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Bill: Prostitution Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Communist Party of Lodamun
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: March 2421
Description[?]:
| Prostitution is probably the oldest profession in the world. It has lasted from the Ancient times until today. Even though we illegalize prostitution, it still is out there. Hell, now while we're talking there is probably a man picking up a prostitute in Port Andalay's Red Line District. It is human instinct. It has been embedded in our mind. It is unstoppable. As it is unstoppable, the CPL believes that the government should take advantage into it. Make prostitution a state monopoly! And we end this statement with the eternal URP quote: "There's profit to be made." |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The right for a person to prostitute himself or herself.
Old value:: Prostitution is illegal.
Current: Prostitution is legal and a recognized profession.
Proposed: There is a state monopoly on prostitution.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:41:19, June 26, 2007 CET | From | New Democratic Party | To | Debating the Prostitution Act |
| Message | You're proposing we move from illegal prostitution to establishing a Royal Pimp Ministry? By this same logic, should the State make a profit from selling opium and child pornography? We would like to see prostitution a local issue rather than being illegal, but State intervention goes way too far. |
| Date | 18:10:45, June 27, 2007 CET | From | Democrats | To | Debating the Prostitution Act |
| Message | The arguments provided by the CPL are unsound. Theft, murder, rape etc these are all unstoppable crimes, they happen, as a result of human weakness, however this does not mean the government should either take advantage of it, or decriminalize it. |
| Date | 06:56:11, June 28, 2007 CET | From | Communist Party of Lodamun | To | Debating the Prostitution Act |
| Message | Prostitution is not a crime. The woman is selling herself, and, in some places, the man too. It is a form of trade, if you look at it. |
| Date | 13:59:18, June 28, 2007 CET | From | Democrats | To | Debating the Prostitution Act |
| Message | It is a crime, as it is currently illegal. The mafia is a form of business, if you look at it. |
| Date | 17:30:50, June 28, 2007 CET | From | Communist Party of Lodamun | To | Debating the Prostitution Act |
| Message | The mafia kills. Killing is murder. Prostitution is a form of trade. Is anyone murdered? I think not. |
| Date | 17:45:17, June 28, 2007 CET | From | Democrats | To | Debating the Prostitution Act |
| Message | Bearing in mind it is a criminal activity, then yes, there are bound to be deaths related to prostitution. Its a criminal acitivity, and it benefits noone by making it a state "industry". |
| Date | 21:05:30, June 28, 2007 CET | From | United Republics Party | To | Debating the Prostitution Act |
| Message | I am pro-legalization, but would rather have the enterprise run by pimps than the government. |
| Date | 23:03:12, June 28, 2007 CET | From | Lodamun Distributionist Party | To | Debating the Prostitution Act |
| Message | We cannot support this proposal for moral reasons stated clearly above. However, we move that there still be a ceremonial "Royal Minister of Pimp" position created. Along with this, perhaps we could change the PFP to the "Lodamun Parliament-Funkadelic." Dig it. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 101 | ||||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 498 | ||||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Periodically, it is a good idea to go through your nation's Treaties and arrange to withdraw from any that are unwanted. |
| Random quote: "Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue." - Barry Goldwater |