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Bill: Non-Aggression Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Quellist 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: January 2445
Description[?]:
| This Bill seeks to make the planet of Terra more peaceful. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning biological and chemical weaponry.
Old value:: The nation reserves the right to develop, construct and store biological and chemical weapons.
Current: The nation shall never purchase, produce, or store biological or chemical weaponry, for military purposes. Research and development of the technology is permitted.
Proposed: The nation shall never develop, purchase or store biological or chemical weaponry.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the use of chemical and biological weaponry in warfare.
Old value:: The nation reserves the right to use chemical or biological weapons in warfare for any reason.
Current: The nation shall never use chemical or biological weaponry in warfare.
Proposed: The nation shall never use chemical or biological weapons in warfare unless another nation uses them first.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The nation's defence industry.
Old value:: Defence industries are privately owned but subsidised by the state.
Current: The state owns national defence industries but these exist alongside privately owned defence industries.
Proposed: Defence industries are privately owned and not subsidised.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Nation's policy with regards to an intelligence agency.
Old value:: The nation has an intelligence agency that is permitted by law to undertake all types of covert operations in other countries.
Current: The nation has an intelligence agency that is permitted by law to undertake all types of covert operations in other countries.
Proposed: The nation has an intelligence agency, but it is limited to counter-intelligence and surveillance of other countries.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the use of nuclear weaponry in warfare.
Old value:: The nation reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in retaliation to any attack.
Current: The nation shall never use nuclear weapons in warfare.
Proposed: The nation shall never use nuclear weapons in warfare unless another nation uses them first.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The policy with respect to nuclear weaponry.
Old value:: The nation reserves the right to develop, produce and store nuclear arms.
Current: The nation shall never produce or store nuclear weaponry for military purposes. Research and development of the technology is permitted.
Proposed: The nation shall never produce or store nuclear weaponry for military purposes. Research and development of the technology is permitted.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:25:05, August 19, 2007 CET | From | Capitalist Working Families | To | Debating the Non-Aggression Act |
| Message | Article #3 is ok. For the rest, I say the following: Now, we ALL agree that use of Chemical, Biological, and Nuclear weapons is an ABOMINATION b/c they can kill innocent civilians. Nevertheless, simply banning them by "law or treaty" will NOT eliminate them b/c ONLY Law-abiding Nations would comply. Criminals, Terrorists, and Nation-States that sponsor Terrorism will disavow the Treaties b/c they have no respect for the law in begin with. Therefore, if they use those weapons, we need the capability to DEFEND the sovereignty of our nation and people. |
| Date | 22:01:41, August 19, 2007 CET | From | Neo-Epicurean Party | To | Debating the Non-Aggression Act |
| Message | Since this bill has already gone to vote, we will support it, but will seek to repeal articles 1 and 6 in the near future. |
| Date | 23:56:57, August 19, 2007 CET | From | Quellist Party | To | Debating the Non-Aggression Act |
| Message | Fair enough. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 319 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 372 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 59 |
| Random fact: The players in a nation have a collective responsibility to prevent confusion by ensuring unofficial or outdated bills labelled as "Cultural Protocols" are removed from their nation page. |
| Random quote: "Any law which violates the inalienable rights of man is essentially unjust and tyrannical; it is not a law at all." - Maximilien Robespierre |