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Bill: Nationalist Manifesto - Military
Details
Submitted by[?]: Valruzian National Party
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This bill proposes the withdrawal from a treaty. It will require half of the legislature to vote in favor[?]. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: October 2393
Description[?]:
| To introduce the Valruzian National Party to the electorate. |
Proposals
Article 1
Withdraw from the International Committee of the Red Cross.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Civil defence is the government's policy on providing shelters to be used in the event of attacks on major cities, mainly nuclear attacks and bombing.
Old value:: The government makes no provision for civil defence.
Current: The government makes no provision for civil defence.
Proposed: Local authorities are responsible for building and maintaining shelters.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change National service.
Old value:: All adults upon completion of schooling must serve a term in the military.
Current: There shall be no mandatory military or civilian national service.
Proposed: All adults upon completion of schooling can be required in times of war to serve a term in the military.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the use of nuclear weaponry in warfare.
Old value:: The nation shall never use nuclear weapons in warfare.
Current: The nation reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in warfare for any reason.
Proposed: The nation reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in warfare for any reason.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The policy with respect to nuclear weaponry.
Old value:: The nation shall never develop, produce or store nuclear weaponry.
Current: The nation reserves the right to develop, produce and store nuclear arms.
Proposed: The nation reserves the right to develop, produce and store nuclear arms.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the export of weapons to other nations.
Old value:: The government does not allow arms to be exported.
Current: The government allows all arms to be exported freely.
Proposed: The government must approve all arms sales on a case by case basis.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 10:32:30, April 17, 2007 CET | From | Valruzian National Party | To | Debating the Nationalist Manifesto - Military |
| Message | The current laws allow for our nation to fall victim to any attack. Especially as Likatonia is our neighbour, we must be able to defend ourselves. |
| Date | 16:48:14, April 17, 2007 CET | From | Democratic Party for a New Society(DPNS) | To | Debating the Nationalist Manifesto - Military |
| Message | We are pacifist and war abolitionist. We shall remain so unless we are convinced that such an approach is not practicable. Ethical principles and judgements, by definition, have to work for good in the world. The belief that human beings have a responsibility for one another’s well being is one that we share. I Sincerely believe that non-military physical intervention is not in fact a last resort but an earlier one. For that reasons we, the Pro People Party, vote no! Pro People Party |
| Date | 17:43:50, April 17, 2007 CET | From | Valruzian National Party | To | Debating the Nationalist Manifesto - Military |
| Message | Look at our military laws! They are virtuall asking for us to fall victim to external imperialist forces. Valruzia shall not fall whilst we breath! |
| Date | 17:53:14, April 17, 2007 CET | From | Democratic Party for a New Society(DPNS) | To | Debating the Nationalist Manifesto - Military |
| Message | War in this game isn't possible...Why this big worry with nuclear and chemical and sheltters?!!?We cannot understand... Pro People Party |
| Date | 09:52:49, April 18, 2007 CET | From | Valruzian National Party | To | Debating the Nationalist Manifesto - Military |
| Message | OOC - just because war isn't an explicit function, doesn't mean to say nations cannot RP, weren't you here when Likatonia (our North-Wetsern neighbours) wanted to expand into 'Greater Likatonia' by invading their neighbours? |
| Date | 19:58:49, April 18, 2007 CET | From | Glorious Royal Party of Zuma | To | Debating the Nationalist Manifesto - Military |
| Message | Also, maybe it will be possible in some, say, 40 or 50 years. And if you want your and Our country to be defenceless in order to avoid war and terror, it's just silly. What if the Likatonians decide to invade Valruzia, the greatest (and biggest) nation of Terra? Not only every Valruzian will become slave of a militarist reign of terror, but also Likatonia (just an example, we don't expect them to be cracy warmongers) will be more powerful than before and more able to bring war and death to every single country of Terra. |
| Date | 19:59:48, April 18, 2007 CET | From | Glorious Royal Party of Zuma | To | Debating the Nationalist Manifesto - Military |
| Message | But We don't like this bill very much too. We don't know if we will support it yet. |
| Date | 18:14:02, April 23, 2007 CET | From | Nationalist Liberal Alliance | To | Debating the Nationalist Manifesto - Military |
| Message | We must build a strong military or we will be overpowered by those Likatonians. We must be able to hold our borders if the enemy attacks like the Spartans. THIS IS FOR VALRUZIA! Haha |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 68 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 132 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 45 |
| Random fact: In cases where a party has no seat, the default presumption should be that the party is able to contribute to debates in the legislature due to one of its members winning a seat at a by-election. However, players may collectively improvise arrangements of their own to provide a satisfying explanation for how parties with no seats in the legislature can speak and vote there. |
| Random quote: "You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves." - Abraham Lincoln |