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Bill: Introducing GICS (haste bill)
Details
Submitted by[?]: Hobrazian Peoples 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: June 2445
Description[?]:
| This is to avoid certain critical and criminal purposes online. We should establish an institution called Government Internet Censorship Squadron (GICS). This institution should be assigned to censor homepages and other online destinations and to dig up internet traffic that would be criminal in Hobrazia or otherwise could be harmfull to Hobrazian society. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Internet regulations.
Old value:: The government allows anyone to use the internet but the police can run investigations concerning illegal activities conducted by using internet (child abuse, illegal filesharing, ...)
Current: The government allows anyone to use the internet but the police can run investigations concerning illegal activities conducted by using internet (child abuse, illegal filesharing, ...)
Proposed: There is major censorship of the internet by the government.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 02:37:37, August 18, 2007 CET | From | Hobrazian Peoples Party | To | Debating the Introducing GICS (haste bill) |
| Message | This says it all: http://80.237.164.51/particracy/main/viewnews.php?newsid=113364&nation=12 |
| Date | 02:49:32, August 18, 2007 CET | From | Deltarian Nationalist Party | To | Debating the Introducing GICS (haste bill) |
| Message | We support. |
| Date | 12:25:39, August 18, 2007 CET | From | National Imperial Hobrazian Front | To | Debating the Introducing GICS (haste bill) |
| Message | "This says it all:" What the hell does that have to do with internet? Nothing. As always, a vehement NAY. Censorship of the internet, Terra's grandest acheivement since the wheel, will only lead towards a reduction of our populace's consumption of knowledge and therefore a diminished capacity to think. Furthermore, this leaves a gargantuan allowance of what information is available meaning that it is corruptable by our government. |
| Date | 13:23:00, August 18, 2007 CET | From | Hobrazian Peoples Party | To | Debating the Introducing GICS (haste bill) |
| Message | We all know that the internet is the main communication system for terrorists and also there exist obvious sites who aid in terrorist activity. We must prevent people from these sides and the terrorists from communicating and planning the next terrorist attack in Hobrazia. Do the CSP want to bear the burden of knowing we could have done something to avoid the next terror attack? Hobrazians will die. |
| Date | 02:38:45, August 19, 2007 CET | From | National Imperial Hobrazian Front | To | Debating the Introducing GICS (haste bill) |
| Message | Censorship of the internet will not stop terrorism. Terrorists will find auxiliary ways to communicate. "Do the CSP want to bear the burden of knowing we could have done something to avoid the next terror attack?" Won't have to, because the current legislation clearly states that "the police can run investigations concerning illegal activities conducted by using internet." Terrorism is illegal, ergo, it can be monitored. QED. |
| Date | 11:15:58, August 19, 2007 CET | From | Hobrazian Peoples Party | To | Debating the Introducing GICS (haste bill) |
| Message | We have no laws stating that thinking of doing a crime and talking of doing a crime is illegal. Wouldn't exactly that counter the CSP believe in freedom of thought and speech. Here we can in an effective way hinder all terrorist ativities and other criminal actions on the internet with legal sanctions. It would be a shame if we had to install a thought police wouldn't it, this is the next best thing ;-) |
| Date | 21:43:25, August 19, 2007 CET | From | National Imperial Hobrazian Front | To | Debating the Introducing GICS (haste bill) |
| Message | "We have no laws stating that thinking of doing a crime and talking of doing a crime is illegal." Although we have technically never made this a crime, I think conspiracy to murder or to commit terrorist acts is ample grounds for investigation. Free speech has its limits. "It would be a shame if we had to install a thought police wouldn't it, this is the next best thing ;-)" Heh, could be some fun RP. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 177 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 223 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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