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Bill: Justice (Defamation) Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Conservative Party of Aloria
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 2638
Description[?]:
| Introduced by Arthur Douglas, Chairman of the Conservative Party. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding regulation of media content.
Old value:: There are no content regulations; the media may publish anything, even proven falsehoods.
Current: There are laws against the publication of false information; everything else may be published freely.
Proposed: There are laws against the publication of false information; everything else may be published freely.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 08:49:26, September 17, 2008 CET | From | Nationalist Party | To | Debating the Justice (Defamation) Act |
| Message | Freedom of Speech? |
| Date | 09:11:58, September 17, 2008 CET | From | Conservative Party of Aloria | To | Debating the Justice (Defamation) Act |
| Message | That's probably the worst argument open to you. Have you considered that defamation is a crime? We have a certain responsibility to protect the victims of crime, be they of violence of slander. Freedom of speech can only extend so far. |
| Date | 15:15:40, September 17, 2008 CET | From | Communist Party of Aloria | To | Debating the Justice (Defamation) Act |
| Message | Supported. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 303 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 412 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 35 |
| Random fact: In Culturally Protected nations, it is the responsibility of players to ensure the candidate boxes on their Party Overview screens are filled in with appropriate names. If a player is allotted seats in a Cabinet bill and has not filled in names for the relevant candidate position, then the program will automatically fill in the positions with names which might not necessarily be appropriate for the Cultural Protocols. |
| Random quote: "When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I'm beginning to believe it." - Clarence Darrow |