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It is unfortunate that the "repeal and replace" mechanism is a two step process, rather than a single step one. Around here it feels like "Repeal and Replace" is basically code for "Get rid of it, I don't like it, and I hope a replacement will never see the light of day." I pretty much never vote in favor of a R&R bill where there hasn't already been at least some good faith effort to get the replacement underway.

From the discussion thread on the Private Prison one, the "repeal and replace" effort seems to have been led by a person who had no intention of replacing it - they simply couched it in that language to get people to support it.

Ironically, while the current (Desertification) repeal does have a replacement in the early stages of drafting, that replacement is by the author of the previous (Prisons) repeal, who has moved on and seems to consider their work done, having repealed the previous law.

There's plenty of times where a repeal and no replacement make good sense. I'd be inclined to think that just because the RL experience with private prisons in some countries is poor is not a sufficient reason to have a WA resolution on the topic. ICly Bananaistan doesn't really care if misguided liberal/capitalist nations use private prisons and would be more concerned with more general advances for the proletariat in terms of how prisoners are treated rather than getting bogged down in the ownership structure of prisons.

But I do agree somewhat. "Hoping for a replacement" when the author does not hope for a replacement is dishonest, and it's a term I don't generally like in repeals anyway. If the GA feels like it, it will replace. It doesn't need to hope that it will do so. It will either replace or not.

Prin halland wrote:

[quote] A tree's national animal is the tree, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Well. Who'da thunk?

That's why the nation is A tree rather than A Forest. There is just one left! ಥ_ಥ

As voting begins, I would like to -

*sees that I have one vote*

- talk a lot about the fact that Forest has at least person nutty enough to vote for a joker sitting in the back of the room putting on jazz playlists while talking about how important it is that second amendment rights must be extended to trees by issuing every individual tree an automatic gattling gun turret.

Oh, yeah, right, the jazz too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpeUnWrteQM

Now with people dancing along too it!

Republic of thai wrote:

im new here

Welcome to Forest! Hope you will enjoy your stay!

Chan island wrote:

while talking about how important it is that second amendment rights must be extended to trees by issuing every individual tree an automatic gattling gun turret.

On the subject of the 2nd amendment and the right to bear arms, I think the bears have us beat. I heard recently that a group of undressed ursines formed a political movement to promote the creation of a Constitutional amendment permitting them to keep their claws visibly exposed.

The media reported it as the Bare Bears' Bear Bare Claws Clause Cause.

Make of it what you will!

Chan should win, he is the beat candidate. We need a person who doesn’t take things too seriously these days

Do layovers count? Without them, I've been to Bulgaria, Germany, Czechia, Spain, and the BVI.

I live in the US so that's gotta count, I've been a fair bit around the country as well.