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Bill: Torture allowment
Details
Submitted by[?]: Neoliberal Party
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: July 2477
Description[?]:
| I'm not saying that this is good, it's inhuman and evil. However, think about this situation: a bomb is hidden somewhere in the capital city. The terrorist who planted the bomb has been arrested, but he refuces to tell where the bomb is. In this situation torture might be the only option to save innocent lives. And can you honestly feel sorry for this man? It's not like we're going to torture shoplifters or something like that. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The use of torture for obtaining information.
Old value:: Torture is never allowed.
Current: It is at the discretion of the police officer to torture suspects for information.
Proposed: Suspects can only be tortured under grave emergencies where the information is vital.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:15:12, October 27, 2007 CET | From | Social Democratic Party | To | Debating the Torture allowment |
| Message | "Grave emergencies" is a term that is easily able to be tossed around. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 57 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 66 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 158 |
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| Random quote: "It is the hallmark of great society to debate and disagree without resorting to violence." - Mathew Jameson, former Hutorian politician |