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Bill: Flag Protection Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Movement for Democratic Change
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: September 2607
Description[?]:
| This bill is needed to protect our flag from dishonor and desecration. As a symbol of our freedom, it can not be used as a political tool, nor can it be used as a fire starter. |
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 | 19:04:54, July 16, 2008 CET | From | Liberal Progressive Party | To | Debating the Flag Protection Act |
| Message | This is ridiculous. We are a free country, and freedom must include the freedom to dissent. The national flag must remain a symbol of our nation; how can it serve as a symbol of our nation when we put it above any sort of criticism or reproach? |
| Date | 19:10:54, July 16, 2008 CET | From | Movement for Democratic Change | To | Debating the Flag Protection Act |
| Message | Dissent is one thing, desecration and disrespect is another. I highly doubt those who died so that flag could represent our country would disagree. |
| Date | 19:21:39, July 16, 2008 CET | From | Liberal Progressive Party | To | Debating the Flag Protection Act |
| Message | I very much believe they would do so. The men who died for our flag died to protect our freedoms and our liberties as a people against the menaces of fascism and authoritarianism. Such men fought the fascist threat; they died so that we may have the freedom to dissent, the freedom to express ourselves and our views. Liberal Progressives counted many such men among our number. We have no doubt they would disagree with this ultra-nationalist nonsense. |
| Date | 19:54:46, July 16, 2008 CET | From | Kirlawan People's National Congress | To | Debating the Flag Protection Act |
| Message | We support this. |
| Date | 20:02:31, July 16, 2008 CET | From | Movement for Democratic Change | To | Debating the Flag Protection Act |
| Message | So in the LPP's view, the flag is just a piece of cloth? We respecfully disagree. |
| Date | 20:35:19, July 16, 2008 CET | From | Liberal Progressive Party | To | Debating the Flag Protection Act |
| Message | The flag is a symbol of Kirlawa, but it is not some sort of deity. Like any symbol, it should be open to criticism. |
| Date | 22:12:16, July 16, 2008 CET | From | Kirlawan National Party (Leftists) | To | Debating the Flag Protection Act |
| Message | Fascism at its very worst, we shall stand up for the right of the people of Kirlawa to express themeselves and not have to worship our flag. |
| Date | 00:00:43, July 17, 2008 CET | From | Kirlawan People's Justice Party | To | Debating the Flag Protection Act |
| Message | We agree with the MDC and AFP. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 205 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 385 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 127 |
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| Random quote: "God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fools." - John Muir |