We are working on a brand new version of the game! If you want to stay informed, read our blog and register for our mailing list.
Bill: Torture Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Constitutional Monarchy 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: May 2435
Description[?]:
| It is wrong and should never be allowed. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The use of torture for obtaining information.
Old value:: It is at the discretion of the police officer to torture suspects for information.
Current: Torture is never allowed.
Proposed: Torture is never allowed.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 11:46:45, July 21, 2007 CET | From | Beluzian Republican Party | To | Debating the Torture Act |
| Message | Yes... |
| Date | 12:39:41, July 21, 2007 CET | From | Beluzian Workers Party | To | Debating the Torture Act |
| Message | Agreed. |
| Date | 10:13:42, July 27, 2007 CET | From | People's Populist Party - Zogist Mafia | To | Debating the Torture Act |
| Message | What is "torture" anyhow? |
| Date | 16:41:30, July 27, 2007 CET | From | Beluzian Workers Party | To | Debating the Torture Act |
| Message | "...any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him or a third person information or a confession, punishing him for an act he or a third person has committed or is suspected of having committed, or intimidating or coercing him or a third person, or for any reason based on discrimination of any kind, when such pain or suffering is inflicted by or at the instigation of or with the consent or acquiescence of a public official or other person acting in an official capacity." |
| Date | 17:36:54, July 27, 2007 CET | From | People's Populist Party - Zogist Mafia | To | Debating the Torture Act |
| Message | Isn't that what bill collectors and telemarketers do? |
| Date | 20:59:16, July 27, 2007 CET | From | Beluzian Workers Party | To | Debating the Torture Act |
| Message | yeah, but they aren't public officials, so geneva doesnt apply ;) |
subscribe to this discussion - unsubscribe
Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 358 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 302 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 90 |
| Random fact: The influence a bill has on elections decreases over time, until it eventually is no longer relevant. This can explain shifts in your party's position to the electorate and your visibility. |
| Random quote: "Political correctness is just tyranny with manners." - Charlton Heston |