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Bill: Military Encouragement Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Christian Royalist 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: June 2425
Description[?]:
| We need to close the loophole concerning the evading of military service. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change National service.
Old value:: All adults upon completion of schooling must serve either a term in the military or a lesser paid term of civilian national service, at their option.
Current: All adults upon completion of schooling must serve either a term in the military or a lesser paid term of civilian national service, at their option.
Proposed: All adults upon completion of schooling must serve a term in the military.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 11:50:22, July 07, 2007 CET | From | Covenanters (IA) | To | Debating the Military Encouragement Act |
| Message | * Captain General HRH Prince Frederick Augustus, Duke of Yodukan, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, jumps to his feet: Mr Speaker! I must object to having unwilling civilians who are potentially unpatriotic heathen cowards, thrust into my ranks. * He storms out to convene the Army Council to counter this, shouting over his shoulder: I yield the floor! |
| Date | 12:47:24, July 07, 2007 CET | From | Christian Royalist Party | To | Debating the Military Encouragement Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, The record shows that the BCD are pacifists and that is the true reason for their vote. We caution against the continuance of these sorts of policies. CDP |
| Date | 13:01:59, July 07, 2007 CET | From | Covenanters (IA) | To | Debating the Military Encouragement Act |
| Message | * Eruptions of laughter throughout the Defenders, most of whom are wearing their military uniforms, with rows of medals. Mr Speaker, This slander will not stick, considering it is directed at one of the parties that represents veterens! I yield the floor. (OOC: You pay far too much attention to some of the flawed game mechanics, such as letting it tell you who your allies are and what people stand for. I'm not sure which of my policies qualifies me as a pacifist: maybe excluding queers or women from the armed forces, or possibly my belief in a professional army over conscription. Either way it is flawed logic.) |
| Date | 00:21:00, July 08, 2007 CET | From | Secular Party | To | Debating the Military Encouragement Act |
| Message | OOC: The BCD party is right. After all, according to the game, my policy choices are just as religiously motivated as the BCDs, even though my goal is to destroy the link between church and state. The game interprets my policies of attempting to destroy laws dealing with the prohibition or encouragement of things like religious dress or school prayers as religiously motivated. It sees the theocracy/secularism factor as a struggle of atheism and religion rather than true secularism and theocracy. It also seems to interpret compromises as a party's original position. These are inherently flawed mechanics. So, don't place too much faith in the "party positions" markers. |
| Date | 00:22:26, July 08, 2007 CET | From | Secular Party | To | Debating the Military Encouragement Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, For the reasons of the livelihood of the people, my party prefers to keep the status quo. I yield the floor. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 32 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 68 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
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