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Liberate Hogwarts Passes Narrowly
Topic Started: May 31 2014, 04:52 AM (111 Views)
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Liberate Hogwarts Passes Narrowly!
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Things are looking up for the School of Witchcraft and Wizardry...

In a very dramatic finish, “Liberate Hogwarts” has passed in The Security Council, 5,271 to 5,075. The East Pacific served as the “deciding vote” – abstaining during the last moments of the vote. Bachtendekuppen told The Rejected Times that the move had been planned to occur right near the end of voting, although the act itself was for the “fun of it” and had “nothing to do with the liberation itself”.

Until that point, Liberate Hogwarts was set to be defeated narrowly. Although steadily gaining support, the proposal, despite garnering support from a majority of the individual vote, was struggling to overcome early “vote stomping” from Europeia, The North Pacific and others.

Despite the cheers of colleagues, Todd McCloud however lamented in #theeastpacific, that the move might not be so good for invaders. Hogwarts had been griefed and refounded by the Lone Wolves United, but after their chosen founder was declared “Delete-on-Sight” (DOS) and subsequently deleted, this World Assembly Liberation is set to become yet another roadblock for the invader group, who hope to grief and refound the region before further intervention can free the region for natives and Potterheads alike.

The future of Hogwarts remains unclear. Some commentators believe the proposal will turn Hogwarts into a “warzone”, while others believe Hogwarts already is a warzone and argue the World Assembly Liberation could prevent the region from being refounded maliciously once more.

Abacathea’s planned repeal draft for Liberate Hogwarts argues that, despite the fact that Hogwarts was griefed and refound by Lone Wolves United, they now have full rights over the region. Abacathea’s draft calls the move by the Security Council, the “prejudices of its members against ideologies”. Lofty language, certainly, but this repeal draft won’t go without controversy when it calls to recognize griefing as a legitimate process of claiming a region.

Can a body that stands for “interregional peace and goodwill” really take a “refound-blind” stance, when this protects the forced claims of invaders and imperialists? "Might makes right"? The passing of “Liberate Hogwarts” says otherwise, albeit faintly.
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Question.

To what extent does The Rejected Time represents the official opinion of TRR. The voting in the region has been

FOR -- 3 (including Uni's vote)
ABSTAIN -- 4
AGAINST -- 2

Suggesting certain indecisiveness at our region's stance on the issue. The article seems a higher surety than actually exists.

Of course, if TRT only represents the author's views, then it's fine.
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TRT articles in no way represent the official view of TRR.
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How many times have we said that? :P
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