Abolition of Space Annexation [SS#012][DISCUSSION, NO VOTING YET]

Official Resolution

Enact "Abolition of Space Annexation"

Resolution SS#012

Proposed by: President Michael Newlark

Description: I propose the abolition of the practice of annexing or claiming entire celestial bodies, including, but not limited to, asteroids, moons, and planets, to a certain nation.

Argument:

REALIZING: That as the human race crawls into the Space Age, nations may want to stake their claim in the new frontier,

AWKNOWLEDGING: That claiming entire celestial bodies would be a relatively easy way to gain massive power,

BELIEVING: That large nations holding power over planets and moons would make it difficult for smaller nations to carry out a space program,

NOTING: That space pioneers would benefit from being governed by the nations of Sermo together,

IMPLYING: That the Sermo Senate would be the governing group of any and all Sermoan space voyagers,

HOPING: That having the flag of Sermo planted on a planet, not any country's flag, would fulfill the patriotism of the governments of Sermo's nations,

The Sermo Senate hereby enacts resolution #012, "Abolition of Space Annexation".

President Newlark wrote:

Hippo wrote:Europa is ours, then.

Not if I can help it.

Darth GW7 wrote:Considering that space in its infinite void is outside our regional boundaries, this would be something to take up with the WA, rather than the regional senate.

Baelgaria wrote:We move to dismiss this resolution as it has gone straight to voting before making a discussion topic. Also towards the obvious bias in this entire thing. It seems like you want space to be free just so you can go in and take it.

//This apparently stemmed from

President Newlark wrote:

Hippo wrote:Europa is ours, then.

Not if I can help it.

HIPPOSTANIA WAS BEING SARCASTIC

Premier Annenkov wrote:Why would you bother putting a poll when it specifically says to make two threads, one for voting, one for discussion?

BELIEVING: That large nations holding power over planets and moons would make it difficult for smaller nations to carry out a space program,

Baelgaria wrote:I see several loopholes in this.
There is openings for a government run corporation that is not officially government run to claim entire celestial bodies and the like.
According to this, a government could just claim all but one square inch of a celestial body. seeing as it's not the entire surface area, this resolution does not cover that.
Also according to this, even warring nations would be forced to work together under the Sermo flag in any space-related venture concerning mining, exploration, research, ect.
There is also a bias in this, It has obviously stemmed from your horrible "Synavia goes Lunar" thing as so Subtley mentioned in

BELIEVING: That large nations holding power over planets and moons would make it difficult for smaller nations to carry out a space program,

thus, saying that you just want to go and have the nations who worked very hard to get into space to move aside so the smaller nations(you) can get into space.
Also the fact that you went straight to voting and then changed it to discussion been though you still do not have the proper title suffix.

All of these holes prove that this is a hastily written and not very acceptable resolution.

President Newlark wrote:

Baelgaria wrote:I see several loopholes in this.
There is openings for a government run corporation that is not officially government run to claim entire celestial bodies and the like.
According to this, a government could just claim all but one square inch of a celestial body. seeing as it's not the entire surface area, this resolution does not cover that.
Also according to this, even warring nations would be forced to work together under the Sermo flag in any space-related venture concerning mining, exploration, research, ect.
There is also a bias in this, It has obviously stemmed from your horrible "Synavia goes Lunar" thing as so Subtley mentioned in

BELIEVING: That large nations holding power over planets and moons would make it difficult for smaller nations to carry out a space program,

thus, saying that you just want to go and have the nations who worked very hard to get into space to move aside so the smaller nations(you) can get into space.
Also the fact that you went straight to voting and then changed it to discussion been though you still do not have the proper title suffix.

All of these holes prove that this is a hastily written and not very acceptable resolution.

1. About the first thing: I will change it so that instead of saying nation, it will say group or organization.

2. Which would recieve a very sharp chastisement from the Sermo Senate.

3. Of course. What's wrong with that?

4. There is no bias. Yes, the large nations have worked hard to get into space, but the small ones have worked harder. I'm not saying that the large nations should get out of the way, I'm just saying that they shouldn't interfere with the doings of small nations. Space needs to be an equal territory, and all nations should have a chance to take part in the exploration of it.

5. The format thing, I CLEARLY stated when the voting was to begin and end. Three stupidheads decided to vote when they weren't supposed to.

Darth GW7 wrote:I'm pretty sure that world assembly regulations must forbid the claiming of celestial bodies for nations.

Space is the final frontier, it should belong to no-one. Like antarctica, it should be reserved for expeditions and research only.

Baelgaria wrote://You're still ignoring the problems with YOUR resolution