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Bill: Non-Human Protection Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Coalition for Terran Conciousness
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: October 2842
Description[?]:
| Our non-human sisters and brothers, are as much a part of the Terran Consciousness as are the humans. We must protect them as our own. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The use of animals in cosmetics research.
Old value:: The use of animals to test cosmetic products is regulated.
Current: The use of animals to test cosmetic products is regulated.
Proposed: Animals may not be used for testing cosmetics products.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The right to kill animals.
Old value:: Killing animals is legal but regulated.
Current: Killing animals is legal but regulated.
Proposed: Killing animals is illegal.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the ownership of domestic animals as pets.
Old value:: There are no laws regarding domestic animal ownership.
Current: People must register domestic animals with the local government.
Proposed: Ownership of domestic animals is banned.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning forest protection.
Old value:: Forests are protected. Logging is allowed by licence only.
Current: Forests are protected. Logging is allowed by licence only.
Proposed: Forests have strictly enforced protection. Felling is limited to fire breaks.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The use of animals in medical research.
Old value:: Animal research projects must apply for a license and submit to regulation.
Current: Animal research projects must apply for a license and submit to regulation.
Proposed: Animals may not be used for any research.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 04:39:26, October 31, 2009 CET | From | Rutanian Heritage Party | To | Debating the Non-Human Protection Act |
| Message | This legislation is so ludicrous that it does not warrant a discussion. Needless to say, the RHP fervently opposes this proposal. |
| Date | 10:33:13, October 31, 2009 CET | From | People's Party of Rutania | To | Debating the Non-Human Protection Act |
| Message | We at the PPR find this bill to be far too over the top. Article 5 is ridiculous. |
| Date | 12:19:50, October 31, 2009 CET | From | Liberal Democratic Party | To | Debating the Non-Human Protection Act |
| Message | Although we sympathise with the sentiments of the bill, the LDP find it unrealistic. The scientific benefits of animal research are well documented and many of the medical advancements we have made in the last century have come from animal research projects. The LDP actually passed the current legislation, enfocing much stricter regulations than had previously existed. I wonder why the CTC are against domestic animal ownership? I wonder how those domesticated animals would exist in the wild and what havoc they would play to the humans in Rutania should this happen. If the CTC is commited to equality in Terran Consciousness for non-humans I wonder how they would stop animals killing other animals which is perfectly in their nature. |
| Date | 23:22:17, October 31, 2009 CET | From | Rutanian Restoration Party | To | Debating the Non-Human Protection Act |
| Message | The LDP pose an excellent question here. |
| Date | 03:26:41, November 01, 2009 CET | From | Rutanian Heritage Party | To | Debating the Non-Human Protection Act |
| Message | The LDP's question raises a fundamental flaw in the CTC's policies. Animals constantly kill each other to survive, by necessity - why should humans be any different? The instinct to hunt other animals for subsistence is hard-coded into our biological make-up, just as it is for any other carnivorous or omnivorous species. The CTC's sanctimonious and exaggerated moral concerns for the welfare of animals and people are the very same that are responsible for the fundamental weakening and softening of our society. |
| Date | 22:12:07, November 02, 2009 CET | From | Coalition for Terran Conciousness | To | Debating the Non-Human Protection Act |
| Message | The moral consciousness of humanity does not permit us to engage in flesh feeding. And any close examination of human biology will show that there is no need for this killing to sustain our species. |
| Date | 12:32:45, November 03, 2009 CET | From | Rutanian Heritage Party | To | Debating the Non-Human Protection Act |
| Message | The CTC suggest that there is no need for humans to eat meat for the survival of the species, but the only alternative to eating meat is to use artificial supplements for nutrients found in very little else. Even with such supplements, a vegetarian will always be slightly malnourished, as they will have ignored a vital nutritional requirement. Meat-eating is a biological imperative inherent in human-beings as omnivorous animals, and we are no different to any other meat-eating species in this regard. It is impossible to reason that every animal on the Earth must eat others to survive, yet human beings are somehow morally obligated to do otherwise, despite our nature. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 86 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 414 | ||||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
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