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Bill: A strong body, mind and soul requires Sensible Parity.
Details
Submitted by[?]: Sensible Parity
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: September 2403
Description[?]:
| Start with the breathing. A practitioner of Sensible Parity knows this and begins there. Breathe in deeply and confidently. Then focus on the body. Stretch and bend. Bring things in with the mind. Contemplate the fullness of wrong action and the fullness of right action. And then choose correctly. This is Sensible Parity. Can a country truly force patriotism at the barrel of a gun? Can a country create cogs out of its people? Or is one cog freely disposable if it is defective, torn, broken? This is the question Sensible Parity poses, and it is what Ophelia Westworthy and her six disciples contemplate as they gather in front of parliament to perform their breathing exercises and calisthenics. |
Proposals
Article 1
Withdraw from the Global Emancipation Treaty.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Policy on the legality of abortions
Old value:: Abortions are only allowed in medical emergencies.
Current: Abortion is allowed during the first trimester.
Proposed: Abortion is allowed during the entire course of the pregnancy.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change National policy regarding the desecration of the national flag.
Old value:: The national flag may not be desecrated or dishonoured.
Current: The national flag may not be desecrated or dishonoured.
Proposed: There are no regulations regarding the desecration or use of the national flag.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change
The government's policy regarding foreign marriages.
Old value:: Only foreign marriages that comply with domestic policy regarding marriage are recognised.
Current: Only foreign marriages that comply with domestic policy regarding marriage are recognised.
Proposed: All foreign marriages are recognised, regardless of domestic policy regarding marriage.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Displays of public affection and obscenity laws.
Old value:: Sexual intercourse is illegal in public.
Current: There are no laws regarding obscene public acts.
Proposed: There are no laws regarding obscene public acts.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Singing the national anthem in schools.
Old value:: Children are made to sing the national anthem at the commencement of school each day.
Current: Children are made to sing the national anthem at the commencement of school each day.
Proposed: Children are never made to sing the national anthem.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 16:55:47, May 12, 2007 CET | From | Conservative Union Party | To | Debating the A strong body, mind and soul requires Sensible Parity. |
| Message | We don't like slavery, we don't like anti patriotism, no way. |
| Date | 17:14:25, May 12, 2007 CET | From | Sensible Parity | To | Debating the A strong body, mind and soul requires Sensible Parity. |
| Message | Sensible Parity is also against slavery and anti-patriotism. Meditate on this! |
| Date | 18:06:10, May 12, 2007 CET | From | Conservative Union Party | To | Debating the A strong body, mind and soul requires Sensible Parity. |
| Message | Then why have you proposed slavery and anti patriotism then? |
| Date | 21:17:19, May 12, 2007 CET | From | United Forces of Decay | To | Debating the A strong body, mind and soul requires Sensible Parity. |
| Message | This bill is about deregulation, and we'll support it. |
| Date | 02:04:56, May 13, 2007 CET | From | Sensible Parity | To | Debating the A strong body, mind and soul requires Sensible Parity. |
| Message | Why have we proposed what we have proposed? Ask yourself this: is a person patriotic because he is told to be patriotic? A person could never let a cat out of his home and call the cat loyal, but only when the doors are opened do you truly know. Meditate on this! |
| Date | 15:06:11, May 13, 2007 CET | From | Conservative-Libertarian Party (UM) | To | Debating the A strong body, mind and soul requires Sensible Parity. |
| Message | They haven't proposed slavery. They have proposed withdrawing from an international treaty. There is nothing at all wrong with that. |
| Date | 15:12:08, May 13, 2007 CET | From | Conservative Union Party | To | Debating the A strong body, mind and soul requires Sensible Parity. |
| Message | An international treaty which stops slavery. |
| Date | 17:49:32, May 13, 2007 CET | From | Conservative-Libertarian Party (UM) | To | Debating the A strong body, mind and soul requires Sensible Parity. |
| Message | It does indeed stop slavery. But just because we would withdraw from it does not mean that we would have to adopt slavery. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 12 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 161 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 43 |
| Random fact: By default the head of government is the ultimate authority within a national government. In general terms, heads of government are expected to consult with cabinet colleagues (including those from other parties) before making significant decisions but they remain responsible for government action. |
| Random quote: "I've noticed that everybody that is for abortion has already been born." - Ronald Reagan, quoted in New York Times, 22 September 1980 |