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Bill: Freedom to speak
Details
Submitted by[?]: Cosa Nostra
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 2454
Description[?]:
Which is not the same as Freedom of Speech. You can say what you want, but for some of what you say you might have to face the consequences. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding regulation of media content.
Old value:: There are laws against the publication of false information; everything else may be published freely.
Current: There are no content regulations; the media may publish anything, even proven falsehoods.
Proposed: There are laws against the publication of false information, hate speech, and subversive anti-government material.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 21:10:53, September 10, 2007 CET | From | CSA Pax et Socialism | To | Debating the Freedom to speak |
Message | The biggest stomp on freedom of speech I have ever seen. |
Date | 01:19:33, September 11, 2007 CET | From | Cosa Nostra | To | Debating the Freedom to speak |
Message | Whaddayamean? Read the frickin' desxription, willya. |
Date | 02:55:39, September 11, 2007 CET | From | CSA Pax et Socialism | To | Debating the Freedom to speak |
Message | Proposed: There are laws against the publication of false information, hate speech, and subversive anti-government material. aka "Less Political AND Civil Freedoms" |
Date | 18:08:58, September 11, 2007 CET | From | Cosa Nostra | To | Debating the Freedom to speak |
Message | You can still say whatever you want, only for some things you say, you might have to face the consequences... That forces you to think before you speak, ain't nothing to see with freedom. |
Date | 23:06:36, September 11, 2007 CET | From | CSA Pax et Socialism | To | Debating the Freedom to speak |
Message | ...And that's limiting the freedom of speech. Freedom. Free. Consequences. Not free. Learn about it beforehand. Don't even get me started on "hate speech" and "anti-government material." |
Date | 00:22:00, September 13, 2007 CET | From | Cosa Nostra | To | Debating the Freedom to speak |
Message | So freedom means you can do anything you like? |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | |||||
yes |
Total Seats: 116 | |||||
no |
Total Seats: 384 | |||||
abstain | Total Seats: 55 |
Random fact: The people in your nation don't like inactive parties. When you often abstain from voting for a bill, they will dislike your party and your visibility to the electorate will decrease significantly. Low visibility will means you are likely to lose seats. So keep in mind: voting Yes or No is always better than Abstaining. |
Random quote: "To refuse political equality is to rob the ostracized of all self-respect." - Elizabeth Cady Stanton |