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Bill: Tweaked Health Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Kébé Front
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: June 2470
Description[?]:
| Seeing as our previous bill was defeated we have decided to tweak it so as to atleast save out nations from one epidemic. It alos includes a few more proposals. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning who can proceed with adoption; in case adoption is legal.
Old value:: Only heterosexual couples may adopt children.
Current: Only couples may adopt children.
Proposed: Only couples may adopt children.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Protection of original works of technology and arts.
Old value:: Technology and art are part of the commons and are not protected by copyright.
Current: Works of techology and art have limited copy protection.
Proposed: Works of technology and art are protected by copyright.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's stance on vaccinations.
Old value:: The government encourages vaccinations for children, but does not enforce them.
Current: The government encourages vaccinations for children, but does not enforce them.
Proposed: The government mandates vaccination for all children, but parents may opt out for religious or ideological reasons.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 15:30:48, October 13, 2007 CET | From | Enlightened Cosmic Brotherhood | To | Debating the Tweaked Health Bill |
| Message | Third Bill is good, however the second is not. |
| Date | 16:34:33, October 13, 2007 CET | From | Kébé Front | To | Debating the Tweaked Health Bill |
| Message | Please elaborate on how giving artists, and inventors the rights to their own creations is bad? |
| Date | 16:52:52, October 13, 2007 CET | From | Union of Progressive Ulama | To | Debating the Tweaked Health Bill |
| Message | We should look into "creative commons" licensing. Artists should have the right to refuse to allow their paintings to be used in advertising against their will, for instance. On balance, yes. |
| Date | 17:59:16, October 13, 2007 CET | From | Enlightened Cosmic Brotherhood | To | Debating the Tweaked Health Bill |
| Message | They have rights to their own inventions. But once an inventor creates something for the common good, it is in the commons. Say Mr. Akbar invents a machine that cures cancer. He decides he wants lots of money, so he charges $50,000,000 per use. Is this right? He has created a wonderous thing that all of society will benefit from. He deserves recognition and pay. He does not deserve autonomy over it, however. |
| Date | 20:16:41, October 13, 2007 CET | From | People's Communist Party | To | Debating the Tweaked Health Bill |
| Message | The PSP feels there is not much left to add to the DN!'s eloquent explanation. We are, however, concerned that such a wide range of proposals are presented in the same bill. Only the first proposal is really a health matter, and perhaps it would be better if similar proposals were put in their own bills - it would certainly make voting a more clear cut matter and avoid situations like this where parties may support two of the proposals but are particularly opposed to one. |
| Date | 01:38:40, October 14, 2007 CET | From | Al'Badara Republican Party | To | Debating the Tweaked Health Bill |
| Message | I doubt the DN? has ever heard of the patent office where it creates a copyright of the invention for a set amount of years (usually 17 years or so). |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 111 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 99 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 46 |
| 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. |
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