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Bill: Slander Laws
Details
Submitted by[?]: Secular Humanist 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 2448
Description[?]:
| our current laws state that individuals may sue over malicious falsehoods. We believe this is an unfair law, and a violation of free speech. if what someone says is false, they will be discredited for it, and people will be less likely to believe what they say in future. For the law to get involved in this matter is ludicrous. This proposal will remain in debate until after the next election. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Slander laws.
Old value:: Individuals may sue over malicious falsehoods spoken about them.
Current: Individuals may sue over malicious falsehoods spoken about them.
Proposed: The nation has no laws regarding slander.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 12:23:09, August 26, 2007 CET | From | Conservative Party | To | Debating the Slander Laws |
| Message | Ofcourse people should be allowed to sue over slander, its a matter of personal integrity... |
| Date | 17:12:17, August 27, 2007 CET | From | Secular Humanist party | To | Debating the Slander Laws |
| Message | It's a matter of freedom of speech. It's a slippery slope. Before we know it, people will be in jail for saying ill words about the government. |
| Date | 23:34:56, August 27, 2007 CET | From | Conservative Party | To | Debating the Slander Laws |
| Message | Freedom of speech isnt limited by having the option to sue over slander, it simply makes you responsible of what you say that potentially could hurt another persons integrity. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 343 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 407 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Culturally Open nations can adopt advisory/non-enforceable Nation Descriptions. See http://forum.particracy.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=6242 |
| Random quote: "We never know the worth of water 'til the well is dry." - Thomas Fuller |