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Bill: Freedom of Expression
Details
Submitted by[?]: Conservative Party
Status[?]: passed
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: April 2614
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy on advertising
Old value:: Only advertising that meets certain set standards is permitted.
Current: All advertising is permitted.
Proposed: All advertising is permitted.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 08:39:28, July 30, 2008 CET | From | Plowshare Collective | To | Debating the Freedom of Expression |
| Message | advertising isn't "expression", it's brainwashing. |
| Date | 12:01:35, July 30, 2008 CET | From | Republican Patriciate Coalition | To | Debating the Freedom of Expression |
| Message | How? |
| Date | 00:56:56, August 01, 2008 CET | From | Plowshare Collective | To | Debating the Freedom of Expression |
| Message | there's evidence that clearly coorelates exposure to western, (primarily american), advertising with the higher prevalence of psychological disorders, for example bulimia and anorexia. widespread propaganda has clear negative effects that go far enough to cause self-injury on those unable to conform to ridiculous advertising ideals - ideals that are created with the aim of being unattainable and necessitating a product. |
| Date | 09:35:55, August 02, 2008 CET | From | Republican Patriciate Coalition | To | Debating the Freedom of Expression |
| Message | Things like Bulemia and Anorexia increace in a positive correlation with the ideals presented by female role-models, not advertising. Attributing things to be more common in the west, particuarily America, is simply attributing them to be more common in a capitalist society, and it is very difficult to then claim advertising has an effect above all else |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 357 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 301 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 57 |
| Random fact: References to prominent real-life persons are not allowed. This includes references to philosophies featuring the name of a real-life person (eg. "Marxism", "Thatcherism", "Keynesianism"). |
| Random quote: "Those looking for ideology in the White House should consider this: for the men who rule our world, rules are for other people." - Naomi Klein |