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Okay, after weeks of revision. I have submitted the 7th, and hopefully final draft of the Outlaw Child Pornography Act. Below is a copy for your reviewing.Outlaw Child Pornography
A resolution to restrict civil rights in interest of morality.

DEEPLY DISTURBED by the continued proliferation and distribution of pornographic material featuring minors by member nations.

CONDEMNING such practices by all nations, especially member nations.

NOTING WITH SATISFACTION that the greater assembly has already passed a resolution banning child molestation.

1) CALLS UPON the greater assembly to, effective immediately, ban the knowing sale, publication, distribution, and/or possession of all forms of child pornography.

2a) DEFINING “child pornography” as any media, including, but not limited to, photos, videos, and digital media, featuring a minor involved in a sexual situation, including, but not limited to, masturbation, fondling, any form of penetration (excluding consumption of food), or depiction of a minor in a state of sexual arousal.
2b) INCLUDING, in the definition presented in clause 2a, any written media featuring detailed accounts of acts described in aforementioned clause.

3a) DESIGNATES the right to decide upon the definition of “minor” to each individual member nation, on the condition that all non-minors be considered adults in the eyes of the law.
3b) SETS the minimum acceptable age at which one becomes an adult to 13.

4a) NOTES that exempt from clause 2b of this resolution are any media recognized by a private board assembled by the respective peoples of the individual member nation as documentary or informative in nature, or necessary for the enforcement of current or future laws.
4b) DECLARES that also exempt from clause 2b are all works that did not require the use of a child model and are works of written fiction.

5) DECLARES that the trade of materials such as the ones described in clauses 2 and 4 from a nation in which they are considered legal to one in which they are illegal is illegal and will be punished just as if the origin was in the receiving country.

6) EXEMPT from all parts of this resolution are any materials necessary for the enforcement of this and other laws.
Please support this proposal by contacting your delegates and asking them to endorse.

Nope. I will wage war on anyone who votes for this resolution.

Nope. I will wage war on anyone who votes for this resolution.May I ask why?

Edit: Btw, my military is larger than your population, somehow i'm not that scared...

Cause in Yellow River, people get married when they are 8. This is our culture and we will not allowed any outsiders to change it and force their cultures on us. We will resist to the last man, woman, and child.

Ah, well this resoultion has nothing to do with age of marriage, or even age where its legal to have sex, it merely stops the spreading of pornographic materials, so your 8 year olds can still marry, just can't star in porn.

How do I support this? Cause I want to.

Well in your case I would recommend contacting your regional delegate and point out the proposal to them.

all i read was "ban child pornography".... and i still agree with ya. how do i endorse it by NOT joinin' the UN?

well you could help me out by telegramming delegates for me, I did some earlier today but i only got to the 'a's and to the 'y's from the back end.

Not all forms of child pornography necessarily harm children, and those that due are already illegal (thou shalt not rape, thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not drug and enslave people, ect)
While, yes, someone who seeks release while looking at child pornography is somewhat more likely to actually go harm a child than they would have been if they never had acess to such materials; One could make the arguement that someone who gets a gun is far more likely to commit murder than someone who never had acess to firearms and the vast majority of the people who wish to ban kiddie porn are against gun control.
As to outlawing photos that show children in a sexually excited state, I recently looked through my family photo album and I certainly can't rememember how I was feeling when all those picks were taken, I'd hate to think my parents are criminals just because I was thinking dirty thoughts as my dad hit the camera button.

Not all forms of child pornography necessarily harm children, and those that due are already illegal (thou shalt not rape, thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not drug and enslave people, ect)
While, yes, someone who seeks release while looking at child pornography is somewhat more likely to actually go harm a child than they would have been if they never had acess to such materials; One could make the arguement that someone who gets a gun is far more likely to commit murder than someone who never had acess to firearms and the vast majority of the people who wish to ban kiddie porn are against gun control.
As to outlawing photos that show children in a sexually excited state, I recently looked through my family photo album and I certainly can't rememember how I was feeling when all those picks were taken, I'd hate to think my parents are criminals just because I was thinking dirty thoughts as my dad hit the camera button.Okay, the "sexually excited" bit is really only relevant in the case of male children. I should hope I don't need to go into any more detail than that.

I will support this resolution when it comes to vote and get my regional delegate to support it before then. Unfortunately I don't think my say has much pull beyond my own region. I'll see what I can do. I'll also review the wording because this is a cause worth fighting for and if it doesn't pass there needs to be another similar proposal submitted. I hope it goes through.

(OOC: I think there is little I can do for the proposal because I'm not on that often and my connection to the forum is flaky anyway. But if there's something I can do, let me know and I'll se what my limited abilities and capable of)

Oh, and when does it expire (I don't know about the term to use here, but when does it "stop being on the proposals list")?

<ovation> I will definitely support this....although I would've set the legal age to 18 instead of 13...this will definitely be on my delegate's desk ASAP!

I have just started the game and am getting used to everything i would endorse this proposal if i had another endorsement otherwise without another one i am powerless :(
i would appericate any help anyone could give :D

I will support this resolution when it comes to vote and get my regional delegate to support it before then. Unfortunately I don't think my say has much pull beyond my own region. I'll see what I can do. I'll also review the wording because this is a cause worth fighting for and if it doesn't pass there needs to be another similar proposal submitted. I hope it goes through.

(OOC: I think there is little I can do for the proposal because I'm not on that often and my connection to the forum is flaky anyway. But if there's something I can do, let me know and I'll se what my limited abilities and capable of)

Oh, and when does it expire (I don't know about the term to use here, but when does it "stop being on the proposals list")?This is the 3rd version of this proposal submitted, including one that I didn't bother sending through revision, the last one got REAL close to passing...

How do I support this? Cause I want to.

A number of ways:

- Contact your UN Delegate (by viewing your regional page) and ask that nation to endorse the proposal.

- Contact the proposal sponsor and ask if that nation needs any additional help.

- Contact any nation that you have a close alliance with in another region and ask them to contact their UN Delegate on your behalf.

NOTE: When contacting nations that are not your UN Delegate, it is probably best to contact the proposal sponsor first. You'll be of much more help if you coordinate your work with the sponsor.

- Showing an interest in the UN (which you've already done) helps too, as other nations begin to see political support for the idea.


And In My Humble Opinion (IMHO) the most important task:

- While waiting for the proposal to get enough endorsements, read up on the subject matter and prepare an official statement (as well as preparing to defend that statement).

:)

10kMichael

I'll seek support for it and vote as well, though I do have abit of a reservation about the inclusion of a declatory point defining minor-status (traditionally minor-status has been left within the course of local principality ) And would believe it would be more appropriate to leave that age limit of minor set at national level, rather then international level. (this could create severe problems in nations that may have adult status at ages less then 13).