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Bill: WMD Ban Act of 2356
Details
Submitted by[?]: Democratic Party of Dorvik
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: October 2357
Description[?]:
| The firm stance of the Moderates is that the Weapons of Mass Destruction are great threat for world peace. Greed for global, aggressive power and influence leads to excessive armamenting, regional instability and lack of trust between nations and also huge financial expenses. Dorvik must act as bridge builder at world politics, not as a thug and promoting peaceful & secure solutions belongs to interests of all truly democratic & peaceful nations. We must set an example for other countries in Terra by banning WMDs from our part and even start negotiations for international disarmamenting of WMD capabilities. * Walther Clark, Senator and Chairman of the MPD |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning biological and chemical weaponry.
Old value:: The nation reserves the right to develop, construct and store biological and chemical weapons.
Current: The nation reserves the right to develop, construct and store biological and chemical weapons.
Proposed: The nation shall never develop, purchase or store biological or chemical weaponry.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the use of chemical and biological weaponry in warfare.
Old value:: The nation reserves the right to use chemical or biological weapons in warfare for any reason.
Current: The nation shall never use chemical or biological weaponry in warfare.
Proposed: The nation shall never use chemical or biological weaponry in warfare.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the use of nuclear weaponry in warfare.
Old value:: The nation reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in warfare for any reason.
Current: The nation shall never use nuclear weapons in warfare unless another nation uses them first.
Proposed: The nation shall never use nuclear weapons in warfare.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The policy with respect to nuclear weaponry.
Old value:: The nation reserves the right to develop, produce and store nuclear arms.
Current: The nation reserves the right to develop, produce and store nuclear arms.
Proposed: The nation shall never develop, produce or store nuclear weaponry.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:26:46, February 08, 2007 CET | From | Revolutionary Anarcho-Nationalist Party | To | Debating the WMD Ban Act of 2356 |
| Message | Hell no. You wish to weaken us before our enemies? We might as well enter the battlefield wearing dresses. |
| Date | 02:19:00, February 08, 2007 CET | From | Green Freedom Party | To | Debating the WMD Ban Act of 2356 |
| Message | Although we would like to be allowedto develop the technology for civilian purposes, this is better than the current option. Support. |
| Date | 03:14:10, February 08, 2007 CET | From | Revolutionary Anarcho-Nationalist Party | To | Debating the WMD Ban Act of 2356 |
| Message | What if Deltaria decided to attack us? What would we do? We need mutually assured destruction. |
| Date | 03:31:46, February 08, 2007 CET | From | Green Freedom Party | To | Debating the WMD Ban Act of 2356 |
| Message | To put our people in a state of perpetual fear? |
| Date | 04:32:17, February 08, 2007 CET | From | Socialist Party of Dorvik | To | Debating the WMD Ban Act of 2356 |
| Message | We definately support the legislation put forward by the MPD. |
| Date | 05:42:02, February 08, 2007 CET | From | Revolutionary Anarcho-Nationalist Party | To | Debating the WMD Ban Act of 2356 |
| Message | Not perpetual fear, perpetual preparation. This act would weaken us tremendously. |
| Date | 14:56:27, February 08, 2007 CET | From |  Democratic Party of Dorvik | To | Debating the WMD Ban Act of 2356 |
| Message | The Artanian Alliance would be there to protect our independency though we also need capable, high-quality armed forces too. Especially now as Accord des National Amicales alliance is going to sign a non-aggression & cooperation pact with the Axis. WMD's however isn't the way to go. |
| Date | 20:36:10, February 08, 2007 CET | From | Revolutionary Anarcho-Nationalist Party | To | Debating the WMD Ban Act of 2356 |
| Message | We cannot rely on alliances to protect us. The only people we can truly trust our ourselves first, others second. |
| Date | 20:49:18, February 08, 2007 CET | From | Noordelijk Bevrijding Front | To | Debating the WMD Ban Act of 2356 |
| Message | Name one example in history where one nation has disarmed and others have followed. |
| Date | 22:01:06, February 08, 2007 CET | From | Democratic Party of Dorvik | To | Debating the WMD Ban Act of 2356 |
| Message | It's true that our people is the first line in defending this fine country but we cannot match superior forces of the Axis alliance ourselves, especially as DCMLU has decided catastrophicly to cut down the defence budget to 1/3 at once: we need allies. Strange how GC(VU) is worried about promoting peace and showing credible example for other nations at Terra by banning WMD's but not about the huge budget cut of the armed forces. The WMD's wouldn't be taken out from use immediately as it would be irresponsible, but phased out in five years time table taking out chemical ones first, then biological and finally nuclear weapons which would be destroyed by government authorities and/or converted (if possible) for the use of civil sector. OOC: Comparison between the real world and Terra shouldn't been never used, these are two completely different worlds. Furthermore, I don't know the history of Terra and its nations almost at all though so I can't give arguments about it. |
| Date | 04:16:03, February 09, 2007 CET | From | Union of Public Employees | To | Debating the WMD Ban Act of 2356 |
| Message | Do you have any idea the dost it takes to dismantle nuclear weapons? We can't just leave radioactive material around for terrorists! |
| Date | 12:55:30, February 09, 2007 CET | From | Democratic Party of Dorvik | To | Debating the WMD Ban Act of 2356 |
| Message | The Union of Public Employees should know it better that radioactive material can and will be fully used for civil sector nuclear power plants which make majority of our nation's energy production, and it surely is far more cheaper to dismantle WMD facilities than maintaining them. |
| Date | 02:29:29, February 10, 2007 CET | From | Union of Public Employees | To | Debating the WMD Ban Act of 2356 |
| Message | Ah, but does the Moderate Party know that it takes time and money to dismantle nuclear bombs? And it is cheaper to maintain WMD facilities for a period of time than to dismantle them. With that logic, the cost of overall maintenance over a century would mean any government building would be cheaper to dismantle then maintain, and we cannot allow that. And does the Moderate Party know the process that is involved to convert uranium cores to civilian use would be a costly one? We know about government reports, we write them or at least know the people who do. And radioactive material like Bismuth, used as a anti-diarrheal, can't be used in nuclear reactors. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 145 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 154 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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