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Bill: Freedom of Expression Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Infantile and Disorderly
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 2722
Description[?]:
| We must resist the recent assaults on the freedom of the people of Aldegar to express themselves as they wish. Members of the LRY call for a mass flag burning outside parliament to object to this absurd and idiotic law. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change National policy regarding the desecration of the national flag.
Old value:: The national flag may not be desecrated or dishonoured.
Current: The national flag may not be desecrated or dishonoured.
Proposed: There are no regulations regarding the desecration or use of the national flag.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 14:39:15, March 07, 2009 CET | From | New Whig Party | To | Debating the Freedom of Expression Bill |
| Message | Its not absurd and idiotic. The flag is a symbol of our nation (well, THE symbol), and destroying/desecrating it shows you have no respect for it, and by extension, the nation. |
| Date | 17:27:27, March 07, 2009 CET | From | Green Party of Aldegar | To | Debating the Freedom of Expression Bill |
| Message | The Green Party, rather sadly, cannot join the LRY in the mass flag burning, as that is environmentally unfriendly. |
| Date | 18:06:12, March 07, 2009 CET | From | Infantile and Disorderly | To | Debating the Freedom of Expression Bill |
| Message | Well you could just do a mass flag recycling instead then. |
| Date | 23:31:58, March 07, 2009 CET | From | Berosian Party | To | Debating the Freedom of Expression Bill |
| Message | This is ridiculous. One is free to express themselves as it is, but freedom of expression can only go so far. When will the day come that vandalism is deemed freedom of expression? or assault? or murder? The flag of the nation belongs to the nation as a whole. No one has a right to destroy it. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 354 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 126 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 270 |
| Random fact: RP laws follow the same passing rules as in-game variable laws. Laws that are not of a constitutional nature require a simple majority "Yes" vote from active parties currently holding seats. Laws that are of a constitutional nature require a 2/3 majority "Yes" vote from active parties currently holding seats. RP laws may be abolished a simple majority vote this applies to ANY RP law. |
| Random quote: "We never know the worth of water 'til the well is dry." - Thomas Fuller |