NationStates Jolt Archive

Hello everybody. This is my first time making a proposal (haven't been really doing this that long) and I would just like some general feedback on it so I can improve for the future. Any help would be nice.

Description: Due to the increased amount of terrorism in the world today, this act will:

IMEDEATLY REPEAL Resolution #10, Stop Privacy Intrusion, which states, “We feel alarmed by the increasing intrusion of privacy by the governments in the world. Therefore, we propose that legislation is passed by each UN member that all personal communication, including, but not limited to:

face-to-face conversations, mail, telephone, radio, LAN and Internet

shall NOT be intercepted by the government, unless there is serious evidence of a planned or committed crime. This evidence shall be reviewed and approved by the Judiciary before eavesdropping, phone tapping, network traffic monitoring, and other kinds of interception of communications is allowed.”

IMPLEMENT a central data processor for each nation, which would be given FULL ACCESS to decrypt any encrypted messages, that would search through all E-mail, web sites, Internet downloads, VoIP, and any other digital information.

GIVES each nation the right to track down and monitor the source of anything found within the processor that may cause harm to any individual peoples, countries, or the international community as a whole.

DOES NOT ALLOW the posting and distributing of intercepted personal and/or private information of innocent civilians by the Government.

PUTS any person found to be breaking the law or going to commit a future act of unlawfulness by these processors under the full effect of the law for these crimes and may be searched and/or arrested because of the obtained information.

If this should become a resolution, it shall severely reduce the amount of communication pathways used by illegal operations and terrorist organizations, making it increasingly harder for these types of people to organize actions against the great peoples of the world and be able to catch them before they take any further action.




Thank you again for any feedback.

- The Allied States of Hailowniss

To repeal a resolution, I think you have to click the repeal button at the bottom of the resolution.

You can't add new stuff in the same proposal.

yeah I kinda realized that after I submitted it... other then that, which I know everyone will point out, is there anything else that is good/bad/or just ?

yeah I kinda realized that after I submitted it... other then that, which I know everyone will point out, is there anything else that is good/bad/or just ?

It's yet another "phantom menace" proposal - you are using scare tactics (in this case terrorism) to pass legislation that will destroy civil rights and we know them.

I think you can probably guess I am not going to support it.

second TilEnca's point. i wont support a resolution based on scare tactics destroy civil rights

OOC: the liberal gov got in here on scare tactics at the last election, in saying the labor opposition in gov would lead to high intrest rates, and it has just blown up in their face

In Vastiva, the government obeys the full letter of the law.

However, as all businesses are 50.1% owned by the Sultan, there is no law about having employees doing such checks, and turning the results over to appropriate law enforcement officials when justified.

Ahh, loopholes.

In Vastiva, the government obeys the full letter of the law.

However, as all businesses are 50.1% owned by the Sultan, there is no law about having employees doing such checks, and turning the results over to appropriate law enforcement officials when justified.

Ahh, loopholes.

That's not a loophole. If the government (the sultan) owns most of the companies, then those people become government employees and are covered by this resolution.

Well if you admire the proposal for its loopholes... vote for it anyway!

sorry, but this one has Securitron (Police State 2000) written all over it, and i wont support it. it flies in the face of Res #10, and id bordering on the Human Identification System. it will be a blatant infringment on privacy.

Proposal removed, no warning issued.

That's not a loophole. If the government (the sultan) owns most of the companies, then those people become government employees and are covered by this resolution.
Not if the Sultan categorizes those companies as personal property, and never (*cough*) factors the welfare of those companies into government policy.

That's not a loophole. If the government (the sultan) owns most of the companies, then those people become government employees and are covered by this resolution.

Not according to Vastivan law, they're not - the Sultan's ownership does not make them governmental companies. The Government is delineated in Vastivan Law; what the Sultan owns is not relevant.

Seeing that this proposal had several serious flaws to it which you have helped to point out, I would like to thank you for your advice so I do not make the same mistake again.

Not according to Vastivan law, they're not - the Sultan's ownership does not make them governmental companies. The Government is delineated in Vastivan Law; what the Sultan owns is not relevant.

Then the Sultan cannot be part of the government. He cannot have the cake and eat it. This particular loophole is not wide enough.

This is something straight out of 1984. I wouldn't vote for this in a million years.

I actually got the idea from Dan Brown's Digital Fortress, in which a giant processor called TRANSLATOR or something close to that was used to dencrypt messages to stop criminal activities and save lives, but hey, the majority has spoken and the answer is a resounding no.

I actually got the idea from Dan Brown's Digital Fortress, in which a giant processor called TRANSLATOR or something close to that was used to dencrypt messages to stop criminal activities and save lives, but hey, the majority has spoken and the answer is a resounding no.

The thing is - technology is neutral. And although it would be a good way to stop crime and save lives, it would also be a good way for governments to find out who opposes them, and what the stratergy of the opposition is and use it to discredit them and so forth.