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Bill: Save Jakania Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Liberal Democratic 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: November 2382
Description[?]:
| This bill will save Jakania from the horrendous turn it has just made. Justice will triumph and so will legitimate laws that are made for the wellbeing of the people. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning child labour.
Old value:: Child labour is allowed and it is subjected to the same regulations as adult labour.
Current: Child labour is forbidden.
Proposed: Child labour is forbidden.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Education for children under adult age.
Old value:: Education is entirely voluntary.
Current: Education is compulsory, but home schooling is permitted.
Proposed: Education is compulsory, but home schooling is permitted.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Protection of original works of technology and arts.
Old value:: Technology and art are part of the commons and are not protected by copyright.
Current: Works of technology and art are protected by copyright.
Proposed: Works of techology and art have limited copy protection.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the ownership of domestic animals as pets.
Old value:: There are no laws regarding domestic animal ownership.
Current: There are no laws regarding domestic animal ownership.
Proposed: People must register domestic animals with the local government.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning immigration.
Old value:: Everyone is allowed to reside permanently in this nation.
Current: Quotas are based on individual applicant's qualifications.
Proposed: Quotas are based on individual applicant's qualifications.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Internet regulations.
Old value:: The government has no position on who may use or what is published on the internet.
Current: The government allows anyone to use the internet but the police can run investigations concerning illegal activities conducted by using internet (child abuse, illegal filesharing, ...)
Proposed: The government allows anyone to use the internet but the police can run investigations concerning illegal activities conducted by using internet (child abuse, illegal filesharing, ...)
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change The age at which a person is considered an adult (limited between 12 and 24).
Old value:: 16
Current: 18
Proposed: 18
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change The confidentiality of letters and correspondence.
Old value:: The confidentiality of letters is inviolable.
Current: The confidentiality of letters is inviolable, but the justice dept. can violate the confidentiality of letters with grounded cause.
Proposed: The confidentiality of letters is inviolable, but the justice dept. can violate the confidentiality of letters with grounded cause.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change The distribution, purchasing and possession of material depicting pornographic acts.
Old value:: All forms of pornography are legal for everyone.
Current: All forms of pornography are illegal.
Proposed: Pornography depicting consenting adults is legal for adults.
Article 10
Proposal[?] to change The right for a person to prostitute himself or herself.
Old value:: Prostitution is legal and a recognized profession.
Current: Prostitution is illegal.
Proposed: Prostitution regulation decisions are left up to local governments.
Article 11
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding sexually explicit material on broadcast television.
Old value:: All sexually explicit material is allowed on television.
Current: Sexually explicit material is allowed, but violent or hard core pornography is banned.
Proposed: Sexually explicit material is allowed, but violent or hard core pornography is banned.
Article 12
Proposal[?] to change The time at which sexually explicit content may be shown on broadcast television (if allowed).
Old value:: Sexually explicit content may be shown all day long.
Current: Sexually explicit content or nudity may only be shown during hours that very few children watch television
Proposed: Sexually explicit content or nudity may only be shown during hours that very few children watch television
Article 13
Proposal[?] to change Travel by foreigners to the nation.
Old value:: The nation imposes minimal border controls on visitors, with cursory security checks, to confirm visitor identities.
Current: The nation imposes strict border control on visitors, with intensive security checks, to maintain law and order.
Proposed: The nation imposes strict border control on visitors, with intensive security checks, to maintain law and order.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:50:04, March 31, 2007 CET | From | United Democrats of Jakania | To | Debating the Save Jakania Act |
| Message | Article one is of major concern. Like I have said before article seven is of slight concern.. |
| Date | 00:57:00, March 31, 2007 CET | From | Liberal Democratic Party | To | Debating the Save Jakania Act |
| Message | Why is Article 7 of concern? Why is Article 1 of major concern? The U.D.J. is making a law that helps specify child labor laws, correct? Then what's the problem here? We are against third world child labor, but support letting minors work. This outlaws the basic child labor. With your child bill you specify the situations in which child labor is allowed. This forces the government to ensure that strict laws are put in place to make sure minor's rights aren't abused and at the same time makes the government take steps to allow them to earn money under protective working regulations. What's wrong with that? And, it is important that the Justice Department can use letters if they have a good cause for it. What if a letter says a person's going to bomb a building or have threats with Anthrax? Do you propose that the government shouldn't be able to protect the rights of the majority of its people just so it can protect the rights of a small minority that will harm the rest of the people? The L.D.P. is for civil rights and liberties, but we are against laws that hurts others rights because some laws are excessively free to the point of danger. |
| Date | 01:00:02, March 31, 2007 CET | From | United Democrats of Jakania | To | Debating the Save Jakania Act |
| Message | First off, when I wrote that, article 7 was the prostitution bill(now it is article 10) I have told you my position on this before.(I fully agree with new one) Now with article one. This bill is forbiding child labor. My resolution wont mean anything if with article one in its current state. |
| Date | 01:53:59, March 31, 2007 CET | From | Liberal Democratic Party | To | Debating the Save Jakania Act |
| Message | Your Resolution will be a coding law that overlapses the set law. The Supreme Council set a standard stating no child labor. However, if your bill is passed then it overrides the law by placing heavy restrictions and regulations. The law base will still be active but your resolution will be empowered in the situations it lists. Furthermore, if you emplace coding into your resolution stating that, then it verifies this to the point of legal enaction. |
| Date | 01:57:43, March 31, 2007 CET | From | Liberal Democratic Party | To | Debating the Save Jakania Act |
| Message | As for Prostitution, we do not understand your reasoning. We had made a perfectly clear argument stating why it is more preferable to allow the local governments to handle this situation. If you rule out support for this bill based on a flimsy argument then that's what your party believes in but we cannot think very highly of that. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 218 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 262 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Players have a responsibility to make a reasonable effort to be accurate when communicating the rules to other players. Any player who manipulatively misleads another player about the rules will be subject to sanction. |
| Random quote: "It is said, 'Pontesi is Jelbic in nature'. But I tell you, they are really a lost tribe of Selucians, forced to become barbarians by their savage Jelbic conquerors." - Alamar Xarfaxis, former Pontesian politician |