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Bill: Weapons of Mass Destruction
Details
Submitted by[?]: Free Peoples 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: November 2629
Description[?]:
It is very important that we have a strong military, without this we have no way of defending ourselves or of helping smaller nations when they are threatened by more dominant nations. In short it is all about the security of the people of our great republic, we do not want to make war, we only wish to be ready to defend ourselves if it should break out. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning biological and chemical weaponry.
Old value:: The nation shall never develop, purchase or store biological or chemical weaponry.
Current: The nation shall never develop, purchase or store biological or chemical weaponry.
Proposed: The nation reserves the right to develop, construct and store biological and chemical weapons.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the use of chemical and biological weaponry in warfare.
Old value:: The nation shall never use chemical or biological weaponry in warfare.
Current: The nation shall never use chemical or biological weaponry in warfare.
Proposed: The nation can only use chemical or biological weapons on non-civilan areas.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the use of nuclear weaponry in warfare.
Old value:: The nation shall never use nuclear weapons in warfare.
Current: The nation shall never use nuclear weapons in warfare.
Proposed: The nation reserves the right to use nuclear weapons if victory is not feasibile by other means.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The policy with respect to nuclear weaponry.
Old value:: The nation shall never develop, produce or store nuclear weaponry.
Current: The nation shall never produce or store nuclear weaponry for military purposes. Research and development of the technology is permitted.
Proposed: The nation reserves the right to develop, produce and store nuclear arms.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 04:29:04, August 30, 2008 CET | From | Free Peoples Party | To | Debating the Weapons of Mass Destruction |
Message | While it may seem that my party are simply warmongers it is far from the truth. We are trying to re-arm the Republic, but have no intention of using these arms pro-actively. The manufacture and storage of chemical, biological and nuclear weapons is not a crime, these forementioned weapons would only be used in dire circumstances (such as when we are being invaded). We do not want to make war, we only wish to be ready to defend ourselves if it should break out. |
Date | 17:54:24, August 30, 2008 CET | From | Holy Eliyahu Confession | To | Debating the Weapons of Mass Destruction |
Message | This is clearly not the truth. the Liberals have consitantly opposed legislation which would limit our use of WMD's on civilians, proposed laws which condone torture, and pressed for legislation to allow our intellegence agencies to conduct illegal clandestine warfare. The Christian League believes that Lodska's military does indeed need to be strengthened, but we will not allow this to happen at the expense of Lodska's commitment to humanity and morally justifiable actions in warfare. The new direction of the Christian League makes us more receptive to these proposals, but we worry very much about Article 3. If we have assurances that nuclear arms will not be used on civilians, we will support this bill, but in the meantime we cannot. |
Date | 18:48:07, August 30, 2008 CET | From | Holy Eliyahu Confession | To | Debating the Weapons of Mass Destruction |
Message | ooc: sorry, I thought that last comment was from the Liberals... im an idiot. |
Date | 21:12:00, August 30, 2008 CET | From | The Liberal Party | To | Debating the Weapons of Mass Destruction |
Message | OOC: I know you love me more and more everyday. |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | ||||
yes |
Total Seats: 32 | ||||
no | Total Seats: 63 | ||||
abstain | Total Seats: 55 |
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