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Bill: Diversity and De-Centralisation
Details
Submitted by[?]: National People's Gang
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This bill asks for an amendement to the Constitution. It will require two-thirds of the legislature to vote in favor. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: September 2085
Description[?]:
| Centralisation breeds ever more centralisation and it is all too easy for legislators to lose sight of the diversity which is Lodamun's strength. To counteract this tendency it is necessary to reaffirm our belief in localness as the foundation stone of our democracy. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The lyrics of the national anthem.
Old value:: Probably none
Current:
| O, Lodamun Rejoice, brothers and sisters Children of our glorious land May we restrain our resistors Their resistance we disband No foe I fear, no friend I force We propagate wholeheartedly No single feeling of Remorse affects our fraternity All the weapons of this earth Could not temper our pride Lodamun, for what it's worth Your sacred grounds we abide O, Republic that is ours Our lives are in your hands We shall maintain with all our powers Your glory, with proud stance. |
Proposed: Selected from a collection of thousands of folk and traditional songs - both new and old - representing the rich and diverse cultures throughout Lodamun, and categorised to allow appropriate use (ie joyous, melancholic, fast, slow, etc)
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The national motto.
Old value:: If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing baldly
Current: No Foe I Fear, No Friend I Force
Proposed: Selected from a collectionof thousands of traditional sayings and folklore, representing the rich and diverse cultures throughout Lodamun, sorted to allow appropriate use (ie joyous, melancholic, pensive, uplifting, etc)
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The official national sport.
Old value:: Olympic-grade fencing
Current: Lodamese Football and Lodamese Stickball
Proposed: Dozens of traditional sports are excellent examples of the rich and diverse cultures throughout Lodamun.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 17:35:53, July 22, 2005 CET | From | Adam Smith Party | To | Debating the Diversity and De-Centralisation |
| Message | We have no objection to this, apart from the erosion of the Lodamun identity that will ensue. However as Lodamun does not have a clearly unified identity as evidenced by our lack of a national anthem, our trivial motto, and our archaic sport, this is not a major drawback. |
| Date | 19:17:46, July 22, 2005 CET | From | CNT/AFL | To | Debating the Diversity and De-Centralisation |
| Message | Supported. We've had some debate about this in the other thread, so we suggest you put this to a vote. |
| Date | 20:44:00, July 22, 2005 CET | From | Cooperative Commonwealth Federation | To | Debating the Diversity and De-Centralisation |
| Message | Supported. |
| Date | 06:12:08, July 23, 2005 CET | From | CNT/AFL | To | Debating the Diversity and De-Centralisation |
| Message | Fix the typo in the second proposal (collectionof) first. |
| Date | 06:24:38, July 23, 2005 CET | From | CNT/AFL | To | Debating the Diversity and De-Centralisation |
| Message | Oh, also, why not change the title of the President-Councillor to Citizen, while you're at it. |
| Date | 08:44:45, July 23, 2005 CET | From |  Tuesday Is Coming | To | Debating the Diversity and De-Centralisation |
| Message | Dont like these options....meh |
| Date | 18:54:07, July 25, 2005 CET | From | CNT/AFL | To | Debating the Diversity and De-Centralisation |
| Message | May I ask why the Adam Smith Party has voted against this bill, despite claiming that they had no serious objections? |
| Date | 21:46:11, July 25, 2005 CET | From | Adam Smith Party | To | Debating the Diversity and De-Centralisation |
| Message | Sorry. we had posted our reasons, and then voted, which eliminated our post. That we have no objections to a change, does not justify changing the constitution. In addition, if the proposer can not be bothered to correct the typos in the wording of the bill, we do not see why we should support having typos in our constitution. The main reason though, is that we see no benefit from these changes, and change, just for the sake of change is not a good policy. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 234 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 203 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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