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Bill: DSP.489.2722
Details
Submitted by[?]: 帝国公明党 (Teikoku Kōmeitō)
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: January 2728
Description[?]:
While normally we'd not repeat our case, we will at this point. Apart from the ethical dimensions previous laws already grant personhood status to whales and make the killing of a whale the same as the killing of a person, murder. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's stance on whaling.
Old value:: Local governments decide about whaling.
Current: Whaling is illegal.
Proposed: Whaling is illegal.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 09:42:50, March 17, 2009 CET | From | Central Union of Trade and Economy | To | Debating the DSP.489.2722 |
Message | Wait, our country is that insane? Giving personhod for animals who in reality have no clue who or what they are and why? |
Date | 20:17:55, March 17, 2009 CET | From | 帝国公明党 (Teikoku Kōmeitō) | To | Debating the DSP.489.2722 |
Message | Whales, Dolphins (with the exception of Orca's) and Elephants are given personhood, we have a tiered system for all other animals, right below the top tier, which includes the above as well as Humans, is the sub-sentient level, meaning animals that display some level of sentience but not can not be considered full sentient beings, this category includes things like Humboldt Squid. Their are two levels below that, with various animals in each category based on the level of sentience it has shown. As a side note to be fully sentient a species must show three traits; 1. Complex thought and memory. (Emotions are a form of complex though but not a requirement.) 2. The ability to communicate with others of its species beyond simple primitive concepts. 3. And last, and perhaps the most important, self-awareness. The animals (Humans are animals as well) with sentient rights fit the above three categories, hence why their are so few. |
Date | 08:00:36, March 18, 2009 CET | From | Central Union of Trade and Economy | To | Debating the DSP.489.2722 |
Message | That should be changed in the future then. Perhaps only some Primates can be considered to be self-aware, and Dolphins, but Whales and Elephants, no. We will work on a proposal to remove them from the list. |
Date | 08:01:41, March 18, 2009 CET | From | Central Union of Trade and Economy | To | Debating the DSP.489.2722 |
Message | We are against whaling of course, but giving someone the same sentence for killing a whale than killing a human being is unacceptable. |
Date | 19:25:05, March 18, 2009 CET | From | 帝国公明党 (Teikoku Kōmeitō) | To | Debating the DSP.489.2722 |
Message | Elephants belong on the list before most primates since they're more developed. Elephants have long term memory, complex though, complex communications are self-aware, and actually have culture. Whales are similar, they show complex thought, self-awareness and complex language, in fact from studies we actually know whales have accents based on where they live much like Humans do. Humans and Bonobo's are the only great apes in the top tier for the simple reason that while the great apes may be our closes living relatives, they also don't fit all three requirements, so they're part of the second tier. On a final note, removing any animal form the top tier list requires a constitutional majority as it strips rights. |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | ||
yes | Total Seats: 333 | ||
no | Total Seats: 148 | ||
abstain | Total Seats: 119 |
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