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Bill: Freedom of the Press Act

Details

Submitted by[?]: Traditional Conservative 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: July 2610

Description[?]:

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Proposals

Debate

These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:

Date22:25:02, July 21, 2008 CET
FromCommonwealth Workers Army
ToDebating the Freedom of the Press Act
MessageEven proven falsehoods? We detect hypocrisy in the wannabe-conservatives camp.

Date15:33:57, July 22, 2008 CET
FromTraditional Conservative Party
ToDebating the Freedom of the Press Act
MessageYou obviously don't have a very good sense of humor. And secondly, we are not hypocritic in any way. If somebody wants to believe something that is proven wrong, they should be allowed to under the law, its called freedom of thought, and they should be allowed to express it, freedom of expression. You sir, are a moron.

Date15:40:39, July 22, 2008 CET
FromPwnada republic party
ToDebating the Freedom of the Press Act
MessageThe problem with this is the slander. Some people would use it to speak their mind, others to use it for propaganda and lies. I think saying anything may be said as long as it is true and not slandering others.

Date18:19:40, July 22, 2008 CET
FromSpenocratic Party
ToDebating the Freedom of the Press Act
MessageWe can't just shut our people up because something is politically correct or offensive. As for telling proven falsehoods, I don't want the g-o-v-t telling me what is real and false. I'm sure all of the new parties would agree with that. for example OOC: people have the right to deny the holocaust, despite sounding really stupid. In Iran, if they banned "falsehoods" no one would be allowed to say the holocaust really did happen, and just becuase their govt claims it didnt happen and is a false story.

Date18:27:06, July 22, 2008 CET
FromCommonwealth Workers Army
ToDebating the Freedom of the Press Act
MessageOOC: We're still having this 'in-character' problem here, TCP. "You... are a moron" is (sounds like?) an attack againt a player, not a party.

Date18:55:34, July 22, 2008 CET
FromCommonwealth Workers Army
ToDebating the Freedom of the Press Act
MessageThe spenocrats confuse 'falsehood' with 'official version'. Just because the government says it, doesn't make it ture - that's why you have to provide evidence.

There's no logic to allowing people to print claims that are untrue - you'll just confuse people who don't have access to the facts, or who are easily convinced.

OOC: Out-of-character example: a lot of US citizens believe Obama is a muslim, and that he was sworn into office on a Koran - because those rumours have circulated widely, and few people feel the need to check their ownf facts. Indeed, a lot of people don't WANT to check.

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