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Bill: Life Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: National Movement for Civic Democracy
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: May 2598
Description[?]:
| We shall not kill our own citizens. Studies have shown that 75% of people wanting euthenasia are clinically depressed. Whether you believe in God or not, Biologically, we are not supposed to die before we die. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The right to euthanasia.
Old value:: Euthanasia is allowed with consent from the patient and the treating doctor.
Current: Euthanasia is allowed with consent from the patient and the treating doctor.
Proposed: Euthanasia is illegal and considered murder.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:16:33, June 26, 2008 CET | From | Sons of Liberty | To | Debating the Life Act |
| Message | Clinically depressed or not, why should someone not be allowed to have this choice? Why should people slowly dying of cancer have to "wait it out?" People can be in a state where they know they will die from their illness or condition, and be in constant miserable pain. Why should we force them to feel this pain for possibly years? |
| Date | 20:16:26, June 26, 2008 CET | From | Social-Democratic Party | To | Debating the Life Act |
| Message | We completely agree with the Libertarian Party on this issue. |
| Date | 06:43:33, June 27, 2008 CET | From | Dranland First Party (CC) | To | Debating the Life Act |
| Message | "Why should someone not be allowed to have this choice?" Because it is far too great and important a decision to be made by anyone in that state of mind. In fact, it is a decision that is far too great and important to be made by anyone, in any circumstance, as the very nature of the decision is that the decision-maker will be in an extremely emotional state in such dire circumstances that they are contemplating whether to live or die. This decision is such that it can never be made with sound mind. Human life transcends our normal human jurisdiction - it is an entity that we cannot directly control, but can only prolong. Life is not created by man - why should he have the capacity to take it away? Surely, the freedom to choose can only be so extensive without being completely destructive to individuals and to society - it is no one's right to 'choose' to murder someone else without being charged with murder, nor is it one's right to 'choose' to rape someone if they believe it is the right thing to do. Likewise, it should not be anyone's choice as to whether or not their own or their loved one's life should be prematurely terminated, by direct intervention into the most natural process on the face of this planet - the cycle of life. The Family and Tradition Party thoroughly supports the measures proposed in this legislation. We favour palliative care for terminally ill patients, so that they may live out the rest of their lives naturally, in a comfortable environment, and with dignity. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 105 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 160 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: "OOC", "IC" and "IG" are commonly-used acronyms in Particracy. "OOC" refers to comments, discussions and actions which are out-of-character, meaning they are done player-to-player rather than party-to-party. "IC" refers to in-character interactions (ie. party-to-party). Similarly, "IG" means in-game, although this term may also simply refer to what happens in the actual game interface, as opposed to on the forum or elsewhere. "RP" just means "role-play". |
| Random quote: "A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic." - Josef Stalin |