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Bill: Equal Treatment of POWs
Details
Submitted by[?]: Feathercreek Ecological Partnership
Status[?]: passed
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: September 2450
Description[?]:
This bill seeks to instate a rational, fair system for the treatment of POWs without explicitly threatening our nation's ability to defend itself or damaging our diplomatic relations with other countries. |
Proposals
Article 1
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 are treated according to the national laws of the captor power.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 20:29:57, September 01, 2007 CET | From | Enlightened Cosmic Brotherhood | To | Debating the Equal Treatment of POWs |
Message | Go for it. Wish I thought of it. |
Date | 01:51:12, September 02, 2007 CET | From | Al'Badara Republican Party | To | Debating the Equal Treatment of POWs |
Message | We support it, if not, it could result in war crime tribunals for our leaders. |
Date | 04:30:06, September 02, 2007 CET | From | Feathercreek Ecological Partnership | To | Debating the Equal Treatment of POWs |
Message | I'll wait until I get a response from those who voted against my similar bill last time. If the votes turn out the same, we'll still be losing by about seven seats. |
Date | 12:05:35, September 02, 2007 CET | From | Christian Nationalist Front | To | Debating the Equal Treatment of POWs |
Message | The CNF will vote against this bill. |
Date | 12:36:24, September 02, 2007 CET | From | Unified National Party | To | Debating the Equal Treatment of POWs |
Message | We do not believe in the rights of our enemies during times of war. |
Date | 16:19:30, September 02, 2007 CET | From | Enlightened Cosmic Brotherhood | To | Debating the Equal Treatment of POWs |
Message | Lets hope another country never attacks us and takes our stance towards their soliders against ours. |
Date | 18:46:32, September 03, 2007 CET | From | Feathercreek Ecological Partnership | To | Debating the Equal Treatment of POWs |
Message | What do I have to lose? Commence voting. |
Date | 20:23:04, September 03, 2007 CET | From | People's Mujaheddin | To | Debating the Equal Treatment of POWs |
Message | Prisoners of war are enemies of the People. They lost their rights the second they attacked us and shall therefore not be shown any beneficial treatment whatsoever. |
Date | 20:36:29, September 04, 2007 CET | From | People's Communist Party | To | Debating the Equal Treatment of POWs |
Message | The PSP would like to point the PM's attention to the fact that any nation wishing to attack us would likely have to use a conscript army, which would by nature be people being *forced* to fight us, perhaps for fear of their lives or those of their families. If they know that they will be tortured and killed either way then they are far more likely to fight to the death, which would inevitably be bad news for us. Is it too much to ask, therefore, that we don't allow savagery amongst our commanders when dealing with those who surrender to us? |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | ||||
yes |
Total Seats: 72 | ||||
no | Total Seats: 40 | ||||
abstain |
Total Seats: 39 |
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Random quote: "If man asks for many laws, it is only because he is sure that his neighbor needs them; privately he is an unphilosophical anarchist, and thinks laws in his own case superfluous." - Will Durant |