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Bill: In Support of Artistic Freedom
Details
Submitted by[?]: Imperial Cildanian Egoists
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: March 2452
Description[?]:
| RESOLVED: That the government should not regulate the nature of artistic materials which individuals choose to enjoy. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The distribution, purchasing and possession of material depicting pornographic acts.
Old value:: Pornography depicting consenting adults is legal for everyone.
Current: All forms of pornography are legal, but only for adults.
Proposed: All forms of pornography are legal for everyone.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:09:37, September 06, 2007 CET | From |  New Liberal Action | To | Debating the In Support of Artistic Freedom |
| Message | the current status is: Pornography depicting ****consenting adults*** is legal for everyone. Meaning Child Porn and Non Consenting Porn is illegal. You cant possibly tell me you want to make such things leagal |
| Date | 19:20:35, September 06, 2007 CET | From | Imperial Cildanian Egoists | To | Debating the In Support of Artistic Freedom |
| Message | Pictures and video are just that, inanimate artistic objects. The law in debate is not about the legality of obtaining profit from various kinds of pornography, or even the legality of producing it, only the legality of viewing it. It should never be illegal to view something. Would this law make rape, whether forceful or statutory, legal? No, it would not. In fact, making such materials legal to view could lead to more sexual deviants being caught, for it they chose to attempt to profit from their activities, they would become easier to track and catch. Those are only some of the practical arguments. From a "moral" standpoint, pictures and videos are not people, they are only depictions of people. No individual is ever exploited merely because a picture was seen or a video watched. Any exploitation that may have occurred was at an earlier time, and is not the subject of this branch of law. |
| Date | 20:58:37, September 06, 2007 CET | From | War is Peace Party | To | Debating the In Support of Artistic Freedom |
| Message | While the War is Peace party supports pornography we can not accept the legalization of child porn and rape porn. |
| Date | 23:35:43, September 06, 2007 CET | From | Marxist-Leninist Happiness Front | To | Debating the In Support of Artistic Freedom |
| Message | Pornography like religion is non-revolutionary tool of the bourgeoisie to distract workers away from their innate desire towards liberation. Like religion it is a non-materialistic opiate that serves no purpose and thus we oppose it. |
| Date | 03:08:16, September 07, 2007 CET | From | Justice League of Cildania | To | Debating the In Support of Artistic Freedom |
| Message | The JLC will approve, only because we realize this legislation does not legalize snuff film where participants are unwilling or children who are raped or abused. This proposal only allows the depiction of such by willing actors. All that is happening here is the removal of unnecessary censorship. |
| Date | 11:10:44, September 07, 2007 CET | From | War is Peace Party | To | Debating the In Support of Artistic Freedom |
| Message | JLC what are you talking about? Your discription describes the current state of affairs. Bill clearly leagalizes all the things you just named. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 176 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 182 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Particracy is set in the fictional world of Terra, which mirrors the real world of today and yet is not quite like it. |
| Random quote: "If liberty and equality, as is thought by some are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in the government to the utmost." - Aristotle |