Citizen Orthodox
07-05-2006, 18:24
The region Northern Ireland has charged and found guilty British Whiskum, a delegate of UNSP. The charges were:
[Violation of the] Ireland Act 2006...and on a charge of High Treason.
The grounds of the treason were the following statements by British Whiskum:
Article XIII: Everyone has the right to free speech. The only exceptions are Personal abuse to another player, bad language, national security concerns, insulting Northern Ireland and treasonous language.
If I go down The Monarch goes down
. I can have you condenmed at internationally so your name wil be manure. And that is what will ahppen I i am found guilty.
This your chance to rise and destroy the Monarch. Vote Communist Republic!
I call for a coup.
rise and the prolateriat shall overthrow the bourgosie.
The first is clearly nothing more than a pompous reidiculous statement not at all treasonous; the second is a threat, which does not amount to treason; the third and fourth, are similarly not treasonous but statements affirming a political stance, one advocating democracy and communism; the final statement could be viewed as treasonous, but it was neither acted upon nor viewed as anything except ridiculous.
Whether or not one views these statements as treasonous, a foreign delegate cannot sanely be charged with treason, for that word means:
1. Violation of allegiance toward one's country or sovereign, especially the betrayal of one's country by waging war against it or by consciously and purposely acting to aid its enemies.
2. A betrayal of trust or confidence.
While British Whiskum may, though there is no public indication of such, have acted in a way similar to the second definition, this cannot be a properly applied definition for it would lead to the trial of any form of lie as treason. Thus, our concern must be with the second. Through this definition we cannot hold British Whiskum to be treasonous.
Northern Ireland is a Constitutional Monarchy, so any treason would be commited against "one's...sovereign." British Whiskum has not sovereign. He is not a subject of Ireland's majesty nor any other. He is a foreign diplomat and has no alleigance to that country. He was found guilty of this charge.
The charge that British Whiskum has violated the "Ireland Act" is false. It prohibits a member nation of Ireland or the RLA from registering on, or moving a nation to, Norther Ireland. British Whiskum is a diplomat to the RLA but is not a member of that orginization, he is not a member of Ireland either but UNSP. He was found of this charge.
There are difficulties with the manner in which these British Whiskum was tried.
British Whiskum acted with the full approval and as the Voice of UNSP's government. He was the personal embodiement of UNSP on Northern Ireland's forums. Thus, these charges were directed at the GOVERNMENT of UNSP. As this is a conflict between two regions, no single region has the right to resolve it. The issue should be decided by another region, or an interregional court.
If the person of British Whiskum was to be tried, then the government of UNSP must first submitt him to the authority of Northern Ireland, for otherwise he holds no obligation nor should he be affected by the judgement of that region. He was not hadned over, nor was any attempt made by Northern Ireland to secure this.
As the basis of these charges is unstable, to say the least, United Confederacy and all those who sign this document call upon the region of Northern Ireland to null the results of the trial, and if they wish to further pursue the issue to do so in an interregional court.
United Confederacy calls all nations and regional representatives to sign this petition.
[Violation of the] Ireland Act 2006...and on a charge of High Treason.
The grounds of the treason were the following statements by British Whiskum:
Article XIII: Everyone has the right to free speech. The only exceptions are Personal abuse to another player, bad language, national security concerns, insulting Northern Ireland and treasonous language.
If I go down The Monarch goes down
. I can have you condenmed at internationally so your name wil be manure. And that is what will ahppen I i am found guilty.
This your chance to rise and destroy the Monarch. Vote Communist Republic!
I call for a coup.
rise and the prolateriat shall overthrow the bourgosie.
The first is clearly nothing more than a pompous reidiculous statement not at all treasonous; the second is a threat, which does not amount to treason; the third and fourth, are similarly not treasonous but statements affirming a political stance, one advocating democracy and communism; the final statement could be viewed as treasonous, but it was neither acted upon nor viewed as anything except ridiculous.
Whether or not one views these statements as treasonous, a foreign delegate cannot sanely be charged with treason, for that word means:
1. Violation of allegiance toward one's country or sovereign, especially the betrayal of one's country by waging war against it or by consciously and purposely acting to aid its enemies.
2. A betrayal of trust or confidence.
While British Whiskum may, though there is no public indication of such, have acted in a way similar to the second definition, this cannot be a properly applied definition for it would lead to the trial of any form of lie as treason. Thus, our concern must be with the second. Through this definition we cannot hold British Whiskum to be treasonous.
Northern Ireland is a Constitutional Monarchy, so any treason would be commited against "one's...sovereign." British Whiskum has not sovereign. He is not a subject of Ireland's majesty nor any other. He is a foreign diplomat and has no alleigance to that country. He was found guilty of this charge.
The charge that British Whiskum has violated the "Ireland Act" is false. It prohibits a member nation of Ireland or the RLA from registering on, or moving a nation to, Norther Ireland. British Whiskum is a diplomat to the RLA but is not a member of that orginization, he is not a member of Ireland either but UNSP. He was found of this charge.
There are difficulties with the manner in which these British Whiskum was tried.
British Whiskum acted with the full approval and as the Voice of UNSP's government. He was the personal embodiement of UNSP on Northern Ireland's forums. Thus, these charges were directed at the GOVERNMENT of UNSP. As this is a conflict between two regions, no single region has the right to resolve it. The issue should be decided by another region, or an interregional court.
If the person of British Whiskum was to be tried, then the government of UNSP must first submitt him to the authority of Northern Ireland, for otherwise he holds no obligation nor should he be affected by the judgement of that region. He was not hadned over, nor was any attempt made by Northern Ireland to secure this.
As the basis of these charges is unstable, to say the least, United Confederacy and all those who sign this document call upon the region of Northern Ireland to null the results of the trial, and if they wish to further pursue the issue to do so in an interregional court.
United Confederacy calls all nations and regional representatives to sign this petition.