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Bill: The Peerage Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Libertarian and Federalist Alliance
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This bill is a resolution. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: May 2132
Description[?]:
| To establish a system of peerage, in which all former Presidents be automatically awarded the title of Baron(ess) and be entitled to be referred to as 'my lord/lady'. Any other citizen will also be awarded this privledge upon the consent of the Parliament of the Republic. This Act shall in no way confer any special rights upon the named individual, or in any way establish a class system, but will be used to award and recognise talented individuals. |
Proposals
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 02:54:25, October 27, 2005 CET | From | Libertarian and Federalist Alliance | To | Debating the The Peerage Act |
| Message | I know this may seem like an attempt to impose a class system, but I was thinking it be more like an award like the Congressional Medal of Freedom or whatever, except the holder is entitled to a prefix to their name, and be referred to as 'my lord/lady' to show respect for the DEMOCRATICALLY approved individual (not appointed by a monarch) I know the name of the title 'ie Baron(ess), is one used by monarchies, but it DOES sound much more stylish than anything I can think of. |
| Date | 04:13:15, October 27, 2005 CET | From | Communist Party of Kafuristan | To | Debating the The Peerage Act |
| Message | I respectfully oppose the distinguishing of former presidents as a higher class. The president should most likely be elected by the people and therefore come from the people. Comrade Tiki was a poor Tordarian farming boy throughout our nation's troubled past, and he enjoys being considered "one of the guys". |
| Date | 04:27:13, October 27, 2005 CET | From |  Grand National Party | To | Debating the The Peerage Act |
| Message | We like it. The Libertarian and Federalist Alliance explanation won us over. |
| Date | 06:18:22, October 27, 2005 CET | From | Old School Liberal Party | To | Debating the The Peerage Act |
| Message | We're going to abstain from this... the prospects of automatically giving titles of nobility and conferring perhaps an unnecessary air of superiority on people is unappealing. But it's not terribly bad enough to merit a no. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 157 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 97 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 46 |
| Random fact: Real-life organisations should not be referenced in Particracy, unless they are simple and generic (eg. "National Organisation for Women" is allowed). |
| Random quote: "The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes." - Winston Churchill |