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The Freedom of Catfish Act

Lapse
14-07-2004, 13:42
This is a new proposal, A proposal designed to secure the future of our beloved catfish... can you imagin a world without these cute little fish?

http://www.adelaideaquariums.com.au/siteimages/fish/freshwater/eeltailblk.jpg
http://www.adelaideaquariums.com.au/siteimages/fish/freshwater/synomultipunct.jpg
anyway, this is the proposal:
Description: It has been known for a long time by some governments, that the almighty power in the universe is the much feared and respected, Catfish.

It is also known that many nations are insulting these godly creatures by polluting the waterways, supporting otters and other such creatures that eat them, and in extreme occasions, eating the fish themselves. Defiantly a sinful act.

It has come to the attention of Lapse, that without proper protection, the catfish, our friends and a protected species in Lapse, could be extinct in years to come UNLESS we reverse this current trend of anticatfish like behavior.

That is:
1. All fishing, of any type of fish, will be banned. Fishing will invoke a significant fine of no less than two thousand dollars which is to be decided by the nation in which waters the fish was caught.
2. Fishing for Catfish, will invoke a sentence in jail, and in extreme or repeat offenses execution.
3. Killing animals which eat Catfish will be rewarded with a bounty of $1.50 per animal thus opening up a whole new industry.
4. Polluting waterways where catfish live will be an offense punishable by jail, and possibly execution, decided by the member state.
5. The trade of catfish for food or otherwise, will be considered barbaric and punishable as slave trade
6. Assaulting a catfish, physically, verbally, or sexually, will be treated as an assault against a human of the same nature.
7. It is the duty of any person to put a catfish’s life above there own. Not doing this will result in a blotch on there record, which will forever follow them, stopping them from finding work in any government agency in any nation
8. Anticatfish products will be disallowed as an import
9. Fish tanks and aquariums are allowed, as they are considered a help to repopulating catfish. If a catfish dies in captivity though of any reason other than old age it is on the fish tank owners head and is punishable as in point 6
10. Captive Catfish are to be fed only the best fish food including a variety of different types.
11. If a person harms a catfish in anyway not listed above, directly or indirectly the punishment is to be decided by the persons

In summary. It is of the utmost importance that all catfish be protected and that all predators of the fish be exterminated from this planet permanently.

i mean look at these cute fish... how could you do them harm..

Please endorse this proposal to save these fish a life of shame and misery

http://web.infoave.net/~ottg/catfish.jpg
Komokom
16-07-2004, 10:54
* The Rep of Komokom slap lapse.

Because you should be saving trout ! Think of the trout people. People never think of the trout, around the world people slap other people with trout, never thinking of the harm inflicted on the trout them-selves, even now there is a petition ...

* It goes on like this for a frew more minutes ...

;)
Bahgum
16-07-2004, 16:23
Although at first glance this proposal seems a bit fishy, the Glorious Nation of Bahgum would be pleased to throw its support behind such a refreshingly non-boring, non obvious proposal. Why stop at catfish, get this ratified and protect all of them, maybe even the dogfish too!!!
Leylsh
16-07-2004, 17:17
This must be a joke.
Bahgum
16-07-2004, 17:43
..and being a joke makes it a majestic rare thing of beauty to behold amidst the tide of drivel and seriousness which regularly afflicts the UN. This ain't real life and this brightens up the game, so its gets my vote!!
Lapse
18-07-2004, 08:13
oh well... oit didnt make teh quota :(

hmm...im not sure whether to resubmit or not..probably not ...

oh well... for everyone who supported it, thankyou.
Enn
18-07-2004, 12:39
Not quite sure I'd classify the catfish as being 'cute' myself...
Lapse
19-07-2004, 08:12
Not quite sure I'd classify the catfish as being 'cute' myself...
http://www.adelaideaquariums.com.au/siteimages/fish/freshwater/synomultipunct.jpg
Figmentators
19-07-2004, 18:29
Awwwww.
Cogitation
19-07-2004, 18:47
That reminds me: I need to get around to sweeping the UN proposal list, again.

--The Modified Democratic States of Cogitation
Bahgum
19-07-2004, 20:00
It seems one of our moderators perpetuates the non-democratic crimes against a sense of humour mindset. I thought that moderators were here to prevent obscene and indecent comments not to inflict their views on how to play a game?
A well written amusing proposal has as much right as the usual proposals on the repetitive big topics (religion, sexuality, drugs etc). Any thoughts out there on this, as such narrow views are really quite unfair
Mikitivity
19-07-2004, 20:54
..and being a joke makes it a majestic rare thing of beauty to behold amidst the tide of drivel and seriousness which regularly afflicts the UN. This ain't real life and this brightens up the game, so its gets my vote!!

I'm going to defend the mods, and bear in mind that due to their handling of the North Pacific mass griefing, I've been blasting them frequently as of late.

Cog made the right decision. The rules clearly state you can't put joke proposals in the queue.

Now I'm also going to agree that a good joke is always appreciated. The appropriate way to play with a joke would be to post the "Draft" proposal here and run a YES/NO poll.

The reason Cog and the mods keep jokes out of the queue, is once we allow nations to submit joke proposals, the proposal queue would be nothing by 40 pages of jokes and one or two serious proposals.
Unfree People
19-07-2004, 23:12
Cog never said anything about this specific proposal, either.
Mikitivity
19-07-2004, 23:46
Cog never said anything about this specific proposal, either.

Valid point.

Though the proposal in question seems to be missing. ;)
Unfree People
19-07-2004, 23:53
It didn't reach queue, is all.

oh well... oit didnt make teh quota :(

hmm...im not sure whether to resubmit or not..probably not ...

oh well... for everyone who supported it, thankyou.
Mikitivity
20-07-2004, 02:01
It didn't reach queue, is all.

Ah, good point. Though I'd take it as a subtle hint that maybe it wasn't meant to be if Cog suddenly posted here.

I say start a poll on the forum and we can debate it and vote on the "DRAFT" proposal. :)
Murl
20-07-2004, 11:03
Why just protect catfish? All fish whose numbers are in decline should have the same protection, as should any other animals with a similar status.

Pauline Redwood
Murl Minister for Fisheries and Agriculture
Bahgum
20-07-2004, 12:51
Noting the comment by Cog on needing to sweep the list, implying that this fun proposal should not be allowed:
Some mystical 'rules' have been alluded to, which apparently ban humouress proposals, however the UN submission page does not mention these and says:

Inappropriate proposals will be removed. This includes proposals that:

suggest changing how the game works (use the Forum instead)
contain descriptions that do not match the category and effect
are not worthy of the UN's consideration.

The only specific 'rule' on joke proposals is that of the personal view of a moderator in the sticky on the UN forum page. I would argue that the spirit of this game is fun (see the intro page, read the book) and that well written fun is fine and actually in keeping. This isn't a real UN and some of it's members enjoy some funny proposals, it is wrong for proposals (unless they are abusive or very very badly written) to be arbitrarily destroyed or even frowned upon because they don't meet a few members ideals.

I'm making a point of this as I can only assume that otherwise this proposal destroying behaviour will continue and the UN will become a non-fun place to be, which would be a great shame.
Onion Pirates
20-07-2004, 19:35
Arrr, we tried araisin' catfish on a fish farm matey, but they fishes kepta gettin thar litterboxes all dampish like, arrr....

Couldna clean em out!
Komokom
21-07-2004, 14:05
* The Rep of Komokom contemplates playing golf with cat-fish as one can with cane-toads ... ;)

( Might I add, the day cane-toads hit N.S.W. I'm buying a golf club, :D )
Mikitivity
21-07-2004, 15:24
The only specific 'rule' on joke proposals is that of the personal view of a moderator in the sticky on the UN forum page. I would argue that the spirit of this game is fun (see the intro page, read the book) and that well written fun is fine and actually in keeping. This isn't a real UN and some of it's members enjoy some funny proposals, it is wrong for proposals (unless they are abusive or very very badly written) to be arbitrarily destroyed or even frowned upon because they don't meet a few members ideals.

Sounds logical to me.

I'd like a balance in resolution topics, some real, some complete fantasy. I'd like the all to be well written (or at least pushed through a spell checker).
Bahgum
21-07-2004, 19:25
Exactly Mikitivity, I'd like a balance too. Even Bahgum has been known to enjoy a serious topic and debate now and then! Though Bahgum does like it's weird and wonderful debates!!
Nachoburrito
21-07-2004, 22:39
Catfish, cute? Heh.

More like tasty! ;)
Lapse
22-07-2004, 07:37
Where did you get the iedea this was a joke proposal...its deadly serious :|
The Atheists Reality
22-07-2004, 11:21
Where did you get the iedea this was a joke proposal...its deadly serious :|
heheheheheheHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!