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Bill: Your Mail is My Mail
Details
Submitted by[?]: Tuesday Is Coming
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: November 2130
Description[?]:
| Freedom of the press and privacy rights are simply malicious myths created to weaken our control over the population. We must not permit this to continue. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The confidentiality of letters and correspondence.
Old value:: The confidentiality of letters is inviolable.
Current: The confidentiality of letters is inviolable, but the justice dept. can violate the confidentiality of letters with grounded cause.
Proposed: The confidentiality of letters is not inviolable.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Libel laws.
Old value:: Individuals may sue over falsehoods printed on them.
Current: Individuals may sue over falsehoods and defamatory opinions printed on them.
Proposed: Individuals may sue over all defamatory remarks printed on them, even truthful ones.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding regulation of media content.
Old value:: There are laws against the publication of false information; everything else may be published freely.
Current: There are laws against the publication of false information and hate speech.
Proposed: There are laws against the publication of false information and hate speech.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Right to privacy.
Old value:: Individuals have a right to privacy, to keep records and information for themselves.
Current: Individuals have a right to privacy, to keep records and information for themselves.
Proposed: The government has the right to monitor information of individuals without letting them know.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:19:44, October 23, 2005 CET | From | Cooperative Commonwealth Federation | To | Debating the Your Mail is My Mail |
| Message | We might have consdidered areticles 2 & 3 if the bill had been split. ((Why the rush to vote on these? Not like there haven't been plenty of Remnants bills this term!)) |
| Date | 22:26:25, October 23, 2005 CET | From |  Tuesday Is Coming | To | Debating the Your Mail is My Mail |
| Message | Because articles 2 and 3 were stand-ins for more harsh laws that I am barred from proposing by the treaties. |
| Date | 22:26:58, October 23, 2005 CET | From | Tuesday Is Coming | To | Debating the Your Mail is My Mail |
| Message | Also, note that the vote is 96 to 96, but the "no" side, having more parties, appears larger. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 96 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 177 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 27 |
| Random fact: The voters enjoy active parties who take upon themselves the initiative to create laws. |
| Random quote: "In politics, stupidity is not a handicap." - Napoleon Bonaparte |