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Bill: Patriot Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: The Liberal Party
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: February 2594
Description[?]:
This bill will: 1) Make it illegal to desecrate or dishonour our national flag. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change National policy regarding the desecration of the national flag.
Old value:: There are no regulations regarding the desecration or use of the national flag.
Current: The national flag may not be desecrated or dishonoured.
Proposed: The national flag may not be desecrated or dishonoured.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 13:56:21, June 18, 2008 CET | From | Republican Party of Lodamun | To | Debating the Patriot Act |
Message | "It's the soldier who serves under the flag, for the protestors right to burn the flag" We do not support this, as it's about freedom. We believe freedom of speech should not be regulated. |
Date | 19:59:36, June 18, 2008 CET | From | The Liberal Party | To | Debating the Patriot Act |
Message | This is about patriotism. There is no need to burn our flag to get your point across. |
Date | 22:40:42, June 18, 2008 CET | From | Lodamun Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Patriot Act |
Message | Its a attack on the freedom of speech since burning flag is a way of expressing yourself OOC: In Norway we actually have a court ruling who defined that. A comedian burned the flag on tv but the courts found that this was a expression protected by the freedom of speech. |
Date | 00:40:14, June 19, 2008 CET | From | The Liberal Party | To | Debating the Patriot Act |
Message | You don't need to burn a flag to express your discontent with the government. OOC: You do that on TV in the U.S. and you get fired most likely. |
Date | 15:09:29, June 19, 2008 CET | From | Republican Party of Lodamun | To | Debating the Patriot Act |
Message | OOC: Well, in Norway we don't care about our country. If a terrorist act was done to us, in our capitol city. Norwegians would never rush to help. On 9/11, Americans rushed to help at once. Americans are patriots. |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | |||||
yes |
Total Seats: 32 | |||||
no |
Total Seats: 109 | |||||
abstain | Total Seats: 9 |
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