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Bill: Free Speech Guarantee
Details
Submitted by[?]: Leviathan 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: August 2089
Description[?]:
| The state should not be allowed to determine which ideas are 'true' and which ideas are 'false.' That choice must be left to the individual, which means allowing even 'proven falsehoods' to be printed. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding regulation of media content.
Old value:: There are laws against the publication of false information; everything else may be published freely.
Current: There are laws against the publication of false information; everything else may be published freely.
Proposed: There are no content regulations; the media may publish anything, even proven falsehoods.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 01:04:36, August 02, 2005 CET | From |  Free Reform Coalition (FRP) | To | Debating the Free Speech Guarantee |
| Message | proven falsehoods presented as fact can be misleading and dangerous, they are not forbidden because of the fact that they are false, falsehoods can be presented at all times for any manner of reasons, such as satire or spoof. falsehoods in this category are things like "such and such country just declared war and have entered every one of our cities, experts say it is best to arm yourselves and defend your homes" when its not true. presented as news, that can be very dangerous. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 30 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 47 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 23 |
| Random fact: Real life-life nationalities, cultures or ethnicities should not be referenced in Particracy (eg. "German"). |
| Random quote: "A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin." H. L. Mencken |