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Bill: Advertising Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Spenocratic 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: August 2609
Description[?]:
| This will increase the profits of the companies advertising, and help let citizens know about the market. It is also vital to free speech. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy on advertising
Old value:: Only governmental organisation advertising is permitted.
Current: All advertising is permitted.
Proposed: All advertising is permitted.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:53:18, July 20, 2008 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the Advertising Act |
| Message | Mmmm, spam. Yummy. |
| Date | 20:09:33, July 20, 2008 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the Advertising Act |
| Message | Utter rubbish. Advertising is not a free speech issue, because corporate interests are not guaranteed citizen rights. We prefer a system like the current Likatonian one, where products are promoted or condemned by independent watchdog organisations conducting fieldtesting of the actual goods. No claims that fail to materialise. No false or misleading packaging. Just nonpartisan review of whether or not the product is actually any good at what it aims to be good at. How is corporate advertising BETTER than that? Because - if it isn't - why downgrade our customer service? |
| Date | 20:40:32, July 20, 2008 CET | From | Spenocratic Party | To | Debating the Advertising Act |
| Message | It's hard to down grade from communism. |
| Date | 01:11:42, July 21, 2008 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the Advertising Act |
| Message | In what way? Good customer service is good customer service... capitalist, communist, existentialist, it's no matter. Independent analysis has to be somewhat more reliable than merely respecting the self-made claims of someone desparate to make a sale - and that doesn't change just because of the economic model. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 23 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 52 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Unless otherwise stated, monarchs and their royal houses will be presumed to be owned by the player who introduced the bill appointing them to their position. |
| Random quote: "When women are depressed, they either eat or go shopping. Men invade another country. It's a whole different way of thinking." - Elaine Boosler |