throughout the world.
---Chairman of the Neo Order defends his position concerning his article written for GNN three days ago.
---The Official GIRO RegionState party got off to a bad start when the bubble machine exploded at a local night club. Turns out party-goers enjoyed the extra foam.
HEADLINE NEWS
**REGIONSTATES OPENS**
Romenoch announced to the world today that the highly anticipated World Government game, RegionStates is opening, right here on GIRO. Within just several minutes RegionStates had its two of the five allowed political parties established, the Imperialist and the Libertarian Party. All five parties are expected to be filled by the end of the day today.
RegionStates, the games first attempt at establishing some sort of inter-regional organization since the failed World Assembly back in April 2007, has held many high expectations and has been highly anticipated, due to the nature of the former NationStates Public Embassies (NSPF), GNN, and the new GIRO, in creating a more unified world. Romenoch remarked today that "I am quite pleased and happy to see people excited for this new venture. Amidst all the skepticism by some, for the most part people are eager to see if this will work, and I have worked my absolute hardest for months to formulate and devise a way to create this system. Unlike the systems of the past, this one allows players to participate and 'acknowledge' the laws and rules when they want, or reject them if they want to, with no harm done. Players have also agreed to recognize the said elected Leader, as the official ____ of all of NationStates, the highest government position created in the game today. It cannot get any more fair than that!"
Many people are wondering about rules for the new RegionStates Government(RSG), and the rules are very simple. Keep Everything on the Party Level. The Party will elect a Candidate for Leader of teh RSG, and though elections can be elected. Only 5 parties allowed, so players from all over NS must choose between the five. Intelligence, military and legislative unification must take place on the Party level, and the Leader of the RSG cannot order one party to work with another. The Leader of teh RSG can, however, take recommended laws from his winning party, and try to have other parties vote on them, or can direct his parties military anywhere, or choose not to have a military. He is given certain rights within the GIRO forum as well.
The RegionStates Government may be found on the GIRO forum at
Http://GIRO.ipbfree.com
INTERVIEW WITH THE ENCLAVE
After agreeing to an interview, representatives of "The Enclave", a spam terrorist organization, sat down and provided several interesting answers to very difficult questions. Joining us for the interview are "President John Henry Eden" and "Chairman of The Neo Order", notable spammers and controversial figures in the Nation States community.
Romenoch: Who exactly are you? "The Enclave" I mean.
Eden: We are a group who wishes simply to rid the NationStates world of anti-spam.
Neo: As well as removing the anti-spam mentality.
Romenoch: Now this is probably the question everyone has had on their minds, why do you spam?
Neo: Honest answer? It's a guilty pleasure, cheap thrills, and lots of laughs. Simple as that.
Romenoch: Then why this "crusade" on anti-spam?
Eden: We believe spam is an acceptable form of entertainment, and will fight to maintain the right to utilize it.
Romenoch: Interesting, Is it possible we can have a hint on your next attack?
Neo: That's classified information, Horrigan would kill me.
Eden: Not before I would.
Romenoch: Who is "Horrigan"?
Neo: The Enclave Spam Army's master strategist and second in command to me only in military rank. We give him a target, he gives us a way to crack it. Aside from that? An old friend of mine.
Eden: As a matter of fact, he is working on our strategy as we speak.
Romenoch: So you find nothing morally rephrehensible about spam attacks or spam in general?
Neo: I do it primarily because it is morally reprehensible.
Eden: It is not wrong to express freedom of speech, all true spammers realize that.
Romenoch: So who is the "true" leader of The Enclave?
Eden: Symbolically and politically, I am. On a strategical plane, Neo is, and on the tactical spectrum, Horrigan is. The actaul spammers in any battle make it all possible. In a way we all "lead" The Enclave.
Neo: *nothing to add*
Romenoch: Well gentleman, that looks like it, any closing comments?
Eden: The Enclavee WILL NOT BACK DOWN! EVERY REGION IS GOING TO BE SPAMMED, AND LAZARUS A FEW TIMES MORE!
Neo: It's not illegal if the president does it.
Romenoch: Alright then, there you have it. Thank You.
GIRO'S GOT MAPS
The GIRO World Archives just added maps from over 13 regions thoughout NationStates, and the region-count keeps growing. World Archives, maintained by GIRO Guardian and Romenoch, is fast becomming one of the games largest archives of all information anywhere.
EMBASSIES RISING!
GIRO, historic, scenic, and New? New Embassies are being built on the GIRO forum, dispite all the other activity going on, with GNN News, and RegionStates, the GIRO forum is has more worldly things than any other forum in the game besides Jolt. Taking over where NSPF left off, The people from around the NS world have requested 8 embassies, in GIRO's first week alone.
All Regions are strongly encouraged to open an embassy on the GIRO forum, so that they may keep in touch with the rest of the world.
DAY 1, A MANIFESTO?
The Imperialism Party was first to answer the call to establish their party, and close behind them was the Libertarian Party. However, it is the Imperialist Party which is making news, as it hurriedly wrote the Imperialism Party Manifesto:
The Manifesto of the Imperialist Party is as follows:
Imperialism, the most glorious form of government. The Imperialist Party is established to bring the voice of the Empires and Kingdoms of NS to the world stage. We as a party believe in the need for a central and powerful leader over the conventional, decentralized and ineffective systems utilized by many states. We, though pro-monarchy, have no qualms with Democratically elected leaders, so long as they effectively hold the power of a Sovereign Prince. We believe that through imperialist causes beyond sheer government style, such as culture and defense, are crucial to a healthy and civilized world. We beleive through gaining control of the RegionStates Government, we can usher in a new era of order, peace and justice to the world.
Our goal as a party is to introduce an ordered system to help bring reform to the world yet also restore and protect the values of older imperialism. It is also hoped that when the Sovereign Candidate is on the throne, they will work with those outside the party in order to create an ordered, cooperative society.
Our proposed government system (organized by leader hierarchy rather than specifically by sectors) for the world for when we assume control is such:
At the head of the RSG will be the Sovereign of NationStates.
-The Sovereign will maintain an "Heir", who will likely hold another lead position, in case they are inactive and unable to continue leading the Party and the World.
-Officer of Order. In Charge of the World Office of Order, which manages the World Intelligence Sector and the military force known as the Legions of Order, whom they are Generalissimo under the Sovereign's command. The Legions will defend any member region of RS and will invade any non RS enemies of member regions.
--The Director of World Intelligence. The Director of World Intelligence is in charge of gathering intelligence on enemies of the RSG. This is truly a potential party position, not a federal one due to RS law but it will de facto act as one.
-Head of the World Council. The World Council is an advisory council to help guide the Sovereign in leading the RSG. The council itself has 3 standard members, the Council Head (who is the de jure second in command the the Sovereign) and the Sovereign. The Sovereign may choose to allow the Council to go past advisory status and allow for it to be directly involved in government decisions but the Sovereign always maintains the right to veto laws and remove the increased power from the council at any time. The council is appointed by the Sovereign.
-Supreme Judges. There will be three Supreme judges. They will be the judges and jury should anyone within the party commit Treason or any other crime.
-Propaganda Minister. This minster will be in charge of helping to manage GNN. Despite the name, they are not allowed to interfere with neutrality or attempt to censor any information on GNN.
We believe in establishing a system like such in the RSG and believe that we can create an ordered world without tyranny.
VARIOUS IDEOLOGIES WITHIN PARTIES
New Party Starters are opening up their parties to people of a variety of ideologies. The Libertarian Party, for example has attracted Anarchists into their party, for more diversification.
THE VALIDITY OF AN OBJECTIVE NEWS REPORT IN RELATION TO ITS AUTHOR
Lately GIRO has recieved some flak for allowing me, Chairman of The Neo Order, to compose news related to a spam attack I was involved in. The rhetoric used by the critics was essentially "Neo is a bad person, so whatever he wrote must be bad as well, by letting him write and publish it Romenoch is a bad editor." This is simply incorrect on all of it's assertions. For one, the article I wrote was a neutral, objective reporting of facts, with no subjective opinion or implication included. In laymans terms, it was fair, and I didnt try to make it favorable to my situation. Regardless of who wrote the article, in this case me, it would still be considered objective, therefore destroying the assertion that "Neo is a bad person, so whatever he wrote must be bad." If a convict discovered a cure for cancer that had been verified scientifically, it would not be considered "bad" because the man who developed it did bad things, the creation is still good, regardless of the creator.
Furthermore, Romenoch's job is to publish objective, factual articles, not to pass moral judgements on the person who wrote them. This is not to say he cannot judge me based on my demonstrations of character, but it is to say that he cannot reject an objective,factual article and still call his newspaper an objective, factual publication (unless a better one is submitted of course). In conclusion the hypothesis "Neo is a bad person, so whaatever he wrote is bad as well, and by letting him publish it, Romenoch is a bad editor." has been disproven by simple logic and metaphorical demonstration. It is for this reason that I will continue to write for the paper, and if you feel that it is of bad "taste" to publish it, you have no scientific or logical premises to back it up.
Good day sirs.
-Chairman of The Neo Order
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