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Bill: Positive Discrimination Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Machiavellian Party
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: September 2361
Description[?]:
| All discrimination is wrong |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Positive discrimination.
Old value:: The government does not regulate hiring policies.
Current: No form of positive discrimination is permitted.
Proposed: No form of positive discrimination is permitted.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:28:29, February 16, 2007 CET | From | Democrats | To | Debating the Positive Discrimination Act |
| Message | The current system is better. |
| Date | 20:15:28, February 16, 2007 CET | From | Orange Liberty Party | To | Debating the Positive Discrimination Act |
| Message | This is not a matter for the central government. The OLP believes that National governments could devise their own regulations of hiring policies, but even that would be too much for our liking. Even though we agree that positive discrimination or "affirmative action" is not a good idea, the Nations should have the right to take it upon themselves to legislate their lands as they see fit given the shifts of relations through time. Much change and good in the areas of racial and ethnic acceptance have been brought about by the Black People's Party. Even though their central focus is that of the Black people, they recognize that all people are created equal, and the teachings of the Proud Five have been heard well by the people of Lodamun. |
| Date | 22:05:27, February 16, 2007 CET | From | Black People's Party | To | Debating the Positive Discrimination Act |
| Message | There is a difference in positive discrimination and affirmitive action. Affirmitive action is just making sure that people of different backgrounds get treated fairly, positive discrimination is actually discrimination, it's just a little reversed. I think what we have now is better though...and im glad to see someone did their research. |
| Date | 00:55:07, February 17, 2007 CET | From | Machiavellian Party | To | Debating the Positive Discrimination Act |
| Message | Race does not exist, positive discrimination/affirmative action merely perpetuates such differences. It is not positive, because its leads to poor "minority" individuals having an advantage over poor "majority" individuals. |
| Date | 20:57:19, February 17, 2007 CET | From | Orange Liberty Party | To | Debating the Positive Discrimination Act |
| Message | The OLP agrees with the Machiavellian Party that these forms of discrimination only perpetuate differences between peoples that exist only in the mind. However, it is simply not the business of the Central government to dictate how an employer may chose their workers. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 750 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
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