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Bill: The National Anthem, The Fair Hills
Details
Submitted by[?]: Royal Conservative Party
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This bill asks for an amendement to the Constitution. It will require two-thirds of the legislature to vote in favor. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: March 2097
Description[?]:
| This anthem will only be used at sporting events. It shall not be used on civic occasions. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The lyrics of the national anthem.
Old value:: Probably none
Current:
| O, Lodamun Rejoice, brothers and sisters Children of our glorious land May we restrain our resistors Their resistance we disband No foe I fear, no friend I force We propagate wholeheartedly No single feeling of Remorse affects our fraternity All the weapons of this earth Could not temper our pride Lodamun, for what it's worth Your sacred grounds we abide O, Republic that is ours Our lives are in your hands We shall maintain with all our powers Your glory, with proud stance. |
Proposed:
| The Fair Hills Oh Lodamun, oh Lodamun! In times gone past we looked to thee For comfort in darkest night In turmoil great and long You were our saviour, our light And should these days come again We know where we should look Back to Lodamun, our mother And we shall not take fright Oh Lodamun, oh Lodamun! The waves doth crash on white shores The hills doth sing with the wind And we rejoice to hear those sounds Dance through our morning air We joy to hear the bird song For they are the sounds of life Beating through the heart Of Lodamun, oh Lodamun (To be sang to Sir Edward Elgar's Jerusalem |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 14:54:35, August 16, 2005 CET | From | Adam Smith Party | To | Debating the The National Anthem, The Fair Hills |
| Message | We still oppose anything that uses the tune from Jerusalem. |
| Date | 16:00:19, August 16, 2005 CET | From | Royal Conservative Party | To | Debating the The National Anthem, The Fair Hills |
| Message | Well I like the tune of Jerusalem, it is one of my favourites. |
| Date | 17:15:52, August 16, 2005 CET | From | Cooperative Commonwealth Federation | To | Debating the The National Anthem, The Fair Hills |
| Message | I love the tune! CUP, messaged you on this. |
| Date | 18:14:23, August 16, 2005 CET | From |  Tuesday Is Coming | To | Debating the The National Anthem, The Fair Hills |
| Message | Any national anthem is (usually) better than (probably) none |
| Date | 19:03:18, August 16, 2005 CET | From | National People's Gang | To | Debating the The National Anthem, The Fair Hills |
| Message | Be sure to get a good recording for the archives while you can. Pretty soon the minority cranks will have themselves fully kitted out - nukes, mustard gas and an anthem. They'll only be lacking an enemy. But oh how they seem to show up when you need one. Then you can try out some emergency powers, get the old curfews going, the jails will be full of evil people who committed the crime of not wanting to be slave labour, the gutters will be full of the low-paid sick and we can link arms as we stumble towards the nerve-gas portal of ever-lasting glory singing Oh Lodamun, Oh Lodamun, in times gone past we looked to thee. |
| Date | 00:16:31, August 17, 2005 CET | From | National People's Gang | To | Debating the The National Anthem, The Fair Hills |
| Message | We note the lusty Green Shirts of the Lodamun Youth Corps with be joining in the chorus, no doubt with the panzer crews of der Recycling Collection Unit putting in a two-part harmony. As the ditty says, we had looked to thee, but those times have long gone. |
| Date | 02:09:14, August 17, 2005 CET | From | Royal Conservative Party | To | Debating the The National Anthem, The Fair Hills |
| Message | Do be quiet, your ravings are embarrassing. |
| Date | 02:25:07, August 17, 2005 CET | From | National People's Gang | To | Debating the The National Anthem, The Fair Hills |
| Message | We thought we were supposed to sing up! sing up! by jingo |
| Date | 17:00:50, August 17, 2005 CET | From | Cooperative Commonwealth Federation | To | Debating the The National Anthem, The Fair Hills |
| Message | only before Olympic-grade fencing matches, old bean. |
| Date | 20:35:10, August 17, 2005 CET | From | National People's Gang | To | Debating the The National Anthem, The Fair Hills |
| Message | Not if the Five States Fencing Association has anything to do with it. |
| Date | 20:43:29, August 17, 2005 CET | From | Royal Conservative Party | To | Debating the The National Anthem, The Fair Hills |
| Message | The last time I checked, the Five States Fencing Association wasn't a political party with seats - perhaps that might be your next name change, Peepul? It would suit you better than the current one. |
| Date | 22:29:17, August 17, 2005 CET | From | National People's Gang | To | Debating the The National Anthem, The Fair Hills |
| Message | You didn't check thoroughly enough then did you. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 245 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 205 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Treaties will be eligible for deletion if they are more than 50 in-game years old and have no currently ratified members. |
| Random quote: "A racially integrated community is a chronological term timed from the entrance of the first black family to the exit of the last white family." - Saul Alinsky |