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Bill: National Sport Act (2433)
Details
Submitted by[?]: Beluzian Workers 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: July 2436
Description[?]:
| An Act to establish football, which is also known to some as soccer, as the national sport of Beluzia |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The official national sport.
Old value:: Hand-to-hand combat
Current: Chess and Soccer
Proposed: Football
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:38:17, July 24, 2007 CET | From | Beluzian Workers Party | To | Debating the National Sport Act (2433) |
| Message | ooc: If I thought it would have passed, I would have proposed (ice) hockey. :) |
| Date | 08:36:40, July 25, 2007 CET | From | People's Populist Party - Zogist Mafia | To | Debating the National Sport Act (2433) |
| Message | canadian? |
| Date | 12:24:47, July 25, 2007 CET | From | Beluzian Republican Party | To | Debating the National Sport Act (2433) |
| Message | no lads GAA www.gaa.ie ftw. |
| Date | 13:04:35, July 25, 2007 CET | From | People's Populist Party - Zogist Mafia | To | Debating the National Sport Act (2433) |
| Message | better than ice hockey, I'll agree. |
| Date | 16:27:44, July 25, 2007 CET | From | Beluzian Workers Party | To | Debating the National Sport Act (2433) |
| Message | !!! Them's fightin' words, pal. |
| Date | 19:14:39, July 25, 2007 CET | From | People's Populist Party - Zogist Mafia | To | Debating the National Sport Act (2433) |
| Message | prepare to get a gaelic arse-whuppin, shillelagh-law now in effect! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bata_%28martial_arts%29 Tim Finnegan lived in Walkin Street, A gentle Irishman mighty odd He had a brogue both rich and sweet, An' to rise in the world he carried a hod You see he'd a sort of a tipplers way but for the love for the liquor poor Tim was born To help him on his way each day, he'd a drop of the craythur every morn Whack fol the dah now dance to yer partner round the flure yer trotters shake Bend an ear to the truth they tell ye, we had lots of fun at Finnegan's Wake One morning Tim got rather full, his head felt heavy which made him shake Fell from a ladder and he broke his skull, and they carried him home his corpse to wake Rolled him up in a nice clean sheet, and laid him out upon the bed A bottle of whiskey at his feet and a barrel of porter at his head His friends assembled at the wake, and Widow Finnegan called for lunch First she brought in tay and cake, then pipes, tobacco and whiskey punch Biddy O'Brien began to cry, "Such a nice clean corpse, did you ever see, Tim, auvreem! O, why did you die?", "Will ye hould your gob?" said Paddy McGee Then Maggie O'Connor took up the cry, "O Biddy" says she "you're wrong, I'm sure" Biddy gave her a belt in the gob and sent her sprawling on the floor Then the war did soon engage, t'was woman to woman and man to man Shillelagh law was all the rage and a row and a ruction soon began Mickey Maloney ducked his head when a bucket of whiskey flew at him It missed, and falling on the bed, the liquor scattered over Tim Now the spirits new life gave the corpse, my joy! Tim jumped like a Trojan from the bed Cryin will ye walup each girl and boy, t'underin' Jaysus, do ye think I'm dead?" KEY C verse: C Am F G7-C chorus: C Am F C-G7-C |
| Date | 21:33:15, July 25, 2007 CET | From | Beluzian Workers Party | To | Debating the National Sport Act (2433) |
| Message | Nothing wrong with Gaelic Football, but Hurling? I though only girls played field hockey... |
| Date | 08:41:02, July 26, 2007 CET | From | Constitutional Monarchy Party | To | Debating the National Sport Act (2433) |
| Message | i think something more unusual would be better... log flinging... head hunting.... cricket... |
| Date | 10:17:51, July 26, 2007 CET | From | People's Populist Party - Zogist Mafia | To | Debating the National Sport Act (2433) |
| Message | Hurling is one of the most violent sports in world history! Haven't you ever heard of hurling gangs or Irish stickfighting? Getting tomahawked w a hurley is no sport for the ladies! |
| Date | 10:20:16, July 26, 2007 CET | From | People's Populist Party - Zogist Mafia | To | Debating the National Sport Act (2433) |
| Message | In any case I fought long and hard for "Hand to Hand combat", and will accept no substantive changes. I could go for "close combat" or perhaps even Close Quarters Combat or lethwei... http://www.thaing.net/lethwei.htm |
| Date | 11:08:05, July 26, 2007 CET | From | Beluzian Republican Party | To | Debating the National Sport Act (2433) |
| Message | Liberals: I prefer football to hurling as well. But Hurling actually requires a shitload of skill... PPP, Hurling is combat with sticks, most of the time they smack another player in the face at least twice. Same with gaelic football and kicking. |
| Date | 11:12:24, July 26, 2007 CET | From | Beluzian Republican Party | To | Debating the National Sport Act (2433) |
| Message | I support the PPP's stickfighting request. As I want to Irish this country up a bit :P |
| Date | 16:45:58, July 26, 2007 CET | From | Beluzian Workers Party | To | Debating the National Sport Act (2433) |
| Message | No deprecation intended when it comes to the skill level - I'm sure it has players that excel in their sport. Unfortunately, the field hockey comparison was too good to pass up... PPP: I too have looked to the world news, eagerly awaiting our "world champion hand-to-hand combat" team appearance. I felt that football would be a bit more general interest, though... |
| Date | 18:47:32, July 26, 2007 CET | From | People's Populist Party - Zogist Mafia | To | Debating the National Sport Act (2433) |
| Message | How about the lethwei? we could "burmese" the country up a bit ;) http://www.thaing.net/lethwei.htm |
| Date | 18:51:10, July 26, 2007 CET | From | Beluzian Republican Party | To | Debating the National Sport Act (2433) |
| Message | no lol.. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 162 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 185 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 403 |
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