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Bill: A sensible way to achieve weapons 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: October 2408
Description[?]:
| Through proper application of inert breathing techniques, we can reform Hutori's internal mechanisms to bring about a peaceful co-existence with our neighbors. Will we break the cycle? Sensible Parity. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning biological and chemical weaponry.
Old value:: The nation reserves the right to develop, construct and store biological and chemical weapons.
Current: The nation shall never purchase, produce, or store biological or chemical weaponry, for military purposes. Research and development of the technology is permitted.
Proposed: The nation shall never develop, purchase or store biological or chemical weaponry.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the use of chemical and biological weaponry in warfare.
Old value:: The nation reserves the right to use chemical or biological weapons in warfare for any reason.
Current: The nation shall never use chemical or biological weaponry in warfare.
Proposed: The nation shall never use chemical or biological weaponry in warfare.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the use of nuclear weaponry in warfare.
Old value:: The nation reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in warfare for any reason.
Current: The nation reserves the right to use nuclear weapons if victory is not feasibile by other means.
Proposed: The nation shall never use nuclear weapons in warfare.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The policy with respect to nuclear weaponry.
Old value:: The nation reserves the right to develop, produce and store nuclear arms.
Current: The nation reserves the right to develop, produce and store nuclear arms.
Proposed: The nation shall never develop, produce or store nuclear weaponry.
Article 5
Withdraw from the Collective Security Council.
Article 6
Withdraw from the Macon Common Market.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change The nation's defence industry.
Old value:: The state owns all defence industries.
Current: Defence industries are privately owned but subsidised by the state.
Proposed: Defence industries are banned.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:47:41, May 22, 2007 CET | From | "Le Chaim" - Aesthetic Party | To | Debating the A sensible way to achieve weapons parity. |
| Message | Yes. No. Yes. Yes. Yes. Donotmixdifferenttopics ... |
| Date | 19:14:52, May 22, 2007 CET | From | Conservative-Libertarian Party (UM) | To | Debating the A sensible way to achieve weapons parity. |
| Message | Again, this is another attempt from a party to hide a measure amongst decent proposals. This is absurd, and it must stop. |
| Date | 20:33:01, May 22, 2007 CET | From | Macon Nationalist Party | To | Debating the A sensible way to achieve weapons parity. |
| Message | "The MNP was not elected to give filthy liberals a mouthpiece for their dangerous policies. The MNP will never stand down Hutori's military until the Macon military stands up. This is insane." -Cecilia Roberts MNP, Chair |
| Date | 22:19:49, May 22, 2007 CET | From | "Le Chaim" - Aesthetic Party | To | Debating the A sensible way to achieve weapons parity. |
| Message | Dear Sensible Parity: Just read what RIR are saying... |
| Date | 22:29:23, May 22, 2007 CET | From | Sensible Parity | To | Debating the A sensible way to achieve weapons parity. |
| Message | Sensible Parity sees what RiR is saying. Do parties not read bills before voting? There is nothing to hide here! |
| Date | 23:09:58, May 22, 2007 CET | From | Conservative-Libertarian Party (UM) | To | Debating the A sensible way to achieve weapons parity. |
| Message | That's because you've removed the article we were referring to... |
| Date | 03:00:07, May 23, 2007 CET | From | Sensible Parity | To | Debating the A sensible way to achieve weapons parity. |
| Message | We were confused, and thought Le Chaim's comments came after we changed the bill. My apologies! |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 50 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 176 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 24 |
| Random fact: Cultural Protocols should generally be reflective of RP conducted within the nation and should not significantly alter or modify the ethnic, religious or linguistic composition without considerable and reasonable role-play or other justification. |
| Random quote: "Before all else, be armed." - Niccolo Machiavelli |