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Bill: Appropriation for GM-foodstock subsidy
Details
Submitted by[?]: Party of the Terravore
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: December 2611
Description[?]:
| High-tech research in genetically modified agricultural products will eliminate the need to use chemical-based primitive methods to boost productivity of the agriculture. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning genetically modified (GM) crops.
Old value:: All activities related to production, selling or researching of GM crops are banned.
Current: All activities related to production, selling or researching of GM crops are allowed.
Proposed: All activities related to production, selling or researching of GM crops are allowed.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 04:28:50, July 25, 2008 CET | From | Conservative Liberalism Party | To | Debating the Appropriation for GM-foodstock subsidy |
| Message | Agreed. |
| Date | 05:32:46, July 25, 2008 CET | From | Socialist Party of Aldegar | To | Debating the Appropriation for GM-foodstock subsidy |
| Message | We agree. |
| Date | 06:20:06, July 25, 2008 CET | From | Green Party of Aldegar | To | Debating the Appropriation for GM-foodstock subsidy |
| Message | GM food, as of now is still uncertain and could pose risks to the biosecurity of Aldegarians. And the idea of genetically modifying plants and animals to suit certain expectations of taste and quantity is a horrific intervention to the natural process and a bourgeois approach to technology! |
| Date | 06:42:50, July 25, 2008 CET | From | Conservative Liberalism Party | To | Debating the Appropriation for GM-foodstock subsidy |
| Message | Bah. Hippie. |
| Date | 08:30:18, July 25, 2008 CET | From | Federation Aldegarian Party | To | Debating the Appropriation for GM-foodstock subsidy |
| Message | More food on the table, why not? |
| Date | 08:33:48, July 25, 2008 CET | From | Green Party of Aldegar | To | Debating the Appropriation for GM-foodstock subsidy |
| Message | More food on the table is good. But we want more HEALTHY food on the table! We do not want to see more people with genetic diseases just because they have more food on the table! |
| Date | 10:26:44, July 25, 2008 CET | From | Party of the Terravore | To | Debating the Appropriation for GM-foodstock subsidy |
| Message | The Progressive Left Party is not being progessive at all in their argument. And you are not being scientifically sensible at all. First off, all genetic material will not survive the acid in our stomachs. Else, we'll be having chicken wings growing in our armpits. And then, that's why we are proposing RESEARCH as well as commerce. Our industry want healthy, productive consumers in order to pay for our healthy products. I shall proceed to the voting stage. |
| Date | 11:50:27, July 25, 2008 CET | From | Green Party of Aldegar | To | Debating the Appropriation for GM-foodstock subsidy |
| Message | Diners, seems like you need to brush up on biology. The genetic materials themselves are broken down by the acid in our stomach, but the traits caused by them are not. Secondly, only extremely nonchalant and uninformed people think that by eating animal parts we grow them. Humans and animals have different chromosomes! |
| Date | 23:55:22, July 25, 2008 CET | From | Party of the Terravore | To | Debating the Appropriation for GM-foodstock subsidy |
| Message | Well precisely what i mean! However enormous your chicken looks, it will still be healthy protein you feast on! |
| Date | 07:39:06, July 26, 2008 CET | From | Green Party of Aldegar | To | Debating the Appropriation for GM-foodstock subsidy |
| Message | There are differences between the genetic materials modified (DNA, RNA) and the changes in the traits of the organism the modification causes. Changes to the DNA and RNA of a hen, for example, will not affect our bDNAs per se. However, the changes in the physical characteristics of the hen has a great potential of doing our body a lot of harm whilst providing our barbarian mouths and stomachs something to stop them from making unnecessary voices and sounds! So the real question is not about should we promote GM food. It is about whether our lives depend on the whole of our bodies, or just our mouths and stomachs. We would not be surprised if Diners opt for the latter choice, as it is self-evident in their name. |
| Date | 08:25:46, July 26, 2008 CET | From | Federation Aldegarian Party | To | Debating the Appropriation for GM-foodstock subsidy |
| Message | You are being conservative after all. |
| Date | 08:58:29, July 26, 2008 CET | From | Green Party of Aldegar | To | Debating the Appropriation for GM-foodstock subsidy |
| Message | Oh, so meritocracy is judged on the basis of the stomach?? Forgive us for believing it is based on the brain. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 145 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 605 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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