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Bill: Natonal Military Re-adjustment Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Noordelijk Bevrijding Front
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 2486
Description[?]:
| Redressing the imbalance of international relations. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the use of chemical and biological weaponry in warfare.
Old value:: The nation shall never use chemical or biological weaponry in warfare.
Current: The nation shall never use chemical or biological weaponry in warfare.
Proposed: The nation shall never use chemical or biological weapons in warfare unless another nation uses them first.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The nation's defence industry.
Old value:: Defence industries are privately owned but subsidised by the state.
Current: Defence industries are privately owned but subsidised by the state.
Proposed: The state owns national defence industries but these exist alongside privately owned defence industries.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:48:48, November 11, 2007 CET | From | Technocratic Nationalist Party | To | Debating the Natonal Military Re-adjustment Act |
| Message | We object to Article 2. |
| Date | 23:46:22, November 11, 2007 CET | From | Noordelijk Bevrijding Front | To | Debating the Natonal Military Re-adjustment Act |
| Message | You object to this nations right tod efends its people on an equal fotting after first positioning ourselves on the moral high ground and giving no ideological reason to attack us first? |
| Date | 00:41:44, November 12, 2007 CET | From | Technocratic Nationalist Party | To | Debating the Natonal Military Re-adjustment Act |
| Message | OOC: You know, I have no idea how this happened, but I thought that Article 2 was the one about nationalizing defense industries. Everyone should know by now that the TNP has no problem with weapons of mass destruction. Anyway, just assume that the TNP was referring to Article 1. |
| Date | 10:46:44, November 12, 2007 CET | From | Technocratic Nationalist Party | To | Debating the Natonal Military Re-adjustment Act |
| Message | OOC: And now they've reverted to their previous state. I give up. |
| Date | 20:42:49, November 13, 2007 CET | From | Dorvish Popular Front | To | Debating the Natonal Military Re-adjustment Act |
| Message | ooc - article 2 is the WMD one on mine :-S |
| Date | 22:55:13, November 13, 2007 CET | From | Dorvik Socialist Party | To | Debating the Natonal Military Re-adjustment Act |
| Message | Article 2 is unacceptable. |
| Date | 02:39:52, November 14, 2007 CET | From | Supreme Party of the Republic | To | Debating the Natonal Military Re-adjustment Act |
| Message | If the DUAS (VF) wants to have a Country where the State is blood-sucking parasite which controls every aspect of the people's lives it's no problem, we will just not allow them to do so. This bill will not have our support. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 162 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 337 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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| Random quote: "The word 'politics' is derived from the word 'poly', meaning 'many', and the word 'ticks', meaning 'blood sucking parasites.'" - Larry Hardiman |