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Bill: Responsible Media
Details
Submitted by[?]: People's Front of Kalistan
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This bill proposes the withdrawal from a treaty. It will require half of the legislature to vote in favor[?]. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: May 2816
Description[?]:
| We, the PFK, hereby propose a more responsible handling of media with minors and younger children. This type of medial coverage is clearly one of the reasons that this country is degenerating into a hippie, weed-smoking and beastiality watching cesspool of communists. With this initiative we will ensure that there is more regulation to protect our children. |
Proposals
Article 1
Withdraw from the International Agreement On Freedom of Speech and Information.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Radio stations.
Old value:: The government subsidises a national radio station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised radio stations are allowed.
Current: All radio stations are owned by independent non-profit-making cooperatives which receive no subsidies from the government.
Proposed: All radio stations are private.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Television stations.
Old value:: The government subsidises a national TV station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised TV stations are allowed.
Current: All TV stations are owned by independent non-profit-making cooperatives which receive no subsidies from the government.
Proposed: All television stations are owned by the state.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Internet regulations.
Old value:: The government has no position on who may use or what is published on the internet.
Current: The government has no position on who may use or what is published on the internet.
Proposed: The government allows anyone to use the internet but the police can run investigations concerning illegal activities conducted by using internet (child abuse, illegal filesharing, ...)
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding regulation of media content.
Old value:: There are no content regulations; the media may publish anything, even proven falsehoods.
Current: There are laws against the publication of false information; everything else may be published freely.
Proposed: There are laws against the publication of false information; everything else may be published freely.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding sexually explicit material on broadcast television.
Old value:: All sexually explicit material is allowed on television.
Current: Sexually explicit material is not allowed, but nudity that is not sexually explicit is.
Proposed: Sexually explicit material is not allowed, but nudity that is not sexually explicit is.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change The time at which sexually explicit content may be shown on broadcast television (if allowed).
Old value:: Sexually explicit content may be shown all day long.
Current: Sexually explicit content may only be shown during hours that very few children watch. Nudity may be shown all day long.
Proposed: Sexually explicit content may only be shown during hours that very few children watch. Nudity may be shown all day long.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 03:57:48, September 11, 2009 CET | From | Kalistan Liberal Party | To | Debating the Responsible Media |
| Message | We agree with the withdrawal, and Articles 2 and 7. |
| Date | 11:53:35, September 11, 2009 CET | From | Liberal Patriots' League | To | Debating the Responsible Media |
| Message | All radio stations are private but all television stations are owned by the state...nothing like a mixed message. |
| Date | 15:50:01, September 11, 2009 CET | From | Socialist Party of Kalistan (SPoK) | To | Debating the Responsible Media |
| Message | Well, it is important for the fascists to keep the TV state owned so that they can broadcast propaganda more effectively. |
| Date | 17:25:41, September 11, 2009 CET | From | People's Front of Kalistan | To | Debating the Responsible Media |
| Message | No one listens to radio, that's why. Television however, is the media for the people. We can protect the people better when they watch things _and_ hear things, rather than just hearing things. In a seperate bill we will also strive to eradicate beastiality from this benelovent nation. It is disgusting and vile. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 146 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 604 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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| Random quote: "The experience of ages has shown that a man who works on the land is purer, nobler, higher, and more moral... Agriculture should be at the basis of everything." - Mikuláš Gogolský, former Deltarian writer |