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Bill: Viable Defence Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Söhne der Freiheit
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: March 2105
Description[?]:
| WHEREAS, the international threat of the Socialist Commonwealth of New Endralon has liberal policies concerning the use of nuclear weaponry, RECOGNISING, their disdain for international opinion and the democratic process, and both the Kingdom of Likatonia and Endralonian Empire in particular, REALISING, the most secure policy would be to liberalise our own nuclear policies, ALSO REALISING, that this bill will free our hands against future potential enemies as well. ALLOWS the GOVERNMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF LIKATONIA to deploy nuclear weapons at its own discretion. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the use of nuclear weaponry in warfare.
Old value:: The nation shall never use nuclear weapons in warfare unless another nation uses them first.
Current: The nation reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in retaliation to any attack.
Proposed: The nation reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in warfare for any reason.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 05:09:18, August 30, 2005 CET | From | Söhne der Freiheit | To | Debating the Viable Defence Act |
| Message | New Endralon has allowed the unconditional use of nuclear weapons for any reason. With this attitude, it would help for our own policy of the very same nature. It will help to ensure that they will not use them against us, because we do not have to wait to receive such a strike or to verify that it is currently taking place. |
| Date | 12:02:47, August 30, 2005 CET | From | Conservative Liberal Party | To | Debating the Viable Defence Act |
| Message | We are sympathetic to this bill. The Socialists of Endralon should not be allowed to threaten us. |
| Date | 17:27:03, August 30, 2005 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the Viable Defence Act |
| Message | Response to the CCU: Although the AAP are a (generally) peaceful movement, the threat to our national security cannot, and SHOULD not be ignored. The AAP representative has been authorised to extend cautious support for this bill. |
| Date | 08:08:30, August 31, 2005 CET | From | Right Wing Liberals Party | To | Debating the Viable Defence Act |
| Message | God No! |
| Date | 15:55:31, August 31, 2005 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the Viable Defence Act |
| Message | As commentary to the RWLP, in support of this bill: there are currently risks to our sovereignty that suggest we MAY need to defend ourselves - perhaps even pre-emptively. Also - just because the Likatonian government CAN authorise nuclear weapons, it does not automatically follow that they WILL. Thank you for your consideration. |
| Date | 22:19:07, August 31, 2005 CET | From | Liberal Party for Equality | To | Debating the Viable Defence Act |
| Message | I cannot express my frustration at the proposition and support for this bill. Pre emptive defense does not exist. That is offence, and nothing else. There is no situation in which I can consider it morally right to employ nuclear weapons, even in retalliation, considering the torturous pain and loss of innocent life that ensues, not to mention environmental damage. However, posessing nuclear arms for defensive reasons is understandable to me, if not acceptable. This is not at all understandable, as not only will it demonstrate to New Endralon that we feel threatened it will also appear as a threat to other nations. How do we know that this policy was not taken up by them for similar reasons as those you are proposing now? Don't let our country become part of an international nuclear panic wave - if we don't get involved we will be safer in the long run. |
| Date | 01:56:14, September 02, 2005 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the Viable Defence Act |
| Message | The AAP happily extends our support to the CCU in these troubled times... for the good of all Likatonians. |
| Date | 12:14:50, September 02, 2005 CET | From | Right Wing Liberals Party | To | Debating the Viable Defence Act |
| Message | We will never condone a pre-emptive nuclear attack on anyone. |
| Date | 12:15:26, September 02, 2005 CET | From | Right Wing Liberals Party | To | Debating the Viable Defence Act |
| Message | unless of course they had used one on us in a previous conflict. |
| Date | 21:39:46, September 02, 2005 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the Viable Defence Act |
| Message | Response to the RWLP: The AAP sides with the RWLP that pre-emptive nuclear strikes are undesirable, but we also accept that the Bill just allows the Likatonian military the OPTION of using nuclear weapons. It doesn't make it compulsary. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 36 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 48 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 131 |
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