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Bill: Regulations on Slander Laws
Details
Submitted by[?]: Republic People 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: October 2434
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Slander laws.
Old value:: The nation has no laws regarding slander.
Current: Individuals may sue over falsehoods and defamatory opinions spoken about them, if judged to be malicious.
Proposed: Individuals may sue over malicious falsehoods spoken about them.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:04:46, July 25, 2007 CET | From | Industrialist Party of Aloria | To | Debating the Regulations on Slander Laws |
| Message | Why sue? They're just words! |
| Date | 19:43:43, July 25, 2007 CET | From |  Moderate Libertarian Party (NoCoalition) | To | Debating the Regulations on Slander Laws |
| Message | Tried this before. It lost. Tried it again, it lost. The MLP believe that this opens the door to eventual freedom of speech violations and will therefore vote NO (as we tend to do a lot!). |
| Date | 19:43:53, July 25, 2007 CET | From | Democratic Rationalists (PrCoa) | To | Debating the Regulations on Slander Laws |
| Message | "Just words" can damage or destroy reputations. What if a parent who feels maligned by his child's low grade spreads malicious false rumors that the teacher is a pedophile, and the teacher is harassed in the community, or even forced to resign? What if a jilted girl falsely accuses a young man of rape, and he finds himself unjustly shunned on campus? We'd like to believe people can be trusted to take gossip with a grain of salt. Unfortunately, they don't always. When malicious falsehoods ruin someone innocent, they should be able to gain vindication in court, and compensation for their trouble. And, CP, my sense is that you're a reader of the Bible. Doesn't it command "thou shalt not bear false witness?" |
| Date | 20:49:29, July 25, 2007 CET | From | Republic People Party | To | Debating the Regulations on Slander Laws |
| Message | CP and MLP would know thoughts of the people if they had been more careful about the polls. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 203 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 313 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 84 |
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