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Bill: National Sport Revision Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Replicant Liberal Party
Status[?]: passed
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 2459
Description[?]:
| An attempt to reconsider Aldegar's official national sport, taking into consideration what most of our citizens prefer as their favorite pass time, and what sport is most accessible to people of all walks of life. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The official national sport.
Old value:: Baseball
Current: Chess, шохмот(şoxmot)
Proposed: Fencing
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 12:35:07, September 19, 2007 CET | From | Replicant Liberal Party | To | Debating the National Sport Revision Act |
| Message | Though baseball is a classic pass time for generations of our citizens, its popularity has wained. We the Replicant Liberal Party suggest a new official national sport, and nominate bowling, a game that knows no boundaries between ages, genders or races, and can be found in towns all across the nation. Before putting this to a vote, we'd like further suggestions on what you, the fellow congressmen of Aldegar, consider your favorite sports and activities, and for a majority agreement to be reached on this issue. Any other nominations? Sincerely, The Replicant Liberal Party |
| Date | 18:57:01, September 19, 2007 CET | From | Libertarian Party | To | Debating the National Sport Revision Act |
| Message | Poker is a nice sport :) |
| Date | 22:31:44, September 19, 2007 CET | From | Pantheism Capitalistic Party UCF | To | Debating the National Sport Revision Act |
| Message | We have polled our party members and our three favorite sports are (in order) 1. Fencing 2. Extreme Fishing 3. Football of the strange land of America. |
| Date | 02:48:55, September 20, 2007 CET | From | Replicant Liberal Party | To | Debating the National Sport Revision Act |
| Message | The Replicant Liberty Party would be willing to endorse poker or fencing as the national sport if more parties agree. |
| Date | 17:33:02, September 20, 2007 CET | From | South Shore Party | To | Debating the National Sport Revision Act |
| Message | The South Shore Party and the zero people we represent feel that the tradition, athleticism and strategy that goes into baseball best underscore the values that we hold dear as a nation. Bowling, while a fun recreation, will never draw the crowds that our current baseball teams do. |
| Date | 05:44:27, September 21, 2007 CET | From | Emblem Party | To | Debating the National Sport Revision Act |
| Message | What about Football? Not the brutal game, but more along the lines of Soccer. Soccer has been a popular sport even before Aldegar was formed. I believe that baseball is our heritage as is Soccer. Because, however, many of Emblems party members were once record fencers, fencing doesn't sound distasteful. We will back fencing but also add Soccer to the list of pastimes. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 475 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 121 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 54 |
| Random fact: In cases where a party has no seat, the default presumption should be that the party is able to contribute to debates in the legislature due to one of its members winning a seat at a by-election. However, players may collectively improvise arrangements of their own to provide a satisfying explanation for how parties with no seats in the legislature can speak and vote there. |
| Random quote: "We are told that this is an odious and unpopular tax. I never knew a tax that was not odious and unpopular with the people who paid it." - John Sherman |