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Bill: Freedom of Expression Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: United Labour Party of Telamon
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: April 2456
Description[?]:
| Burning a country's flag does not make it weaker, in contrast, it shows that the country is strong enough to allow people to go against it and still thrive! |
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 | 06:13:53, September 14, 2007 CET | From | Regional Acronym Political Establishment | To | Debating the Freedom of Expression Act |
| Message | You only wish to burn the flag in an act of religious defiance. We reject your proposal with extreme contempt. |
| Date | 22:58:02, September 14, 2007 CET | From | Secular Humanist party | To | Debating the Freedom of Expression Act |
| Message | Althought the TTIEU's ulterior motives are painfully obvious, we disapprove of strong nationalism, and so we support this bill, despite our thoughts on the proposer |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 294 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 405 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 51 |
| Random fact: References to prominent real-life persons are not allowed. This includes references to philosophies featuring the name of a real-life person (eg. "Marxism", "Thatcherism", "Keynesianism"). |
| Random quote: "I'm not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it." - Niccolo Machiavelli |