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Bill: Citizens Media Protection
Details
Submitted by[?]: Fascist Alliance Ikradon
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: March 2616
Description[?]:
| Another change in our position, due to our new leadership. Let us protect our citizens from the outside world. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy with respect to the death penalty.
Old value:: The death penalty is illegal and is never to be applied.
Current: The death penalty is not applied, except for terrorism, treason and crimes against mankind.
Proposed: The death penalty is not applied, except for terrorism, treason and crimes against mankind.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding regulation of media content.
Old value:: There are laws against the publication of false information; everything else may be published freely.
Current: There are laws against the publication of false information; everything else may be published freely.
Proposed: It is forbidden to criticize the government, or publish any material that the government does not approve of.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change International media content regulation.
Old value:: International media content undergoes the same regulation as domestic media content.
Current: International media content undergoes the same regulation as domestic media content.
Proposed: International media content is heavily censored for political purposes.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government regulation of the viewing of movies.
Old value:: The viewing of movies is not regulated by the government.
Current: The government sets a range of standards (to be determined) but these only apply to movie theaters.
Proposed: Only government approved movies are allowed to be viewed.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Singing the national anthem in schools.
Old value:: Children are never made to sing the national anthem.
Current: Children are only made to sing the national anthem on special occasions.
Proposed: Children are made to sing the national anthem at the commencement of school each day.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 01:34:45, August 03, 2008 CET | From |  Iqembu Sokusebenzisana Yeningi | To | Debating the Citizens Media Protection |
| Message | Protect the citizens? This bill does anything but. It is a first step to a totalitarian regime of terror. |
| Date | 01:54:06, August 03, 2008 CET | From | Fascist Alliance Ikradon | To | Debating the Citizens Media Protection |
| Message | OOC: I was going for your typical regime excuse. If there was a better argument, I would probably use it. |
| Date | 02:04:40, August 03, 2008 CET | From | Iqembu Sokusebenzisana Yeningi | To | Debating the Citizens Media Protection |
| Message | OOC: Sorry if I seemed to be overnegative. My party follows the general strain of libertarian-socialist thought, similar to Chomsky, so of course we'd oppose this. |
| Date | 16:07:50, August 03, 2008 CET | From | Bolsheviks | To | Debating the Citizens Media Protection |
| Message | i like these plans these citzens need protecing and we need create partonism in our state |
| Date | 16:14:15, August 03, 2008 CET | From | Fascist Alliance Ikradon | To | Debating the Citizens Media Protection |
| Message | OOC: So the CCC is like me in real life? |
| Date | 16:19:30, August 03, 2008 CET | From | Fascist Alliance Ikradon | To | Debating the Citizens Media Protection |
| Message | Thanks for your support. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 595 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: The players in a nation have a collective responsibility to prevent confusion by ensuring unofficial or outdated bills labelled as "Cultural Protocols" are removed from their nation page. |
| Random quote: "A liberal is a man or a woman or a child who looks forward to a better day, a more tranquil night, and a bright, infinite future." - Leonard Bernstein |