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Bill: Military Reform for a Modern Society Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Feathercreek Ecological Partnership
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 2446
Description[?]:
| Many of Al'Badara's military laws are archaic and generally unpleasant. This bill seeks to improve the treatment of those involved with the military and steadily ease into a more civilized society in general. |
Proposals
Article 1
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 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the treatment of prisoners of war.
Old value:: Prisoners of war may be mistreated without legal sanction.
Current: Prisoners of war must be treated well, according to internationally-accepted standards.
Proposed: Prisoners of war must be treated well, according to internationally-accepted standards.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 07:58:10, August 21, 2007 CET | From | Christian Nationalist Front | To | Debating the Military Reform for a Modern Society Act |
| Message | Ha, The CNF has helped solve the homosexual problem, in fact the ink has hardly dried on the bill and you wish to propose such a radical change. We can not allow for homosexuals to be in the military. The CNF must also strongly oppose article 3. We can not weaken our stance on weapons that are vital to our defense when we live in a world of international terrorism and global conflict. If we don't protect ourselves who will? |
| Date | 08:14:42, August 21, 2007 CET | From | Feathercreek Ecological Partnership | To | Debating the Military Reform for a Modern Society Act |
| Message | Fair enough, I suppose that it takes time to change a country such as this one. My party had predicted this sort of response, but I felt that it would be a small change, considering homosexuals can't do much anything else. Your viewpoint is duly noted but we have decided to keep the debate open for a short time longer before any revisions are to be made. If we decided to cave in to your demands, would you accept a compromise, or are you so fervently opposed to the whole idea? I think we can both agree that whatever we decide, it should be in the best interest of all of our citizens. |
| Date | 08:55:13, August 21, 2007 CET | From | Christian Nationalist Front | To | Debating the Military Reform for a Modern Society Act |
| Message | The CNF can agree to Articles 2 and perhaps Article 3 but we can not in any way support Article 1. |
| Date | 09:04:56, August 21, 2007 CET | From | Feathercreek Ecological Partnership | To | Debating the Military Reform for a Modern Society Act |
| Message | Duly noted. |
| Date | 14:16:45, August 21, 2007 CET | From | Al'Badara Republican Party | To | Debating the Military Reform for a Modern Society Act |
| Message | ACAP agrees with the CNF, although not as extreme on number one. We believe in the "don't ask, don't tell" policy. By banning homosexuals altogether, we would make a more preoccupied military in times of war. |
| Date | 15:50:11, August 21, 2007 CET | From | Enlightened Cosmic Brotherhood | To | Debating the Military Reform for a Modern Society Act |
| Message | The Homophobic Nationalist Front has only created an intolerance problem, and has not cured any "homosexual" problem. |
| Date | 16:11:47, August 21, 2007 CET | From | People's Communist Party | To | Debating the Military Reform for a Modern Society Act |
| Message | This is a bill the PSP can fully support. However, they are all proposals that we have either supported in the past, and from experience we can say that they will not pass the Grand Majelis due to the dominance of the religious right. |
| Date | 18:12:29, August 21, 2007 CET | From | Feathercreek Ecological Partnership | To | Debating the Military Reform for a Modern Society Act |
| Message | Fine. I will remove article one, but I feel any other changes will kill the spirit of the act. To those who are still skeptical of proposition 3, I implore you to think of the horror and tragedy caused by chemical and biological weapons, and the ecological, economical, and humanitarian devastation that often follows. We do not need this in a modern age. If war is not preventable, we should not stoop to attacking civilian targets. Also, with our new less aggressive system in place, perhaps there will be less aggression towards us? A strong, deliberate neutral country rarely gets invaded. |
| Date | 03:12:20, August 22, 2007 CET | From | Enlightened Cosmic Brotherhood | To | Debating the Military Reform for a Modern Society Act |
| Message | Yeah. We know. Tell that to some of the other parties. If you get it passed, the DN! will forever love and respect you. |
| Date | 09:59:36, August 22, 2007 CET | From | Unified National Party | To | Debating the Military Reform for a Modern Society Act |
| Message | Sorry. But the UNP believes the more danger an enemy sees in us, the more dettered they will be. |
| Date | 23:46:06, August 22, 2007 CET | From | Enlightened Cosmic Brotherhood | To | Debating the Military Reform for a Modern Society Act |
| Message | Indeed. The more aggressive we look the less attention we will grab from other aggressive nations. Nations that look to be itching for a war never go to war. Thats a fact. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 38 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 42 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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