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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
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding regulation of media content.
Old value:: There are laws against the publication of false information, hate speech, and subversive anti-government material.
Current: There are laws against the publication of false information and hate speech.
Proposed: There are no content regulations; the media may publish anything, even proven falsehoods.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:25:02, July 21, 2008 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the Freedom of the Press Act |
| Message | Even proven falsehoods? We detect hypocrisy in the wannabe-conservatives camp. |
| Date | 15:33:57, July 22, 2008 CET | From | Traditional Conservative Party | To | Debating the Freedom of the Press Act |
| Message | You 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. |
| Date | 15:40:39, July 22, 2008 CET | From | Pwnada republic party | To | Debating the Freedom of the Press Act |
| Message | The 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. |
| Date | 18:19:40, July 22, 2008 CET | From | Spenocratic Party | To | Debating the Freedom of the Press Act |
| Message | We 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. |
| Date | 18:27:06, July 22, 2008 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the Freedom of the Press Act |
| Message | OOC: 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. |
| Date | 18:55:34, July 22, 2008 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the Freedom of the Press Act |
| Message | The 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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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 149 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 517 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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