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Bill: No to censorship
Details
Submitted by[?]: Parti de Garde Royales
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: December 2499
Description[?]:
| A free Republic means a free media. Sen. Vextana Xinto |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding regulation of media content.
Old value:: There are laws against the publication of false information; everything else may be published freely.
Current: There are laws against the publication of false information and hate speech.
Proposed: There are no content regulations; the media may publish anything, even proven falsehoods.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 17:57:50, December 10, 2007 CET | From | Parti de Garde Royales | To | Debating the No to censorship |
| Message | This is possible since we have libel laws. Sen. Mixtinia Xqaque |
| Date | 18:50:31, December 10, 2007 CET | From | National Atheist Party | To | Debating the No to censorship |
| Message | No! We do not want to lie to the people. They could have a news article about the cost of trips to the moon. We would have a bunch of angry protesters demanding that the government allow one Franc trips to the moon! |
| Date | 19:10:40, December 10, 2007 CET | From | People's Anarchist Union | To | Debating the No to censorship |
| Message | We support this. Let the People do what the People do. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 169 | |||||||
| no | Total Seats: 31 | |||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Hundreds of vessels were lost while traversing the cold waters of the Sea of Lost Souls. It is located between Seleya and Majatra. |
| Random quote: "The one bonus of not lifting the ban on gays in the military is that the next time the government mandates a draft we can all declare homosexuality instead of running off to Canada." - Lorne Bloch |