Hi Nation leaders :) below is a proposal that i feel very strong about i would like you advice and feelings on the matter...

Euthenasia, A question of choice

I propose that a law be passed making euthenasia legal. I belive that it is everyones fundemental right to choose a dignified and pain free manor of passing.
The proposed law would give those with termanal illnes the right to end their suffering, in the most dignified manor possible.
I also propose that within this law a set of steps be drawn that a person must follow to be granted the right to ternal sleep.
These steps should be.
1. A panal of Doctors agree that the patient IS termanal.
2. The Patient undergoes a phycalogical assesment and be passed as a sound mind.
3. That there is NO other treatment avalable.

Please give this proposal carefull thought.

I'm sorry to be the one to mention this, but this has already been done. It was one of the closest votes ever.

:hide: I knew i should have read more oh well thanks for letting me know and saving me anymore embaresment

It's a very contentious subject that crops up from time to time. As such, it usually sparks off some good debates. ;)

If you want to propose a resolution on Euthanasia, what you might want to do is look at the old one, and see if it can be improved, then you can propose changes to it in the UN.

And don't be embarassed - people submit resolutions on matters that have already been dealt with all the time - its tough to read through nearly two years of resolutions and then remember which ones have dealt with your issue.

There is nothing to be embarrassed about. Anyone willing to make the effort to create a UN proposal on a meaningful subject will always have my respect.

As long as we are on the topic, if anyone makes a good proposal, I could get a few delegates support. I have connections...

anyone know if NS2 will have the entirety of all the UN proposals ever submitted wiped clean?

Man what a waste of all this time and effort!

well, those UN proposals probably won't apply to NS2, but they still should be in effect for NS1.

My understanding is that NS2 will be a completely separate game. You can sign up with your current nation's name, but you won't be importing any of its statistics. I would suspect (but don't know for sure) that the same will apply for UN proposals. Everyone will be starting from scratch.

When is NS2 supposed to debut?

HEY OF, remember my post about invader regions...its in this forum someplace. Anyways yeah, I could use some help getting that off the ground. Lemme know what you can do for me before I propose it (I havent yet)

Very true. The best option is to begin anew as it will mean less file-transfer to keep all historical information. The move to Jolt only took three hours, upgrading over 200,000 Nations, and several however many Regions with a brand new game engine and mechanics would take forever - especially if variables such as stats have to be ported across.

I've also heared rumours that there may be a more comprehensive optional RP element takinginto account trade, war, and similar real life incidentals. Naturally, the creation of an economy (money is rumoured to exist) for trade, military, and business will require monitoring. Because of this additional depth it may also charge a subscription fee (I think it was £4GBP/$8CD per month at the last projection. This could be wrong, but is the last thing I heared.

I disagree. 200,000 nations with under 30 columns? That's a very fast load. Espeically given how restricted these columns are. Considering that I can create from scratch a 900 million row 85 column load in about an hour and a half (IBM p650 8-way, 32 GB Ram, using a RAID array), as long as they have some decent equipment and use a non-dinky database, then that transfer should be a snap.

Granted. However, with better machines and better languages, coders become inherently lazy as they aren't being challenged anymore. I think the main reason that NS will be from scratch is the subscription fee idea and to attract new players without the 'clique' or 'veteran' factor. Just think of Everquest. If, as well, there is to be a monetary system, new players will start with considerably less than a Nation with a population in excess of 2 billion. there are probably more personal reasons also, but if it happens it will just have to be dealt with as and when.

Personally, I have no problems at all as I think it's a great idea and that the core mechanics have been tested and modified in NationStates.

Ha! What coders are these? I am one of these "coders" at the momment and boy, there are challenges aplenty! Seriously, if any coders out there aren't feeling challenged, drop by my cube. I'll dole out some new work for you!

The languages haven't improved greatly for many things. C is still the default for most low level stuff, C++ for higher level, Prolog for nerds, and Java for people doing webdev and are too lazy to port their code. In my humble opinion

I can get the delegate of 'The Five Pacifics' (Richardelphia) and the delegate of '1 George Bush Too Many' to approve your proposal. Both regions owe me favors.

Awesome. And if you could spread the word on the other forums you frequent that'd be great too. Ill go propose it.

Hey Chex. Can I count on your support? If our MoFA could help me out by spreading the word to the other regions we have embassies in that'd be great too. Thank you for any help I can get.

Of course :)