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Bill: Citizen Registration Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Libertarian Socialist Party
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: January 2424
Description[?]:
| The current policy is both dangerous and a clear infringement on personal liberty and privacy. Therefore, be it resolved that the government not require nationals to register their race or religion. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Racial and religious registration of nationals.
Old value:: All nationals are required to register their religion.
Current: The government does not require nationals to register their race or religion.
Proposed: The government does not require nationals to register their race or religion.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 02:05:16, July 04, 2007 CET | From | Unio enim si quis Motus Populi | To | Debating the Citizen Registration Act |
| Message | It's a matter of census, really. We need accurate figures, and that need requires people to register the information needed. |
| Date | 02:27:05, July 04, 2007 CET | From | Libertarian Socialist Party | To | Debating the Citizen Registration Act |
| Message | What business is it of the government how many people of X religion are in our country? We do not operate churches, nor should it or does it influence our decision making in anyway. And a "matter of census" is not a good enough reason to demand this information from individuals. It's like saying "Tell me your PIN number because I'm really curious." |
| Date | 16:16:57, July 04, 2007 CET | From | Alderdath Rabrati Konciralati Erradikati | To | Debating the Citizen Registration Act |
| Message | We're fairly sure that this registration program is different from a census... we support these measures for censustaking, of course, but we believe the registration that current policy entails is much too Big-Brother-esque for our own good. We prefer Little Brother policies: policing your morals like an annoying little twerp :-) |
| Date | 16:38:09, July 04, 2007 CET | From | Alderdath Progrisati Lagaja | To | Debating the Citizen Registration Act |
| Message | After careful examination of all available data, we realise that this policy has not only been completely ineffective at pinpointing terrorists, but it has also angered a great deal of our citizens. Therefore we must reverse our original stance on this. ;-) |
| Date | 01:25:41, July 05, 2007 CET | From | Unio enim si quis Motus Populi | To | Debating the Citizen Registration Act |
| Message | "It's like saying 'Tell me your PIN number because I'm really curious.'" See, that's just asinine. What does stating your religion rob from you? Infringement on liberty and privacy? By that same respect you can't be asked race or sex either. Good luck finding accurate figures now. "Well, we'd like to see the religious make-up of this country, but some crazy anarchist is spooked out by it, so no dice" |
| Date | 02:11:42, July 05, 2007 CET | From | Libertarian Socialist Party | To | Debating the Citizen Registration Act |
| Message | It is interesting that you have chosen to ignore the question I posed though, presumably because you have no answer to it. Namely, what business of the government's is it what race, religion, sex or gender I am? Besides, it's all ready been pointed out that this has next to nothing to do with census figures. |
| Date | 02:47:06, July 05, 2007 CET | From | Unio enim si quis Motus Populi | To | Debating the Citizen Registration Act |
| Message | "Namely, what business of the government's is it what race, religion, sex or gender I am? " Census. This bill may have nothing to do with census, but in the end, it has provided just that. IT may not have found any terrorists, but we can no go "Hey, Jildrath has X number of X Religion, how fascinating." or "Look, Dundorfians don't appear to be moving far into the country, hurray!" That's my answer, has been from the beginning, and will remain so. Was that answer really so veiled that you couldn't see it from the beginning that it required you to ask your question. Demographics are important. It's beneficial to know the make-up of your nation. That's the business of the government, that's why there's a census in the first place. Perhaps you need to be less concerned with this "big brother" argument you got going on, and more concerned with increasing the greatness of this nation. |
| Date | 03:38:28, July 05, 2007 CET | From | Libertarian Socialist Party | To | Debating the Citizen Registration Act |
| Message | The people of this nation do not need their government measuring and tabulating them at every turn to make it great. have done so all ready and will continue to do so, with or without us. We serve at their discretion, and at their demand. Or have you forgotten that? Your quizzical curiosity into the social make-up of this nation is clearly not enough to warrant us intruding into people's lives as we have. And fortunately, must of us here realize that. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 216 | ||||||
| no | Total Seats: 123 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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