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Bill: Repeal the Hate Speech Ban
Details
Submitted by[?]: Hizbul'quami al-Ijtima'i wa tahir'i
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: October 2703
Description[?]:
| An act to repeal the ban on hate speech and allow freedom of thought and freedom of speech throughout the nation. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding regulation of media content.
Old value:: There are laws against the publication of false information and hate speech.
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 | 01:24:14, January 28, 2009 CET | From | Judicial Union Party | To | Debating the Repeal the Hate Speech Ban |
| Message | Proven falsehoods should be illegal, as to allow them would be to allow fraud. Media holds itself out as presenting the truth and being reliable, and if they intentionally publish false information, then that is fraud. |
| Date | 02:27:40, January 28, 2009 CET | From | Hizbul'quami al-Ijtima'i wa tahir'i | To | Debating the Repeal the Hate Speech Ban |
| Message | Changed. |
| Date | 05:33:58, January 28, 2009 CET | From | National Workers Party | To | Debating the Repeal the Hate Speech Ban |
| Message | Hate speach should be banned. |
| Date | 05:41:36, January 28, 2009 CET | From | Judicial Union Party | To | Debating the Repeal the Hate Speech Ban |
| Message | There is no reason for that to be so. All people must have the right to freedom of expression. If a person doesn't like what they're hearing, they can just walk away. |
| Date | 06:40:19, January 29, 2009 CET | From | National Workers Party | To | Debating the Repeal the Hate Speech Ban |
| Message | We vote against. Tukarali is not a Nazi state, at least we hope so, and won't be, as long as we are here. We fight for the rights of ALL individuals. We represent ALL.. Something JUP clearly doesn't do. Nothing we hate more then racists. |
| Date | 06:40:51, January 29, 2009 CET | From | National Workers Party | To | Debating the Repeal the Hate Speech Ban |
| Message | Our vote may not matter much, but at least its something. |
| Date | 07:39:35, January 29, 2009 CET | From | Judicial Union Party | To | Debating the Repeal the Hate Speech Ban |
| Message | That's actually quite ironic: "We represent ALL... Nothing we hate more then racists." The JUP promotes freedom of expression, not freedom from having your feelings hurt. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 500 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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