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Bill: Building Bridges

Details

Submitted by^[?]: Noordelijk Bevrijding Front

Status^[?]: defeated

Votes: This bill is a resolution. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.

Voting deadline: May 2094

Description^[?]:

The unification of our Republic must be high on the agenda. As it stands people have to get a boat or plane from the mainland to the outlying Islands, this is extremely costly. We propose large bridges for cars are built across the ocean to link all our nation. This will be a great feat, but will provide many jobs and ensure we stand united.

Proposals

Debate

These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:

Date	14:28:07, August 10, 2005 CET
From	Maroon Party
To	Debating the Building Bridges
Message	It seems to be that the distance between Dorvan and the mainland is greater than the width of our entire country. Either our provinces are very small, or the distance is several hundred miles and it would be impractical from an engineering perspective to build a bridge over.

Date	14:34:25, August 10, 2005 CET
From	Maroon Party
To	Debating the Building Bridges
Message	Also, I'm pretty sure it's cheaper to take a boat than build a 100-500-mile long bridge, and even if it does succeed, the time and the cost put into such a megalomaniacal engineering project would never be worth the cost--think Great Wall of China or the Pyramids of Egypt; nice tourist attractions, but caused the death and suffering of untold millions and ended up serving no real practical purpose.

Date	15:31:11, August 10, 2005 CET
From	Dorvish Popular Front
To	Debating the Building Bridges
Message	We will agree if hte contracts are given to private corporations.

Date	01:10:32, August 11, 2005 CET
From	Dorvik Social Democrats
To	Debating the Building Bridges
Message	The Maroon party is correct. The bridges are impractical.

Date	12:54:26, August 11, 2005 CET
From	Noordelijk Bevrijding Front
To	Debating the Building Bridges
Message	Nope, look at the channel tunnel, how do we know how big Dorvik is in relation to the rest of the world, or how big Terra is, this is quite obviously plausible.

Date	14:45:00, August 11, 2005 CET
From	Maroon Party
To	Debating the Building Bridges
Message	The channel tunnel is a few dozen miles underwater; this bridge plan would be a few hundred miles overwater, through the ocean. Even if it could work, the amount of resources that would be needed to build such a deep-water bridge would never be worth it. Dorvan has nine million people, as well as some agricultural output, so those two islands must be at least a few hundred square miles.

Date	15:17:11, August 11, 2005 CET
From	Noordelijk Bevrijding Front
To	Debating the Building Bridges
Message	Who said it was over water?

Date	17:49:51, August 11, 2005 CET
From	Maroon Party
To	Debating the Building Bridges
Message	What else is it going to be over??

Date	17:50:55, August 11, 2005 CET
From	Maroon Party
To	Debating the Building Bridges
Message	Even if its underwater, all the supports that are going to be needed would be impractical. The pressure at the deep parts of the ocean would simply collapse our bridge.

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Voting

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Seats

yes

Noordelijk Bevrijding Front (16)
Dorvish Popular Front (14)

Total Seats: 30

Total Seats: 68

abstain

Independent Party (2)

Total Seats: 2

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