Joke Proposals
History
Since the creation of the United Nations, joke proposals have been created by UN Members for numerous purposes, from garnering a laugh from those who read it to forms slander.
Rules
Earlier rules for proposals did not prohibit the creation of joke proposals. The major controversy over the legality of joke proposals erupted when the proposals HIPPOS ARE BIG reached quorum. The author argued that under the resolution Freedom of Humor, joke proposals should be made legal. The game moderators disagreed, and deleted the proposal before it reached vote. Shortly after, another joke proposal, HIPPOS ARE REALLY QUITE LARGE, reached quorum and after a lengthy debate, was allowed to be voted upon by UN Members, who defeated it with a large margin.
Since HIPPOS ARE REALLY QUITE LARGE, changed to the UN Rules have been made, which prohibit the creation of joke proposals:
According to The Rules, there are three rules which proposals such as these may violate:
- Jokes
- "The Right To Arm Bears" isn't funny any more, okay? I don't care that we have 'Freedom of Humor'. That Resolution doesn't give you the right to make joke Proposals.
- Grossly Offensive
- If you want to execute left-handed men named "Earl" in your country, that's fine. Don't go yammering about it in a Proposal. Yes, this includes screwing with a 'majority' group. Killing all whites is just as bad as killing all jews. Or blacks. Or poor people. Things such as eliminating "all rights for $group", forced deportation of said group and the like fall under this too.
- Bloody Stupid
- Every now and then a Proposal crops up that, for lack of a more tactful description, is stupid. This is clearly a judgment call, but if you're going to mandate that all cars be pink, you're gonna have a dead proposal on your hands. This includes things that are unworthy of UN consideration (such as mandating allowances for children who eat their vegetables).
Additional Materials
- United Nations
- UN Timeline
- Proposals
- Inflatable Gandalf Act
- HIPPOS ARE BIG
- HIPPOS ARE REALLY QUITE LARGE
- Silly Proposals -- THE RETURN: A 100+ Page topic consisting only of joke proposals.
- NSUN Proposal Rules
