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Bill: POW's
Details
Submitted by[?]: Democratic 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: November 2500
Description[?]:
| We move for the following |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the treatment of prisoners of war.
Old value:: Prisoners of war must be treated well, according to internationally-accepted standards.
Current: Prisoners of war must be treated well, according to internationally-accepted standards.
Proposed: Prisoners of war are treated according to the national laws of the captor power.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 14:53:52, December 12, 2007 CET | From |  Saiserist League | To | Debating the POW's |
| Message | "In short, this is barbaric and regressive, and intolerable. Now is not the time to backpedal on an issue that will slow our nation's progress. We can currently say without a shred of a lie that Zardugal is an enlightened nation, we should not jeopardize that." -Natasha Danielovich Feterokov, Undersecretary of the Revolutionary Socialist Party |
| Date | 20:27:02, December 12, 2007 CET | From | Irish Party | To | Debating the POW's |
| Message | OOC: Could we get clarification on what this actually means? A bit confused about the wording of the actual bill.... |
| Date | 03:26:08, December 13, 2007 CET | From | Liberty Party | To | Debating the POW's |
| Message | OOC: We treat POW's the way the international community wants us too. This bill will allow us to treat POW's the way the enemy treats ours. "This would allow for tin pot dictator's to get a bit of their own medicine, and encourage the humane treatment of POW's globally through MAD." ~John Cambel, Shadow Defense Minister |
| Date | 06:41:59, December 13, 2007 CET | From | Democratic Party | To | Debating the POW's |
| Message | OOC: What does OOC mean? |
| Date | 14:12:18, December 13, 2007 CET | From | Konservativa Respublikano Parti | To | Debating the POW's |
| Message | Out of context |
| Date | 17:36:53, December 13, 2007 CET | From | Irish Party | To | Debating the POW's |
| Message | The Irish Party doesn't think that "giving them a bit of their own medicine" is the right mentality. The whole point is that we are supposed to be better than them. |
| Date | 07:30:39, December 14, 2007 CET | From | Liberty Party | To | Debating the POW's |
| Message | OOC: Out Of Character, actually. IC stands for In Character IC "Spending precious resources on POW conditions, dictated by the international community whilst the enemy tortures and kills our captured troops is hardly the right mentality. In times of war, we cannot afford to be humanitarian." ~John Cambel |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 184 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 217 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
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