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Bill: Defining the terms of the popular debate
Details
Submitted by[?]: The Hobbesian Progression
Status[?]: passed
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: June 2416
Description[?]:
| Without proper definitions set down by the state then men will be led into harmful absurdities. It is therefore vital that the state does everything within its power to preserve peace in the intellectual as well as the physical sphere. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Internet regulations.
Old value:: There is major censorship of the internet by the government.
Current: There is major censorship of the internet by the government.
Proposed: The government runs its own internet with government approved content only and no connection to the rest of the world.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding regulation of media content.
Old value:: There are laws against the publication of false information, hate speech, and subversive anti-government material.
Current: There are laws against the publication of false information, hate speech, and subversive anti-government material.
Proposed: It is forbidden to criticize the government, or publish any material that the government does not approve of.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change International media content regulation.
Old value:: International media content is heavily censored for political purposes.
Current: International media content undergoes the same regulation as domestic media content.
Proposed: International media content is banned.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 04:44:34, June 19, 2007 CET | From | Popular Revolutionary Front | To | Debating the Defining the terms of the popular debate |
| Message | The NCPP proposed the current legislation which meant some censorship but we believe that in order to make sure 100% that the Democratic Republic stays "Democratic", we must trade in our freedoms for the benefit of living a life free from terror. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 129 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 105 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 47 |
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| Random quote: "A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man. His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him, and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example." - Niccolo Machiavelli |