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Bill: The National Flag
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: May 2452
Description[?]:
| Is just a piece of cloth. It is bad for the mind to put too much stock in symbology. The flag should not be sacred. A flag is simply an image printed on a piece of cloth or canvas. We do not need quasi religious respect and worship of inanimate objects, or symbols. Let us repeal these silly laws. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change National policy regarding the desecration of the national flag.
Old value:: The national flag may not be desecrated or dishonoured.
Current: The national flag may not be used for commercial purposes.
Proposed: There are no regulations regarding the desecration or use of the national flag.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:32:04, September 06, 2007 CET | From | United Labour Party of Telamon | To | Debating the The National Flag |
| Message | We support this bill. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 188 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 545 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 17 |
| Random fact: Players have a responsibility to make a reasonable effort to be accurate when communicating the rules to other players. Any player who manipulatively misleads another player about the rules will be subject to sanction. |
| Random quote: "A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar." - H. L. Mencken |