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Bill: Defense Reform 2415
Details
Submitted by[?]: Conservative 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: October 2415
Description[?]:
| To preserve peace and a constructive world. |
Proposals
Article 1
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 weapons in warfare unless another nation uses them first.
Article 2
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 retaliation to any attack.
Current: The nation reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in warfare for any reason.
Proposed: The nation shall never use nuclear weapons in warfare unless another nation uses them first.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:31:09, June 17, 2007 CET | From | National Soviet Party | To | Debating the Defense Reform 2415 |
| Message | If we are attacked by Nuclear and Biological weapons we must have the option for a quick response. Even saying we will use them is a deterant for people to think of attacking us, saying we wont opens the doors to aggressive nations. |
| Date | 23:05:53, June 17, 2007 CET | From | Nova Prospekt Party | To | Debating the Defense Reform 2415 |
| Message | Erm...the proposal will allow us to reciprocate after our nation has been attacked by nuclear weapons. |
| Date | 01:17:45, June 18, 2007 CET | From | National Soviet Party | To | Debating the Defense Reform 2415 |
| Message | Ah yes i made a mistake pardon that, But we still feel we have the right to attack in any way we feel necisary. |
| Date | 22:12:07, June 18, 2007 CET | From | Imperialist Party | To | Debating the Defense Reform 2415 |
| Message | You can't legislate this kind of a policy. When you do, you limit our ability to deal with unforseen events (what if an asteroid is going to hit?), and send the message that our resolve is weak. Furthermore, there is the issue of our second-strike capability - if another country has arms superiority, they can wipe us out before we can even respond. Thus, it may be useful to preemptively nuke them if we have intelligence suggesting an attack is highly likely or imminent. Better them than us. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 132 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 469 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Once approved, players should copy Cultural Protocols into a bill in the debate section of their nation page, under the title of "OOC: Cultural Protocols". This bill should include links to the passed Cultural Protocol bill and the Moderation approval. |
| Random quote: "The word 'politics' is derived from the word 'poly', meaning 'many', and the word 'ticks', meaning 'blood sucking parasites.'" - Larry Hardiman |