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Bill: Anarchist Reform Proposal 1B
Details
Submitted by[?]: Endralonian Situationist Collective
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: August 2093
Description[?]:
| Freedom of speech in written and electronic communication is a basic principle of a free society. The present state of affairs makes the Endralonian Empire the equivalent of a police state in the realm of ideas, and stifles critical thought. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding regulation of media content.
Old value:: There are laws against the publication of false information and hate speech.
Current: There are laws against the publication of false information, hate speech, and subversive anti-government material.
Proposed: There are no content regulations; the media may publish anything, even proven falsehoods.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 10:55:16, August 09, 2005 CET | From |  Endralonian Situationist Collective | To | Debating the Anarchist Reform Proposal 1B |
| Message | If a media outlet, or a private individual for that matter, chooses to publish a proven falsehood, it is the responsibility of any interested fellow citizen, and not the government, to correct it; if in fact the assertions of the former are false, a simple application of empirical reason on the part of the latter will be enough to ensure that the truth becomes known. Media regulation does not defend the truth, rather it gives the government the power to decide what counts as truth. |
| Date | 13:54:09, August 09, 2005 CET | From | Society of Sadists | To | Debating the Anarchist Reform Proposal 1B |
| Message | We just want there to be libel / slander laws. To shut Fox News' big fat lying mouth! |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 10 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 76 | ||||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 14 |
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