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o/ Anarch. Actually had the guts to carry out his grand vision, unlike a certain someone.

"we literally can't do math and figure out 500 member alliance > 150ish alliance so we have to rig the process just to make sure" [size="7"][b]LOL[/b][/size]

first non-umbrella post! Congrats! Here's to a great 2011! EDIT: blocked by IRON

[quote name='Methrage' timestamp='1291699603' post='2532650'] World Affairs just means it applies to more than one nation, every topic here doesn't apply to every single nation. This topic doesn't apply to you so I'm not even sure why you're posting in it and don't care if you care. I don't even know you or care who you are. [/quote] Then why did you bother to reply? You got these sanctions when you went rouge. Whose to say you won't go rouge again?

This sounds like a personal problem. Why should the World Affairs board care what sanctions you deservingly brought onto yourself?

Well Tool... Please for the love of God do not turn this into another GGA situation. If the old dog looks too old, please do not drag it out.

how many pages until this gets locked?

Meh, just another failed prankster who tries to remain relevant when he/she knows that the only way out is a re-roll.

This is a ballin treaty, congrats to both alliances!

Long live our Kingdom! Whoever dares to invade our Great Kingdom will inevitably have his head SMASHED!

It is a definite gravedig, but looking back on it, GATO made the right call, although I don't think the decision at the time was respectable.

[img]http://bighugelabs.com/output/motivator1285d89426ea104575507b0bc8192f9ada117961.jpg[/img] Fail OPSEC

Idiots pay attention! I was one of those who attacked Larabie. He was one of the bilgewater. The PMs I got for him was $*#&%*#&* %(#$*#(T%, nothing at all about attacking FoB. He deleted right after the wars expired. Any more questions?

[quote name='_GunneR_' timestamp='1283837788' post='2444968'] Well maybe not doubling the ANS but maybe in the 3 years they could double their score: [img]http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x74/_GunneR_album/Aquabd.jpg[/img] ...Oh guess not. [/quote] NATOfail

[quote name='Ramirus Maximus' timestamp='1280865962' post='2399837'] You can rest assured, I had nothing to do with the so-called "white peace", and did not authorize my signature being used by Peron. [/quote] So you are still at war, no? Edit: and better yet, why don't you have your top 3 nations declare some offensive wars to prove it?

I would like to congratulate IRON And company. This strategy against Ram and friends was one of the best displays of pragmatic realism I have seen. Even though it took time and patience, you have achieved victory.

I would like to congratulate IRON and Matt miller. This strategy against Ram and friends was one of the best displays of pragmatic realism I have seen. Even though it took time and patience, you have achieved victory.

[quote name='Ashoka the Great' timestamp='1280809999' post='2399119'] /me reads carefully /me looks at Alliance Affiliation of the individual making said post Stop. Now. [/quote] argumentum ad hominem much?

[quote name='nutkase' timestamp='1280808787' post='2399100'] With you're definition it then excludes this treaty as it can be broken. "As without end" A Alliance which sign this kind of document and then disbands at a future date makes the treaty void and thus at a end. There is no such things as CN norms, rules of law. Alliances can do whatever they damn like within any capacity, there is no law or norms that restrict what they do or in what manner they act. There is only action and reaction. People might like to do a action but will not because they fear the reaction that it will cause. Please still explain how you can to the conclusion that MHA is scum? Thank you for actually making a contribution. [/quote] 1. Gre has not disbanded yet, therefore the treaty should still stand. Some people whine that "it's not the same Gre", but the treaty still says that even though some things will change, the treaty remains intact. However if Gre would disband, then the treaty would expire. 2. The treaty cannot be ended without violating its original purpose. It even says on the wiki page, that this is a dual-membership treaty. If this is the case, then the treaty was in fact meant to be something eternal, or until both alliances ceased to exist. 3. Norms can constitute action and reaction, however, when one's actions create a state of nature when it comes to treaty obligations, then this throws the whole entire treaty web into disarray, as alliances find it customary to bail. I might have been over-exaggerating to call MHA scum, but I still believe MHA does not possess the power to stand up for any principles, and furthermore, they continue the disastrous trend of infra> friends, which will only make the current situation of bob more in dire straits.

[quote name='nutkase' timestamp='1280806066' post='2399066'] This post is gleaming with irony. Come back when you have something intelligent and of substance. [/quote] Breaking two treaties, with one of them specifically saying that no matter what happens, it cannot be broken. Eternal = Eternal For the definition of said word, we need to go to an official dictionary. I presume the oxford English dictionary would be a suitable reference. A. adj. 1. a. Infinite in past and future duration; without beginning or end; that always has existed and always will exist: esp. of the Divine Being. 2. Infinite in past duration; that has always existed. 3. a. Infinite in future duration; that always will exist; everlasting, endless. Now, how can the cyberverse exist within a given set of norms, have set rules of law, and not see this as breech of contract. Treaties are nothing but contracts. These contracts usually consist of a: -Title -statement of purpose -body (what the treaty actually does/does not do -a cancellation clause -signage Contrary to the rabble out there, this treaty does have a cancellation clause, and that clause specifically says that it cannot be canceled, for any reason. Now, for people who want to make the rather childish argument "they just did" or "do something about it", their point is well-taken, but if we take that point at its face value, this will throw the cyberverse back into a "state of nature" which states that "anything goes" provided one has power. Lets take this argument to its logical extreme, if a group of Nazi alliances are the most powerful bloc and they decide to go after any nations with the Jewish religious choice, will players still claim the "do something about it" argument? However, this argument fails the test of logic, because players cannot do what anything they want. We do live under certain rules and regulations as provided to us by the Admin(s). This can all be summarized down to: Honoring commitments leads to impasses, which leads to deterrence, which leads to peace (for the most part). Not honoring commitments leads to uncertainty and to a state of nature, which leads to anarchy, which leads to immorality.

In not so surprising news, MHA is scum of an alliance.

Minister of Foreign Affairs: CodyHaner and what ever happened to Shaneprice? I've been away for a while.

o/ this is awesome! Good job bros!

[quote name='Matthew PK' date='07 May 2010 - 05:10 PM' timestamp='1273270198' post='2290675'] Last I heard [/quote] So, what good is talking to your leadership?

[quote name='Matthew PK' date='07 May 2010 - 04:58 PM' timestamp='1273269498' post='2290660'] Because you have no whistle to blow. It has been said over and over again that if anybody wants to be released from their terms they should go speak to the captors to facilitate that. Nobody has done so. Nor has anybody threatened to intervene against you on our behalf. In fact, every time you make this accusation (or the accusation that they are deliberately ambiguous) the response to you is something like "come and talk to our leadership about it"; which you also have not done. Yet here you stand, content to call yourself the victim and blame each and every disconnected party. [/quote] Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't your leadership say they had nothing left to say until IRON and Co. surrendered unconditionally?