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Bill: Ecological Protections Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Rationalist 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: February 2121
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Waste disposal responsibility.
Old value:: Waste disposal is left entirely to the private sector and is unregulated.
Current: The government is responsible for waste disposal.
Proposed: Private companies are responsible for disposing of their own waste. The government disposes of residential waste.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the keeping of wild animals as pets.
Old value:: The government maintains a list of dangerous wild animals which may not be kept as pets; other wild animals may be kept as pets.
Current: The ownership of wild animals as pets is banned.
Proposed: The ownership of wild animals as pets is banned.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:14:54, October 03, 2005 CET | From | Conservative Party of Telamon | To | Debating the Ecological Protections Act |
| Message | No, both ideas are silly. One will destroy the enviroment, and the other is pointless. If they are not dangerous, why can't someone own it? |
| Date | 20:17:35, October 03, 2005 CET | From | Rationalist Party | To | Debating the Ecological Protections Act |
| Message | Government will supply garbage disposal to the general public, and enforce strict dumping guidlines on private companies. This will ensure consistent services to the public, while allowing industry to dispose of their waste within the bouds of environmental regulations/ Animals caught in the wild may not be kept as pets if they can survive in the wild. Any wild animal that cannot survive if released must be turned over to a trained professional who will attempt to rehabilitate it. This will limit the transmition of diseases like rabies and lyme disease. It will also protect neighbourhoods from attacks resulting from ill advised treatment or care of wild animals. |
| Date | 03:17:33, October 04, 2005 CET | From | Conservative Party of Telamon | To | Debating the Ecological Protections Act |
| Message | 1. Yes that would work, but it is far better to leave it to a private group. They will search for alternative ways to remove it quicker, and better. All strict regulations will do, is make it harder for us to grow our economy, while they worry about the garbage. Contracting licensed companies, will ensure the waste is rid of more properly. 2. Technically that can be said for any animal. But the point is, can they leave a normal life in a home as well? And more then likely the pet shops remove and provide medicine for diseases. As long as we regulate, which animals are safe to have, i see no reason why not to let our citizens have them. Save for the fact they might be endangered. |
| Date | 05:08:30, October 04, 2005 CET | From | Rationalist Party | To | Debating the Ecological Protections Act |
| Message | "2. Technically that can be said for any animal. But the point is, can they leave a normal life in a home as well? And more then likely the pet shops remove and provide medicine for diseases." If it's from a pet shop it generally isn't wild. Wild animals are born in the wild, that's why we call them wild. Wild rabbits are dangerous (they carry several diseases that are easily communicable to humans) while domesticated ones aren't nearly so. Thus, we feel that animals born in the wild should not be taken from the wild because Johnny wants a deer. |
| Date | 08:28:44, October 04, 2005 CET | From | Telemon Lutheran Party | To | Debating the Ecological Protections Act |
| Message | The RP has a point. We will support this. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 127 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 128 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
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