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Bill: National Defence
Details
Submitted by[?]: Gluaiseacht Shaoráil DhaonlathachIt
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: August 2736
Description[?]:
| To support our armed forces in defending our great nation. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the use of chemical and biological weaponry in warfare.
Old value:: The nation can only use chemical or biological weapons on non-civilan areas.
Current: The nation shall never use chemical or biological weaponry in warfare.
Proposed: The nation reserves the right to use chemical or biological weapons in warfare for any reason.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the use of nuclear weaponry in warfare.
Old value:: The nation shall never use nuclear weapons in warfare unless another nation uses them first.
Current: The nation shall never use nuclear weapons in warfare.
Proposed: The nation reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in retaliation to any attack.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 13:53:05, April 04, 2009 CET | From | Kirlawan National Party (Leftists) | To | Debating the National Defence |
| Message | Indeed, we must help the armed forces to defend our people, not hinder them in doing their duty. |
| Date | 14:00:07, April 05, 2009 CET | From | Kirlawan People's Justice Party | To | Debating the National Defence |
| Message | Opposed. We feel that these horrible weapons do have a role, but as a deterrent, held in reserve to prevent an enemy from using similar ones against us. The current law does precisely this, and we support it. With the proposed changes, an enemy who planned to attack Kirlawa conventionally would notice that doing so could bring a WMD response from us ... and so they would have much less reason to refrain from using them themselves in their initial assault on us. :( "In for a penny, in for a pound," from their perspective. (Wiktionary: "Originally with reference to the fact that if one owed a penny, one might as well owe a pound, as the penalties for [both] were virtually identical in severity.") |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 238 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 346 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 133 |
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