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Bill: Freedom of Speech Expansion Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Revolutionary Constit'nal United Front
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: November 2440
Description[?]:
| Truth is relative and therefore regulation of "truth" in the media is oppression and must be stopped. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Libel laws.
Old value:: Individuals may sue over falsehoods printed on them.
Current: Individuals may sue over all defamatory remarks printed on them, even truthful ones.
Proposed: The nation has no laws regarding libel.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding regulation of media content.
Old value:: There are laws against the publication of false information; everything else may be published freely.
Current: It is forbidden to criticize the government, or publish any material that the government does not approve of.
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 | 00:44:37, August 07, 2007 CET | From | Benevolence Party | To | Debating the Freedom of Speech Expansion Act |
| Message | In accordance with the proposed legislation, I would like to remark that key members of the Constitutional United Front wet their bed every night. |
| Date | 01:25:14, August 07, 2007 CET | From | orgonic party | To | Debating the Freedom of Speech Expansion Act |
| Message | In accordance with the proposed legislationwe, we are impressed by Constitutional United Front coherency, while we prefer have nothing to do with Benevolence party |
| Date | 01:29:45, August 07, 2007 CET | From | Revolutionary Constit'nal United Front | To | Debating the Freedom of Speech Expansion Act |
| Message | By voting against this legislation, you vote against free speech! Truth should be found systematically through free competitive reputation mechanisms rather than brute government regulation. Stop the government monopoly on truth! |
| Date | 12:42:04, August 07, 2007 CET | From | Drtárék Jelbék Prta | To | Debating the Freedom of Speech Expansion Act |
| Message | It is hardly a vote against free speech, and current regulations are not brutal, they serve to prevent misinformation, which is hardly a necessary component of free speech. |
| Date | 15:38:49, August 07, 2007 CET | From | Revolutionary Constit'nal United Front | To | Debating the Freedom of Speech Expansion Act |
| Message | Every citizen has the inalienable right to lie. Words cannot harm another. There is no pressing need for the state to regulate the flow of free information (and misinformation). |
| Date | 14:49:30, August 09, 2007 CET | From | Drtárék Jelbék Prta | To | Debating the Freedom of Speech Expansion Act |
| Message | Of course words can harm another. Wrongly labelling someone something could lead to them losing their job, their home, their family, and being investigated for a crime, which, after wasting everyones time and money, they will be proved innocent of. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 225 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 276 |
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