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Bill: Pacifist Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: New Liberal 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: June 2498
Description[?]:
| We need to promote pacifism! Therefore, some old acts should be changed, so that we will be an example for all nations! |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning biological and chemical weaponry.
Old value:: The nation reserves the right to develop, construct and store biological and chemical weapons.
Current: The nation reserves the right to develop, construct and store biological and chemical weapons.
Proposed: The nation shall never purchase, produce, or store biological or chemical weaponry, for military purposes. Research and development of the technology is permitted.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the use of nuclear weaponry in warfare.
Old value:: The nation reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in warfare for any reason.
Current: The nation reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in warfare for any reason.
Proposed: The nation shall never use nuclear weapons in warfare unless another nation uses them first.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 11:09:56, December 06, 2007 CET | From |  Nrzi Prta (Democratic Party) | To | Debating the Pacifist Act |
| Message | We are totally aganist this bill that will ripped off our defence and destroy our military forces and we urged all partys in Pontesi to vote aganist it. |
| Date | 16:49:13, December 06, 2007 CET | From | Wessex High Imperial Party | To | Debating the Pacifist Act |
| Message | The UUP believes that it matters not if someone is homosexual in the military. We do, however, support the eradication of nuclear and biological weapons. As written, however, we must vote against this bill. |
| Date | 17:35:34, December 06, 2007 CET | From | New Liberal Party | To | Debating the Pacifist Act |
| Message | OK, we might reconsider the act regarding homosexuality, but we strongly oppose the use of non-conventional weapons in warfare! |
| Date | 17:47:01, December 06, 2007 CET | From | The Hodirak'hi Workers Party | To | Debating the Pacifist Act |
| Message | TGP does and doesnt agree, We like pacifism Butt without biological & Chemical weapons etc we are not maintaning a defence system. This will grow concern among our people. TGP |
| Date | 17:58:47, December 06, 2007 CET | From | National Fascist Revolutionary Party | To | Debating the Pacifist Act |
| Message | we will vote against it |
| Date | 00:03:31, December 07, 2007 CET | From | Social Democratic Party | To | Debating the Pacifist Act |
| Message | The SDP supports all articles except Article 3 which restricts the development of nuclear technology for warfare. We believe it is necessary to the security of the Commonwealth to at least retain the technology. |
| Date | 01:46:36, December 07, 2007 CET | From | Wessex High Imperial Party | To | Debating the Pacifist Act |
| Message | The UUP will now vote in favor of this bill. |
| Date | 15:00:17, December 07, 2007 CET | From | New Liberal Party | To | Debating the Pacifist Act |
| Message | This is the latest version. Maybe having the weapons and using them is not bad, so long they are not used if unprovoked! |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 153 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 189 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 283 |
| Random fact: Real-life organisations should not be referenced in Particracy, unless they are simple and generic (eg. "National Organisation for Women" is allowed). |
| Random quote: "The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority." - Ralph W. Sockman |