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Bill: Vulnerable People Protection
Details
Submitted by[?]: Revival 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 2116
Description[?]:
| We propose to imlpement legislation that will protect the most vulnerable elements of society from the evil of gambling without undue harm to the economy: Therefore we propose: (2) That gambling is left to local governments. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The right to gamble.
Old value:: Gambling is legal, but only in private homes and casinos with special licences.
Current: Gambling is illegal.
Proposed: The legality of gambling is a matter of local governments.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 01:46:32, September 24, 2005 CET | From | Tudeh Party of Quanzar | To | Debating the Vulnerable People Protection |
| Message | That's a bit harsh and certainly a massive inhibition on civil liberties. The key is regulation and education rather than outright interdiction. |
| Date | 05:19:40, September 24, 2005 CET | From | NeoSocialist Party | To | Debating the Vulnerable People Protection |
| Message | Prohibiting Alchol will just make the people you want to protect more and more vulnerable. Alcohol will be illegally distilled and will be harmful for the health of the consumers. Prohibitionism just help organized crime. |
| Date | 22:05:00, September 24, 2005 CET | From | Revival Party | To | Debating the Vulnerable People Protection |
| Message | This is not the case where the law is implemented effectively. We are aware that some countries are unable to carry out these laws without creating a criminal underclass but others have implemented this law very effectively. Would I have support for devolving this into local government? In this way we'll allow those areas that are more conservative to outlaw aspects they want without harming the economies of those places that need it? |
| Date | 12:16:45, September 25, 2005 CET | From | Revival Party | To | Debating the Vulnerable People Protection |
| Message | We've changed it so that the gambling is left to local governments and that alcohol is banned, do we have support for this? |
| Date | 12:59:46, September 25, 2005 CET | From | Tudeh Party of Quanzar | To | Debating the Vulnerable People Protection |
| Message | No. People will continue to drink alcohol. Firstly, there will be mass panic buying of alcohol and when those supplies run out people will begin to be illegally distilled, as has been mentioned above. With regulations placed on the alcohol trade, we can ensure that we know just what is being sold and drunk. And we can also tax it. |
| Date | 17:46:35, September 25, 2005 CET | From | Revival Party | To | Debating the Vulnerable People Protection |
| Message | I utterly disagree but would the bill have support if the alcohol proposal was struck off to be dealt with at a later date? |
| Date | 18:40:35, September 25, 2005 CET | From | Tudeh Party of Quanzar | To | Debating the Vulnerable People Protection |
| Message | I suppose so. (OOC: Good negotiating) |
| Date | 02:39:49, September 26, 2005 CET | From | NeoSocialist Party | To | Debating the Vulnerable People Protection |
| Message | I agree |
| Date | 20:01:53, September 26, 2005 CET | From | Free Thought Federation | To | Debating the Vulnerable People Protection |
| Message | We will vote against the murderers of the Tudeh party at every opportunity |
| Date | 23:23:03, September 26, 2005 CET | From | Revival Party | To | Debating the Vulnerable People Protection |
| Message | We are saddened that you'd put petty party politics before looking after the people you claim to represent. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 115 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 60 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 76 |
| Random fact: Submitting a bill without any proposals in it will not attract or detract voters. It will not raise your visibility or change your political position. |
| Random quote: "I got nothing against no Viet Cong. No Vietnamese ever called me a nigger." - Muhammad Ali, 1967, refusing to fight in Vietnam |