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Bill: NIP - State owned Media
Details
Submitted by[?]: National Imperial 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: November 2551
Description[?]:
| In order to keep the reputation of the Government the state must at least subsidise and control some media within the Country. And Regulations must be in place to protect the Children of the Nation. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Radio stations.
Old value:: All radio stations are private.
Current: The government subsidises a national radio station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised radio stations are allowed.
Proposed: All radio stations are owned by independent non-profit-making cooperatives which are subsidised by the government.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Television stations.
Old value:: All television media are private.
Current: The government subsidises a national TV station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised TV stations are allowed.
Proposed: All TV stations are owned by independent non-profit-making cooperatives which are subsidised by the government.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The time at which sexually explicit content may be shown on broadcast television (if allowed).
Old value:: Sexually explicit content may be shown all day long.
Current: Sexually explicit content or nudity may only be shown during hours that very few children watch television
Proposed: Sexually explicit content or nudity may only be shown during hours that very few children watch television
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 16:10:19, March 25, 2008 CET | From | Peoples' Fist Party | To | Debating the NIP - State owned Media |
| Message | We agree with everything except the sexually explicit content. |
| Date | 00:24:48, March 26, 2008 CET | From | Democratic Socialist Party | To | Debating the NIP - State owned Media |
| Message | Desite our leftist views on most issues, we believe television should be private. |
| Date | 00:30:28, March 26, 2008 CET | From | Democratic Socialist Party | To | Debating the NIP - State owned Media |
| Message | Don't vote yes on this. Once the NIP gets in power, television will be made into a propaganda machine. |
| Date | 00:52:30, March 26, 2008 CET | From | Totalitarian Capitalist Party | To | Debating the NIP - State owned Media |
| Message | Having thought long and hard about it, this is against our laissez-faire policies, so we're going to vote no unfortunately. |
| Date | 06:58:28, March 26, 2008 CET | From | Liberation Federation | To | Debating the NIP - State owned Media |
| Message | Business is none of the government's business |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 171 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 129 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Cultural Protocol bills must provide a real-life equivalent or short description for the ethnic groups, languages and religions contained in them, such that it would be easy for an unfamiliar player to understand (e.g. "Dundorfian = German"). Where appropriate, they should also provide guidance to players on where to find help with translations and character names. This might include, for example, links to Google Translate, Behind the Name's Random Name Generator and Fantasy Name Generators. |
| Random quote: "The only stable state is the one in which all men are equal before the law." - Aristotle |