If a political party starts to vote on and propose bills for the sake of preserving their party, rather than the sake of bettering the country, I believe that political party should be disbanded.
Politics is about the governance of countries. The very concept of its creation was for the sake of organization and cooperation, because when we work together, humanity can accomplish great things.
When people in a group begin to make decisions for the purpose of making themselves look good, it spreads like a sickness and disrupts the entire group. In nature, with animals, these selfish creatures would be killed and eaten to sustain the rest of the group. In humanity, that would be considered a barbaric moral travesty, and lo, through our capitalist system, the selfish are instead given many opportunities to step on others so they may rise to positions of power.
If someone is part of a group that decides the fates of millions of people, they have a responsibility to the well-being of those people. It becomes their duty to act selflessly and objectively for the good of the people, not for themselves.
I believe that both the democratic and republican parties must be eliminated to make way for new political parties to form. Based on policy and public opinion, these new parties would finally be rid of the naming bias, and it would no longer be about voting against somebody because of what party they belong to. Instead, maybe, just maybe, it could be about voting for somebody because of their plans for our futures.
Friday, March 24, 2017
Tuesday, March 14, 2017
The Treaty of Armens
In doing some random research into Star Trek lore today, I have discovered some details about the Treaty of Armens, which was the treaty between the United Federation of Planets and the Sheliak Corporate that granted the Sheliak ownership of several Class-H planets.
This was the only contact the Federation had with the Sheliak until 111 years later, when the Sheliak attempted to colonize one of their planets and found an "infestation" of humans living on it.
In the episode of Star Trek TNG "The Ensigns of Command", we briefly get to see on the screen a piece of the Treaty of Armens for ourselves. I am going to type it down here, mostly for myself, because I think it's hilarious.
I am including the Blu-ray and original version of the text combined. Since there was no change to the text in either version, other than removal of some text and different paragraph section layout, I will use the layout that makes sense and simply include the text that was edited out of the Blu-ray edition. Here is a picture of both versions, followed by my text interpretation of it:
FILE = 99-5377 TREATY OF ARMENS
SECTION 21166
ALL REQUESTS FOR CHANGES IN THE TEXT OF PROVISION (B) MUST BE SUBMITTED IN WRITING OR BY A TERRIBLY COMPLEX SUBSPACE CODED SIGNAL, AS LONG AS IT IS ENCRYPTED AND UNREADABLE, AS WELL AS GARBLED AND CONFUSED, SO AS TO CONFORM TO THE PROVISION (A.294 A-C) OF THE INCOMPREHENSIBLE ACTS OF WIDDERSHINS, FEDERATION DOCUMENT LOCATOR NUMBER 784830 8340 (SECTION 876234). ALL OF THIS SIMPLY TO GET THE TEXT ALONG TO SUBPARAGRAPH 832, WHICH IS QUITE A WAYS DOWN THE PAGE. YOU MIGHT THINK THAT CLEVER STUFF. BOY YOU ARE WRONG.
SECTION 87654
THAT GOES DOUBLE FOR ANYONE WHO HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE ORIGINAL TREATY. MOST OF THOSE LAWYER FOLKS ARE, LIKE, IN THE HOSPITAL, ALONG WITH EXECUTIVES OF THE SIRIUS CYBERNETICS CORPORATION. IT TOOK WHAT SEEMS LIKE FOREVER. RICK IS INFALLY [finally] GETTING A KEI AND YURI REFERENCE INTO THE TEXT. YOU KNOW, THE TWO CUTE GIRLS WITH THE BIG GUNS. WE MIGHT ALSO MENTION AKIRA, RANMA NIBUNNOICHI, URUSEI YATSURA, RHEA GAEL FORCE, AND A FEW OTHER ANIMATED FILMS. THE FEDERATION, AT THIS POINT IN TIME, SEEMS MORE TANGLED UP IN PAPERWORK THAN THE IRAN-CONTRA SCANDAL BUSINESS.
SECTION 74543
IN THE TEXT OF THIS TREATY. OR DIDN'T ANYONE THINK ABOUT THAT EVENTUALLY WHEN THE BLOODY DOCUMENT WAS FIRST DRAWN UP? NEVER MIND. IT'S A RHETORICAL QUESTION ANYWAY. BUT WE JUST THOUGHT WE'D TRY TO DEMONSTRATE OUT LEGALISTIC CLEVERNESS. JUST ONE MORE PARAGRAPH UNTIL THE CRITICAL ONE, WHERE WE TALK ABOUT CONSULTATIONS AND THAT SORT OF THING.
SECTION 33406
THE SHELIACS DON'T SOUND LIKE A RACE [worth] SELLING PLANETS TO, IF WE HAVE TO WRITE (MUCH LESS READ) ONE OF THESE CONTRACTS EACH TIME. ALTHOUGH, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE COMPUTERS, SO WE CAN DO SEARCH-AND-REPLACE. COME TO THINK ABOUT IT, THAT'S WHAT THE SHELIAC WANT TO DO WITH THE COLONY ON THE PLANET. THIS SECTION DEALS WITH THE RIGHT OF EACH PARTY TO CONFER WITH THE OTHER IN THE EVENT SOMETHING SCREWY HAPPENS WITH THE TREATY. THIS MAY TAKE THE FORM OF NORMAL EM SPECTRUM COMMUNICATION, SUBSPACE EM COMMUNICATION, FACE-TO-FACE MEETINGS, TELEPHONE TAG, MESSAGES IN BOTTLES, OR ANY OTHER WATER-TIGHT FORM OF ENCLOSURE, GOSSIP, HALF-TRUTHS, OUTRIGHT LIES, OR FACE-TO-FACE MEETINGS. INTERRUPTION OF TREATY COMPLIANCE SHALL NOT EXCEED ONE (1.00 X 10E0) STANDARD STANDARD UFP SOLAR YEAR (EXCEPT DURING THE MONTH OF JULY) SEE TECHNICAL TA48509 1742 A-CE589451 FOR CODE INPUTS. LCARS UPDATES ON TREATY COMPLIANCE INTERRUPTING SHALL TAKE PLACE AT EACH STARBASE LAYOVER, OR WHEN COMMANDED BY RANKING UFP (OR OTHER DESIGNATED BODY) OFFICIALS AT STARFLEET HEADQUARTERS, 24-593 FEDERATION DRIVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA, EARTH, SOL SECTOR. REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE MAY BE PLACED BY TRANSMISSION TO STANDARD STARFLEET BOOSTER STATION FOR CHANNELING TO UFP TREATY OFFICE (SOL SECTOR).
SECTION 74543
SIMULTANEOUS TRANSMISSION TO THE THIRD PARTY IS ACCEPTABLE. DELAYED TRANSMISSION TO THIRD PARTY MAY NOT EXCEED ONE (1) STANDARD UFP DAY. TRANSMISSION TO THIRD PARTY PRIOR TO TRANSMISSION TO UFP TREATY OFFICE IS ACCEPTABLE IF APPROPRIATE NOTIFICATION IS GIVEN TO FEDERATION BUREAU OF TREATIES (SOL SECTOR) SEE TA 98745 23411-11 FOR SCHEDULE OF CODES AND TEMPORAL ADJUSTMENT FACTORS, THIRD PARTY AGREEMENTS, THIRD PARTY ASSISTANCE MAY BE REQUESTED FROM A FEDERATION [vessel] IF THE DISTANCE FROM THE VESSEL TO SOL SECTOR IS GREATER THAN 5,000 LIGHTYEARS UFP STANDARDS MEASUREMENT BUREAU UNITS. ASSISTANCE MAY ALSO BE REQUESTED IF THE VESSEL IS LESS THAN 1,000 LIGHTYEARS OF A STANDARD UFP SUBSPACE RELAY BOOSTER STATION. AND THAT'S THE WAY IT IS.
This was the only contact the Federation had with the Sheliak until 111 years later, when the Sheliak attempted to colonize one of their planets and found an "infestation" of humans living on it.
In the episode of Star Trek TNG "The Ensigns of Command", we briefly get to see on the screen a piece of the Treaty of Armens for ourselves. I am going to type it down here, mostly for myself, because I think it's hilarious.
I am including the Blu-ray and original version of the text combined. Since there was no change to the text in either version, other than removal of some text and different paragraph section layout, I will use the layout that makes sense and simply include the text that was edited out of the Blu-ray edition. Here is a picture of both versions, followed by my text interpretation of it:
FILE = 99-5377 TREATY OF ARMENS
SECTION 21166
ALL REQUESTS FOR CHANGES IN THE TEXT OF PROVISION (B) MUST BE SUBMITTED IN WRITING OR BY A TERRIBLY COMPLEX SUBSPACE CODED SIGNAL, AS LONG AS IT IS ENCRYPTED AND UNREADABLE, AS WELL AS GARBLED AND CONFUSED, SO AS TO CONFORM TO THE PROVISION (A.294 A-C) OF THE INCOMPREHENSIBLE ACTS OF WIDDERSHINS, FEDERATION DOCUMENT LOCATOR NUMBER 784830 8340 (SECTION 876234). ALL OF THIS SIMPLY TO GET THE TEXT ALONG TO SUBPARAGRAPH 832, WHICH IS QUITE A WAYS DOWN THE PAGE. YOU MIGHT THINK THAT CLEVER STUFF. BOY YOU ARE WRONG.
SECTION 87654
THAT GOES DOUBLE FOR ANYONE WHO HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE ORIGINAL TREATY. MOST OF THOSE LAWYER FOLKS ARE, LIKE, IN THE HOSPITAL, ALONG WITH EXECUTIVES OF THE SIRIUS CYBERNETICS CORPORATION. IT TOOK WHAT SEEMS LIKE FOREVER. RICK IS INFALLY [finally] GETTING A KEI AND YURI REFERENCE INTO THE TEXT. YOU KNOW, THE TWO CUTE GIRLS WITH THE BIG GUNS. WE MIGHT ALSO MENTION AKIRA, RANMA NIBUNNOICHI, URUSEI YATSURA, RHEA GAEL FORCE, AND A FEW OTHER ANIMATED FILMS. THE FEDERATION, AT THIS POINT IN TIME, SEEMS MORE TANGLED UP IN PAPERWORK THAN THE IRAN-CONTRA SCANDAL BUSINESS.
SECTION 74543
IN THE TEXT OF THIS TREATY. OR DIDN'T ANYONE THINK ABOUT THAT EVENTUALLY WHEN THE BLOODY DOCUMENT WAS FIRST DRAWN UP? NEVER MIND. IT'S A RHETORICAL QUESTION ANYWAY. BUT WE JUST THOUGHT WE'D TRY TO DEMONSTRATE OUT LEGALISTIC CLEVERNESS. JUST ONE MORE PARAGRAPH UNTIL THE CRITICAL ONE, WHERE WE TALK ABOUT CONSULTATIONS AND THAT SORT OF THING.
SECTION 33406
THE SHELIACS DON'T SOUND LIKE A RACE [worth] SELLING PLANETS TO, IF WE HAVE TO WRITE (MUCH LESS READ) ONE OF THESE CONTRACTS EACH TIME. ALTHOUGH, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE COMPUTERS, SO WE CAN DO SEARCH-AND-REPLACE. COME TO THINK ABOUT IT, THAT'S WHAT THE SHELIAC WANT TO DO WITH THE COLONY ON THE PLANET. THIS SECTION DEALS WITH THE RIGHT OF EACH PARTY TO CONFER WITH THE OTHER IN THE EVENT SOMETHING SCREWY HAPPENS WITH THE TREATY. THIS MAY TAKE THE FORM OF NORMAL EM SPECTRUM COMMUNICATION, SUBSPACE EM COMMUNICATION, FACE-TO-FACE MEETINGS, TELEPHONE TAG, MESSAGES IN BOTTLES, OR ANY OTHER WATER-TIGHT FORM OF ENCLOSURE, GOSSIP, HALF-TRUTHS, OUTRIGHT LIES, OR FACE-TO-FACE MEETINGS. INTERRUPTION OF TREATY COMPLIANCE SHALL NOT EXCEED ONE (1.00 X 10E0) STANDARD STANDARD UFP SOLAR YEAR (EXCEPT DURING THE MONTH OF JULY) SEE TECHNICAL TA48509 1742 A-CE589451 FOR CODE INPUTS. LCARS UPDATES ON TREATY COMPLIANCE INTERRUPTING SHALL TAKE PLACE AT EACH STARBASE LAYOVER, OR WHEN COMMANDED BY RANKING UFP (OR OTHER DESIGNATED BODY) OFFICIALS AT STARFLEET HEADQUARTERS, 24-593 FEDERATION DRIVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA, EARTH, SOL SECTOR. REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE MAY BE PLACED BY TRANSMISSION TO STANDARD STARFLEET BOOSTER STATION FOR CHANNELING TO UFP TREATY OFFICE (SOL SECTOR).
SECTION 74543
SIMULTANEOUS TRANSMISSION TO THE THIRD PARTY IS ACCEPTABLE. DELAYED TRANSMISSION TO THIRD PARTY MAY NOT EXCEED ONE (1) STANDARD UFP DAY. TRANSMISSION TO THIRD PARTY PRIOR TO TRANSMISSION TO UFP TREATY OFFICE IS ACCEPTABLE IF APPROPRIATE NOTIFICATION IS GIVEN TO FEDERATION BUREAU OF TREATIES (SOL SECTOR) SEE TA 98745 23411-11 FOR SCHEDULE OF CODES AND TEMPORAL ADJUSTMENT FACTORS, THIRD PARTY AGREEMENTS, THIRD PARTY ASSISTANCE MAY BE REQUESTED FROM A FEDERATION [vessel] IF THE DISTANCE FROM THE VESSEL TO SOL SECTOR IS GREATER THAN 5,000 LIGHTYEARS UFP STANDARDS MEASUREMENT BUREAU UNITS. ASSISTANCE MAY ALSO BE REQUESTED IF THE VESSEL IS LESS THAN 1,000 LIGHTYEARS OF A STANDARD UFP SUBSPACE RELAY BOOSTER STATION. AND THAT'S THE WAY IT IS.
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