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Repeal "Prevention of Terrorism"

A proposal to repeal a previously passed resolution


Category: Repeal


Resolution: #12


Proposed by: West Fresno

Description: WA Resolution #12: Prevention of Terrorism (Category: International Security; Strength: Significant) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.

Argument: 1. Does not distinguish the difference between a rebel group, government-in-exile, peaceful activist group, etc. and a terrorist organisation.

2. Can be used by particularly oppressive governments to shut down opposition parties by labelling them terrorists.

3. Encourages states to enact stricter regulations upon the civil rights of their peoples in order to supposedly protect those said rights.

4. Creates an overall international air of fear and terror. By adopting this measure, the terrorists have won.

5. Does not specify the capacity at which an organisation can be labelled as "terrorist."

6. Creates an interventionist foreign policy for all WA member states which not all members agree to.


Please everyone go and approve this so we can bring it to a vote. These concerns are shared by many within the WA, and it has already been approved by 20 of my fellow delegates.

I agree: although I condemn terrorism as a act to destabilise the world, I believe that it lacks a definition too.

Yes. Any chance you could spread the word on this and get more approvals for this proposal, I'm doing all I can to bring this to a vote.

I agree that the original Resolution is lacking, though this silly game of passing legislation only to have it repealed the next week is, well, silly. If anything, nations with a repeal in mind should have some foresight and begin an anti-campaign well before a vague proposal makes it to quorum.

In the future we may support a repeal, but for the time being feel that it belittles the WA as an institution and makes a mockery of it's time.

It is a bit early for this. Wait a month or two.

*snip*Your argument is is weak and stale and ridden with lefty clichés, and I don't quite know how the resolution could have done any of these awful things, when it does nothing to begin with.

It is a bit early for this. Wait a month or two.

the government of the emperor of urgench wishes to know what the respected ambassador for Douria could possibly wish the writers of this resolution to wait for? the current statute, is woefully inadequate and impotent of power and only serves to embarrass this organisation's legislative capabilities, surely the sooner it is repealed and replaced with a serious resolution the better, no?

yours e.t.c.

If anything, nations with a repeal in mind should have some foresight and begin an anti-campaign well before a vague proposal makes it to quorum.

In a perfect world that would happen, but this isn't a perfect world and occasionally proposals slip past even the most watchful eyes. *cough*Max Barry Day (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13132957&postcount=224)*cough*

Bob Flibble
WA Representative

the government of the emperor of urgench wishes to know what the respected ambassador for Douria could possibly wish the writers of this resolution to wait for? the current statute, is woefully inadequate and impotent of power and only serves to embarrass this organisation's legaslative capabilities, surely the sooner it is repealed and replaced with a serious resolution the better, no?

yours e.t.c.

Yes, but that forgets that it passed by a fair margin. You have to wait for everyone to forget they supported something they probably shouldnt't've before throwing up a repeal that states that fact rather boldly.

Yes, but that forgets that it passed by a fair margin. You have to wait for everyone to forget they supported something they probably shouldnt't've before throwing up a repeal that states that fact rather boldly.


the government of the emperor of Urgench bows to the wisdom of the ambassador for Douria, who undoubtedly knows the workings of this place much better than we.

yours sincerely,

Your argument is is weak and stale and ridden with lefty clichés, and I don't quite know how the resolution could have done any of these awful things, when it does nothing to begin with.

We happen to be a very right-wing nation thank you very much.
This simply lacks the definition of a terrorist. I think it should be addressed to prevent such breaches on civil liberties. My proposal may have need refining.
Any suggestions before I send it back?

We happen to be a very right-wing nation thank you very much.
This simply lacks the definition of a terrorist. I think it should be addressed to prevent such breaches on civil liberties. My proposal may have need refining.
Any suggestions before I send it back?

the government of the emperor of Urgench suggests that the honoured ambassador for West Fresno wait a significantly longer period before bringing this repeal before the w.a. or alternatively wait for the much better repeal of the embassy of the Altan Steppes to be brought forward.

yours e.t.c.

Any chance of you throwing your support behind the Altan repeal-and-replace effort instead?

We happen to be a very right-wing nation thank you very much.
This simply lacks the definition of a terrorist. I think it should be addressed to prevent such breaches on civil liberties.The resolution also lacks any substance or mandate; therefore, it doesn't "create an interventionist foreign policy for all WA member states," it doesn't encourage states to clamp down on civil liberties, it doesn't "create an overall international air of fear and terror," it can't "be used by oppressive governments to shut down opposition parties," and it certainly doesn't let the terrorists win -- at least, not by the methods you specify. But even if did do all these terrible things, I hardly think that a simple definition of "terrorist" would rectify most of it.

i can support the repeal resolution.