[quote="World Assembly Brief: Minister Mahaj of the Ministry of the World Assembly]
The Security Council proposal at vote, Condemn Raxus Caeudus Turn, asks us fundamentally whether a founder can be condemned for their actions within the region.
It is not disputed that Turn, as founder of Markarth, chose on his own to shut down the region and its forums. However, the Ministry of the World Assembly isn’t convinced that a founder doing what he wants with the region is condemnable. Everyone entering the region knows that this one person has absolute control over the region and nothing they can do will change that. They willingly accept this when they enter. This proposal could set a dangerous precedent of condemning founders simply for their actions on their own region. If this is condemnable, surely we should be condemning Gates the God, who actually ejected the nations of Gatesville.
Forum destruction, again, is condemnable. However, if this was just a ‘shut down’, which is what it looks like to be, then shutting down your own forums shouldn’t be considered worthy of a condemnation, lest we cheapen the value of condemnations.
Its mentioned that Turn has committed these offenses in other regions before, which, if you’re inclined to think that the above mentioned things are indeed worthy of a condemnation, should increase your willingness to vote for this. However, this next clause about puppet flooding, is in the eyes of the Ministry of the World Assembly, petty filler. Plenty of regions exist for collection of puppets, the existence of this practice makes this game more fun and diverse, and a condemnation for it is nonsensical. In the eyes of the Ministry of the World Assembly, this clause cheapens the entire resolution.
In a seemingly out of order turn, the next clause then harkens back to the horrible acts committed by Turn against Markarth. These things are understandable and certainly not something any reasonable founder would do, however it is up to the voter to decide whether they want to condemn someone in part for hindering and destroying part of a culture. This, however, also ties in with the forum shutdown, so the two should really be considered as one and the same.
The next clause then portrays an anti-raider view, stating "OBSERVING that Turn has raider affiliations at large and has used military strength to raid with the Imperial Clindean Order and Markarth,". The Ministry of the World Assembly notes that Skyrim Diplomacy, the submitted of this clause, is a known raider sympathizer and supporter, and finds the idea of a raider condemning a raider for raiding to be silly. Furthermore, the idea that condemning someone for raiding, if it was indeed relevant, should be shoved to simply be an aside, a mere number in the count of injustices, does a disservice to any past, present, or future condemnations for raiders. The Ministry of the World Assembly would be more favorable to this proposal had this clause, along with the puppeting one, not been included.
The resolution essentially concludes with a mention that Turn apparently seized a lot of power in The Genesis Corporation and then resigned. This matter, the Ministry of the World Assembly believes, is an internal matter for that region and that region only, and that this is not worthy of being aired out for the Security Council. Furthermore, as a note, the Ministry of the World Assembly, not having any evidence to indicate that Turn and the nations of Going Postal and Swarmlandia are controlled by the same nation, believes that the inactivity of Going Postal contributed more to the demise than Turn.
In conclusion, the Ministry of the World Assembly sees the two sides of this. The one side is that these heinous crimes were committed against Markarth and all the weak filler arguments left in the resolution don’t matter due to the severity of the crime. The other side is that the founder of the region can do with the region what he wants, and that the other points in the resolution manage to become even weaker and drag down the resolution to a point below the threshold of deserving to pass.
The Ministry of the World Assembly falls in the second camp, and believes that the nations of Markarth knew who the founder was and knew what the history was: there are no shortage of regions in the world, and they had other choices. They made their choice, and this is what happened. Not to mention the incredibly weak other arguments, the Ministry of the World Assembly believes the Security Council’s reputation and standards would take a hit if this proposal were to pass. Therefore, the Ministry of the World Assembly encourages citizens to vote
against and to encourage their friends to vote similarly.
Of course, the Ministry of the World Assembly anticipates debate, and welcomes it, whether it be about this resolution, the brief, or the implications on the Security Council’s reputation with regard to unassociated persons. Others may even make their own counter-briefs. The Ministry of the World Assembly looks forward to it all.[/quote]
