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Bill: GLOCK
Details
Submitted by[?]: Kébé Front
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: April 2517
Description[?]:
| Big Guns... |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning biological and chemical weaponry.
Old value:: The nation shall never purchase, produce, or store biological or chemical weaponry, for military purposes. Research and development of the technology is permitted.
Current: The nation shall never develop, purchase or store biological or chemical weaponry.
Proposed: The nation reserves the right to develop, construct and store biological and chemical weapons.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the use of chemical and biological weaponry in warfare.
Old value:: The nation shall never use chemical or biological weapons in warfare unless another nation uses them first.
Current: The nation shall never use chemical or biological weaponry in warfare.
Proposed: The nation reserves the right to use chemical or biological weapons in warfare for any reason.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Civil defence is the government's policy on providing shelters to be used in the event of attacks on major cities, mainly nuclear attacks and bombing.
Old value:: Every public building is required to feature provisions for civil defence and at least 50% of spaces must be allocated to private citizens.
Current: No new buildings may be constructed unless they feature provisions for civil defence.
Proposed: No new buildings may be constructed unless they feature provisions for civil defence.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Military stance on homosexuality.
Old value:: Open homosexuality is not tolerated in the military. The military has a "don't ask, don't tell" policy.
Current: Homosexuality is allowed in the military.
Proposed: Homosexuality is not tolerated in the military. The military actively seeks to remove homosexuals from it.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Discrimination in the military on grounds of race/religion.
Old value:: Any adult citizen can serve in the military, discrimination for racial or religious reasons is prohibited.
Current: Any adult citizen can serve in the military, discrimination for racial or religious reasons is prohibited.
Proposed: Candidates must be of a certain race/religion to have any place in the military.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The nation's policy on the separation of the police and the military.
Old value:: A civilian police force is in place and the military may be called in to help in serious emergencies.
Current: A civilian police force is in place and the military may be called in to help in serious emergencies.
Proposed: The military acts as a de-facto police force, with powers of arrest.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change National service.
Old value:: All adults upon completion of schooling must serve either a term in the military or a lesser paid term of civilian national service, at their option.
Current: All adults upon completion of schooling must serve either a term in the military or a lesser paid term of civilian national service, at their option.
Proposed: All adults upon completion of schooling must serve a term in the military.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the use of nuclear weaponry in warfare.
Old value:: The nation reserves the right to nuclear weapons in retaliation to a nuclear, chemical or biological attack.
Current: The nation reserves the right to use nuclear weapons on non-civilian areas.
Proposed: The nation reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in retaliation to any attack.
Article 9
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 enslaved.
Article 10
Proposal[?] to change Women in the military.
Old value:: Only women can serve in the military.
Current: Women serve alongside men.
Proposed: Women have no place in the military.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 01:04:29, January 15, 2008 CET | From | Enlightened Cosmic Brotherhood | To | Debating the GLOCK |
| Message | Illogical. The use of nuclear weapons reduces the number of potential slaves and causes far more deaths then it would prevent, thereby making it highly illogical. |
| Date | 19:33:45, January 15, 2008 CET | From | (NWO) IngSoc Revolutionary League | To | Debating the GLOCK |
| Message | Hard times, hard hearts! Death to the Zionists! |
| Date | 05:41:30, January 16, 2008 CET | From | Civil Left-Wing Party of Al'Badara | To | Debating the GLOCK |
| Message | This Bill made me very upset, I mean, I actually share the Human Race with you Gharki League Of Conservative Knights. Sick and twisted. Thank You. |
| Date | 21:57:20, January 16, 2008 CET | From | Kébé Front | To | Debating the GLOCK |
| Message | Such a nice compliment. :) |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 104 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 645 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Culturally Open nations can adopt advisory/non-enforceable Nation Descriptions. See http://forum.particracy.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=6242 |
| Random quote: "I do not believe in the creed professed by the Jewish church, by the Roman church, by the Greek church, by the Turkish church, by the Protestant church, nor by any church that I know of. My own mind is my own church." - Thomas Paine |