NationStates Jolt Archive

Yes, Annan's term is up, and they're looking for a replacement.

Say who you would nominate and why. After a few days, I'll set up an election for SecGen..

Not exactly roleplay - more political discussion.

Also feel free to diss other people's nominations - make sure you have a political argument.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1110AP_UN_Next_Secretary_General.html

Ecoporia - because if nothing else, his ideals are spot on.

I nominate myself. Because my ideals truly speak to me.

I nominate Keruvalia, because people in high positions are easily corruptible, and I have been looking for a means to make him more so.

I nominate Fass so that we can finally have a representative of the white, Swedish, medical, sarcastic, young and gay population.

I nominate Sinuhue, for no particular reason.

Edit: right, I have a reason now: it continues the trend that Fass and Sinuhue started of nominating the preceding person.

I nominate Safalra to keep up the pattern.

I nominate Smunkee - hey I nominated her for God, so something as menial as SecGen should be no problem. (For my reasons just see her sig, if she still has the quote in there).

Although goodness knows she probably has enough on her plate already. Sorry about this Smunkee, but, well, someone has to sort the world's shit out.

I nominate Europe Maxima, for someone with some balance.

I nominate Fass so that we can finally have a representative of the white, Swedish, medical, sarcastic, young and gay population.

Apart from young and medical, we had all that in Dag Hammarskjöld. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dag_Hammarskj%C3%B6ld) (His gayness was widely known, but still very hush hush.)

Apart from young and medical, we had all that in Dag Hammarskjöld. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dag_Hammarskj%C3%B6ld) (His gayness was widely known, but still very hush hush.)

I had nothing to do with his plane crash, even though I was alive at the time.

I'd say Smunkee, as she seems friendly enough.

I nominate myself, hell I got UN right in the name.

I had nothing to do with his plane crash, even though I was alive at the time.

Whoop dee doo for you, I guess.

I nominate Ffc2. That'll teach 'em.

I had nothing to do with his plane crash, even though I was alive at the time.
Are you dead now?

Are you dead now?
No, and how would you infer that?

How would you express the fact that you were alive in 1997?

"I was alive in 1997."

Are you dead now?
The bomb blew up before he reached the plane. Now he must forever haunt these forums.

No, and how would you infer that?

How would you express the fact that you were alive in 1997?

"I was alive in 1997."
"I was born before 1997."

"I was born before 1997."
And? The other sentence is correct as well.

I nominate Sinuhue because that should be the final nail in that coffin.

I nominate Deep Kimchi for the same reason the USSR recommended NYC for the UN's home--it's easier to keep track of the opposition when they're out front. And also, it might be good for him.

I nominate myself, because God knows no one else would be daft enough to do so.

I nominate Sinuhue because that should be the final nail in that coffin.
I wouldn't do that to her, because the UN SecGen is the blame puppet of the permanent members of the Security Council (aside from being a mouthpiece).

"I was born before 1997."
so was my great grandmother who died in 1982.........oh, but she doesn't frequent the forums either.:)

No, and how would you infer that?

How would you express the fact that you were alive in 1997?

"I was alive in 1997."
It just strikes me as odd to say, "I was alive". Putting it in the past tense may be grammatically correct, but it seems to me that if alive was the state you were in, in the past, then the present state you are in would have to be dead.

"I was around in 1997." So...you aren't around now?
Hmmm...
"I was *x*years old in 1997." Okay, you may not want to share that.

I don't know. Why would you want to say that anyway?

Then again, sometimes I look at words, or names that are exceedingly common...like Chris...and they look strange and foreign.

And? The other sentence is correct as well.
But my one isn't ambiguous in its connotations. Don't have an argument with me though - I was going to ignore it until Sinuhue waded in.

I wouldn't do that to her, because the UN SecGen is the blame puppet of the permanent members of the Security Council (aside from being a mouthpiece).
Your concern for me is actually touching:)

No, and how would you infer that?

How would you express the fact that you were alive in 1997?

"I was alive in 1997."

The afterlife could have a Net connection you know!

But my one isn't ambiguous in its connotations. Don't have an argument with me though - I was going to ignore it until Sinuhue waded in.
It's what I do best. I can't swim after all.

Your concern for me is actually touching:)
Well, I happen to think you're an idealist, and that's hardly the position that an idealist should be put into.

I nominate myself, because God knows no one else would be daft enough to do so.


Don't be so sure, this is NS General afterall. I've seen someone nominate you as the poster with the most common sense.

I'mma nominate Czardes for some reason.

I nominate Fass.

A touch of that Flame and the entire UN building will burn down and we'll be rid of it. ;)

I nominate Deep Kimchi for the same reason the USSR recommended NYC for the UN's home--it's easier to keep track of the opposition when they're out front. And also, it might be good for him.

A lot of UN employees would be fired on my first morning on the job. Including all the translators.

Your concern for me is actually touching:)

You'll be fine. He should be worried about the UN.

But my one isn't ambiguous in its connotations. Don't have an argument with me though - I was going to ignore it until Sinuhue waded in.
So is every alternative (ambigious, that is). You just have to excercise your own common sense and assume that the person you're talking to is still alive.

It's what I do best. I can't swim after all.


When you come to Vegas, I'll teach you to swim. After the days of hot sex0rz

It just strikes me as odd to say, "I was alive". Putting it in the past tense may be grammatically correct, but it seems to me that if alive was the state you were in, in the past, then the present state you are in would have to be dead.

"I was around in 1997." So...you aren't around now?
Hmmm...
"I was *x*years old in 1997." Okay, you may not want to share that.

I don't know. Why would you want to say that anyway?

Then again, sometimes I look at words, or names that are exceedingly common...like Chris...and they look strange and foreign.


If I'm talking to you now, my statement isn't ambiguous. Unless you believe that dead people can post on NS.

There are many more ambiguous statements that people accept without question.

For instance, if you tell a child, "put on your shoes and socks," they might take you literally, and put the shoes on and then the socks over the shoes.

When you come to Vegas, I'll teach you to swim. After the days of hot sex0rz

I nominate Sumamba Buwhan for the sly little secret message!

It's what I do best. I can't swim after all.

Wait, you're an indian that can't swim? What's next a woman that isn't nurturing? Oh.... wait...

Wait, you're an indian that can't swim? What's next a woman that isn't nurturing? Oh.... wait...
It's hard to swim when the water is frozen solid. I bet she can skate, though.

Don't be so sure, this is NS General afterall. I've seen someone nominate you as the poster with the most common sense.
Ah, yes . . .
I suppose it is mainly just that, when one considers the amount of sarcasm compressed into this small a place, the chances of a completely random nomination involving one of the more vocally insane posters approaches, and then reaches, zero every 20 posts. At which point, the odds start again, shrinking in a pattern like a geometric series, until you have joke nominations ever 2-3 on topic posts. Of course, by that time the odds that any posts will actually be on topic is something around 1/10, and so the spam equalizes where logic fails.
Wow, 95 words with neither a point nor a punchline, impressive. Well, impressive anywhere but here.

Ah, yes . . .
I suppose it is mainly just that, when one considers the amount of sarcasm compressed into this small a place, the chances of a completely random nomination involving one of the more vocally insane posters approaches, and then reaches, zero every 20 posts. At which point, the odds start again, shrinking in a pattern like a geometric series, until you have joke nominations ever 2-3 on topic posts. Of course, by that time the odds that any posts will actually be on topic is something around 1/10, and so the spam equalizes where logic fails.
Wow, 95 words with neither a point nor a punchline, impressive. Well, impressive anywhere but here.


Over here in London, it's 8:43 in the evening, and time to get a martini. Perhaps you're living in a time zone where it's too early to legitimately start drinking.

A lot of UN employees would be fired on my first morning on the job. Including all the translators.
Why the translators?

You'll be fine. He should be worried about the UN.
I couldn't possibly screw it up more than it already is, could I? Group sex will of course become mandatory.

And Fiddlebottoms...maybe he is the undead? Huh? Ever think of that?

Oh, and Kimchi...don't you have kids? They go through a very literal phase, where 'put on your shoes and socks' ends up in hilarious, intentional confusion.

Why the translators?
Most of the diplomats already know multiple languages. If they can't be bothered to speak to each other, and have to constantly speak through proxies, I think that's a problem.

I might keep a few for the delegates who are too stupid or uneducated.

I nominate Sumamba Buwhan for the sly little secret message!
Hey! That was for me! Give it back!

I nominate Eutrusca, because he seems more friendly and something than most, plus he's quite right-wing, always a plus.

I nominate Eutrusca, because he seems more friendly and something than most, plus he's quite right-wing, always a plus.
Only if by plus, you mean minus:) And you must be confusing him with someone else. Eutrusca is a centrist. He said so.

Over here in London, it's 8:43 in the evening, and time to get a martini. Perhaps you're living in a time zone where it's too early to legitimately start drinking.
I've been a quick starter in everything before now, why not keep that up?
I change my nomination to DK, as he has many extraordinary ideas that will doubtless improve the world. Or at least, my perception of it.

I nominate Eutrusca, because he seems more friendly and something than most, plus he's quite right-wing, always a plus.

I second that, but mainly because I'd enjoy the fights he'd get into with the GA.

I've been a quick starter in everything before now, why not keep that up?
I change my nomination to DK, as he has many extraordinary ideas that will doubtless improve the world. Or at least, my perception of it.
Come down to the bar at the Grange Holborn Hotel in London, and I'll buy you a martini.

BTW, there are a couple of really good Belgian beer bars here, and my favorite is the Lowlander on Drury.

Well worth a night of pounding down a variety of excellent beers.

As my second act, I will close the UN cafeteria, and open a microbrewery and bar in its place.

Over here in London, it's 8:43 in the evening, and time to get a martini. Perhaps you're living in a time zone where it's too early to legitimately start drinking.

Go on, order a martini in a regular pub (not an international hotel). I dare you.

I've been a quick starter in everything before now, why not keep that up?
I change my nomination to DK, as he has many extraordinary ideas that will doubtless improve the world. Or at least, my perception of it.
Na, you can still have the group sex if you vote for me, without all the pesky US interventionist agenda that DK would bring to the post...but then again, I wouldn't actually want the post, as it would interfere with the time I'd have for group sex...

...I second the nomination of DK.

I second that, but mainly because I'd enjoy the fights he'd get into with the GA.


I third the nomination for Eutrusca.