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Bill: For the Freedom of the Press and of Speech
Details
Submitted by[?]: Quanzari Socialist 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: September 2714
Description[?]:
| Lèse majesté, in every respectable country, has been abolished, and it is only proper to do so here as well. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding regulation of media content.
Old value:: It is forbidden to criticize the government, or publish any material that the government does not approve of.
Current: There are laws against the publication of false information; everything else may be published freely.
Proposed: There are no content regulations; the media may publish anything, even proven falsehoods.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change International media content regulation.
Old value:: International media content is heavily censored for political purposes.
Current: International media content undergoes the same regulation as domestic media content.
Proposed: International media content is free from regulation
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 07:27:19, February 18, 2009 CET | From | Quanzari Restorationists | To | Debating the For the Freedom of the Press and of Speech |
| Message | Foolishness. |
| Date | 18:01:58, February 18, 2009 CET | From | Quanzari Socialist Party | To | Debating the For the Freedom of the Press and of Speech |
| Message | You may call it that but, but the renaissance it would bring our country is something you fear, deep down. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 4 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 97 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Periodically, it is a good idea to go through your nation's Treaties and arrange to withdraw from any that are unwanted. |
| Random quote: "A lie told often enough becomes the truth." - Vladimir Lenin |