PASSED: Repeal "Space Research Station Program", Another gem from the Drama Islands!

The General Assembly,

RE-ACKNOWLEDGING that many nations are not able to reach outer space, either due to financial or technological restraints,

BELIEVING that all nations who desire to reach outer space should be able to do so,

NOTING the wide margin with which "Space Research Station Program" passed,

BUT FINDING several flaws with said resolution, including that:

1. It only creates one space station to fit the needs of over 12,000 World Assembly member-states spread over several star systems,

2. It requires that the WASRS rely solely on the donations of nations, corporations, and individuals, but does not require said nations, corporations, and individuals to donate anything at all, calling into question the ability of the space station to fund itself,

3. The WASRS, due to both the rules of the World Assembly and the wording of the resolution that created it, cannot defend itself from attack, in a current situation where some space-faring WA members have openly declared their hostility to the WASRS, or from space objects which pose a threat to the WASRS,

4. There is no specified purpose for the space station, meaning that the only actual effect of it at this point is the creation of purposeless bureaucracy,

5. Nations have no obligation to participate, and those that do choose to participate have no obligation to participate in a responsible manner, leaving the way open for more subtle opponents of the WASRS to sabotage or damage the station from the inside, needlessly endangering the lives of some of the WA's best scientists,

6. There is no provision or set-aside funding for either replacing, repairing, or even maintaing the WASRS in the case of attack, internal sabotage, and normal space wear,

BELIEVING that the problems with the resolution far outweigh its potential benefits,

NOTING that many nations have managed to reach outer space without the WA's help, and that several others have no desire to reach outer space at the present time,

The General Assembly hereby repeals Resolution #115, "Space Research Station Program".

This would have been an excellent proposal, had it simply stuck to the resolution and its inherent flaws, but oh no, this is the Eastern Islands of Drama, so of course they had to include the obligatory wank:

Had it not included this highly annoying BS, I would have been enthusiastically in favor, but as WA members are under no obligation to recognize anyone's roleplay, and these statements effectively force them to, I am against.

Short answer: waaaah spacewank waaaaah!!!

It does make them look like a bunch of hypocrites. Weren't they the ones that were pushing for the no RP in proposals?

Since I don't get caught up in the arguments of repeals if its something that I wanted removed in the first place, I'm voting FOR.

I don't know who added the Destructor Bunny movie at the bottom of the page, but its a stroke of genius.

I've voted for. The "several star systems" bit doesn't bother me much because it fits with my own RP and I've always assumed that all 67,000+ nations couldn't be on the same planet. The "space-faring WA members have openly declared their hostility" part seems wankish though. They could have left that out. Nevertheless, I like the last bit: "hereby repeals Resolution #115".

Good to see that Glog made it to the debate.