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Bill: Anti-Militarist Bill 2
Details
Submitted by[?]: Independent Radical List
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 2711
Description[?]:
| The only reason for the continued existence of these weapons is the maintenance of a military-industrial complex which distorts our democracy. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning biological and chemical weaponry.
Old value:: The nation reserves the right to develop, construct and store biological and chemical weapons.
Current: The nation reserves the right to develop, construct and store biological and chemical weapons.
Proposed: The nation shall never develop, purchase or store biological or chemical weaponry.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the use of chemical and biological weaponry in warfare.
Old value:: The nation reserves the right to use chemical or biological weapons in warfare for any reason.
Current: The nation reserves the right to use chemical or biological weapons in warfare for any reason.
Proposed: The nation shall never use chemical or biological weaponry in warfare.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the use of nuclear weaponry in warfare.
Old value:: The nation reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in warfare for any reason.
Current: The nation shall never use nuclear weapons in warfare.
Proposed: The nation shall never use nuclear weapons in warfare.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The policy with respect to nuclear weaponry.
Old value:: The nation reserves the right to develop, produce and store nuclear arms.
Current: The nation reserves the right to develop, produce and store nuclear arms.
Proposed: The nation shall never develop, produce or store nuclear weaponry.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:09:03, February 12, 2009 CET | From | New Aloria Party (NAP) | To | Debating the Anti-Militarist Bill 2 |
| Message | We feel this is just going to far we need these weapons to defend our nation if a war ever goes that bad, better safe than sorry. |
| Date | 22:13:52, February 12, 2009 CET | From | Conservative Union | To | Debating the Anti-Militarist Bill 2 |
| Message | Don't defend the rest of the world when you can't defend yourself |
| Date | 03:21:10, February 13, 2009 CET | From | Independent Radical List | To | Debating the Anti-Militarist Bill 2 |
| Message | 1. These weapons cannot distinguish between legitimate targets and civilians - basic humanity dictates we should never use them 2. If we ever used these weapons we would become international pariahs - 'real politik' dictates we should never use them 3. Therefore we are stuck in a pointless arms race shovelling money into the pockets of arms companies to pay for expensive and dangerous white elephants What kind of mind wont pay for our citizens education but will waste money on idiotic things like poison gas and nuclear bombs? |
| Date | 05:07:15, February 13, 2009 CET | From | New Aloria Party (NAP) | To | Debating the Anti-Militarist Bill 2 |
| Message | And if we were in a war and the other person were in the war with started using this what do we have to strike back with? Nothing that sizes up to their power. We have to protect our nation from all problems inculding domestic and international. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 215 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 422 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 113 |
| Random fact: It is the collective responsibility of the players in a nation to ensure all currently binding RP laws are clearly outlined in an OOC reference bill in the "Bills under debate" section of the nation page. Confusion should not be created by displaying only some of the current RP laws or displaying RP laws which are no longer current. |
| Random quote: "For every action there is an equal and opposite government program." - Bob Wells |