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Bill: Chemical and Biological Warfare Defense Act, 2103
Details
Submitted by[?]: Corporate Raider Party
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: August 2107
Description[?]:
| As the nation is pledged to no first use of chemical or biological weapons, and as other nations are actively developing such weaponry, we are at a defensive disadvantage as we have banned our own development of said weapons. In order to bring our defensive polices into agreement, passage of this measure would allow the Government to research and develop technologies to protect both civillians and military personnell from a chemical or biological attack. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning biological and chemical weaponry.
Old value:: The nation shall never develop, purchase or store biological or chemical weaponry.
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.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:29:27, September 02, 2005 CET |
From | Social Dynamist Party | To | Debating the Chemical and Biological Warfare Defense Act, 2103 | | Message | "We already fund education at all levels."
Not particularly well.
"As we have pledged not to use nukes unless attacked first with nukes, they would not be a deterrent against a chem/bio attack."
The SDP would support a motion such that large-scale chemical and biological attacks (i.e. not necessarily assassinations) are to be considered nuclear weapons for the purposes deterrent.
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| Date | 10:05:13, September 04, 2005 CET |
From | Corporate Raider Party | To | Debating the Chemical and Biological Warfare Defense Act, 2103 | | Message | PP, we have conventional forces, to repel conventional attacks. We have nuclear weapons to deter a nuclear attack. We don't have chem/bio weapons to deter an attack, nor do we allow any research to allow said resaerch to protect our citizenry. We are vulnerable. While the SDP's proposal is elegant in it's simplicity, a full scale nuclear war in response to chem/bio weapons is not the answer. As the Council seems opposed to our developing said weaponry, I'm changing the bill to a research only measure. I hpe a majority can at least stand up for protecting our citizens. |
| Date | 23:09:18, September 05, 2005 CET |
From | Social Dynamist Party | To | Debating the Chemical and Biological Warfare Defense Act, 2103 | | Message | "a full scale nuclear war in response to chem/bio weapons is not the answer"
We are not proposing a nuclear war, we are proposing a deterrent. A nuclear deterrent does not deter any less than a chemical/biological deterrent.
e.g. the claim "Why should our citizens not be protected from a chem/bio attack, even if we were to respond by nuking the attackers, PP?" makes no more sense than "Why should our citizens not be protected from a chem/bio attack, even if we were to respond by gassing/enervating the attackers, CRP?" - a chemical/biological deterrent does not protect in the slightest, nor does a nuclear deterrent: they only deter - and the latter more so than the former. |
| Date | 01:26:26, September 06, 2005 CET |
From | Corporate Raider Party | To | Debating the Chemical and Biological Warfare Defense Act, 2103 | | Message | Fine, SDP. Your point is well taken. Though I disagree with you in principle, I have removed the provision which allowed our development, manufacture, purchase and storage of said weapons. I've changed the measure to now allow only for the development of technologies to protect the people against a chem/bio attack. Surely you can support that? |
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Seats |
| yes | Total Seats: 239 |
| no | Total Seats: 60 |
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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