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Bill: National Flag Protecting Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Grand New Party
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: May 2143
Description[?]:
| Symbol of Our Nation need protection. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change National policy regarding the desecration of the national flag.
Old value:: There are no regulations regarding the desecration or use of the national flag.
Current: The national flag may not be desecrated or used for commercial purposes.
Proposed: The national flag may not be desecrated or dishonoured.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:28:53, November 13, 2005 CET | From |  Patriarchal Party | To | Debating the National Flag Protecting Act |
| Message | Welcome to Davostan, GNP! I do not understand the purpose of this bill. If people wish to show their disaffection by burning flags then we should let them. |
| Date | 00:10:53, November 14, 2005 CET | From | Grand New Party | To | Debating the National Flag Protecting Act |
| Message | In that case people can burn anything, anytime to show their disaffection. I am sure that the national flag is the symbol of the country. People don't detonate the House of Parliement just because they are dissatisfied to the lawmakers. |
| Date | 01:37:39, November 14, 2005 CET | From | Trotskyist Party of Davostan | To | Debating the National Flag Protecting Act |
| Message | Since the flag has been acknowledged as a symbol of the state, it should be reasonable that one be allowed to deface it as a form of expression against the state. Burning a flag does not equate to guillotined politicians. Opposed. |
| Date | 04:51:58, November 14, 2005 CET | From | NWOIAUCFCCNUCDMFSatanilicRepublicanParty | To | Debating the National Flag Protecting Act |
| Message | The SRP believes that the national flag should not be desecrated or dishonoured. The Satanic Republican Party will support this bill. |
| Date | 06:26:37, November 14, 2005 CET | From | Davostan Socialist Vanguard Alliance | To | Debating the National Flag Protecting Act |
| Message | Any nation that must be represented by a piece of cloth and not by ideals and culture firmly fixed in the minds of people from across the world, in other nations, is a poor nation indeed! Where is your conservative spirit? National union is built from toleration of diversity and we should asbolutely allow anyone who wishes to burn the flag as an expression against the state. Individuals cannot afford to purchase media time in order to protest to a wide audience and thus symbolism has a place in national debate. This is a form of symbolism and it should be tolerated. We will vote against this bill for sure. |
| Date | 02:17:32, November 15, 2005 CET | From | Communist Party of Independent Davostan | To | Debating the National Flag Protecting Act |
| Message | We aginst this due to, that if our people are mad at us they should be able to show it. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 500 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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