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Bill: Let the People Rule
Details
Submitted by[?]: National People's Gang
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: December 2141
Description[?]:
| As the government can no longer be trusted to act within the bounds of humanity, it is essential that all decisions regarding morality and ethics are held in the domain of the people. All businesses considered to be conducting their affairs using inhumane methods shall face the wrath of the mob and be burnt out. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The use of animals in cosmetics research.
Old value:: Animals may not be used for testing cosmetics products.
Current: Animals may not be used for testing cosmetics products.
Proposed: The use of animals to test cosmetic products is unregulated.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the keeping of exotic animals.
Old value:: Only zoos or zoological institutions are allowed to keep exotic animals.
Current: Only zoos or zoological institutions are allowed to keep exotic animals.
Proposed: Everyone may keep exotic animals, the trade in exotic animals is unregulated.
Article 3
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: Animals may not be used for any research.
Proposed: There are no restrictions on the use of animals for research.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning organ donations.
Old value:: Organ donations are legal with personal consent.
Current: Organ donations are legal with personal consent.
Proposed: The government enforces no regulation whatsoever.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning the use of pesticides.
Old value:: The government approves and regulates agricultural chemical use.
Current: Chemical pesticides, herbicides and fungicides are banned.
Proposed: There is no government oversight or regulation of pesticides.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the keeping of wild animals as pets.
Old value:: Wild animals may be kept as pets; the owners of dangerous wild animals must take the necessary measures to ensure they can't escape.
Current: The government maintains a list of dangerous wild animals which may not be kept as pets; other wild animals may be kept as pets.
Proposed: All wild animals may be kept as pets, without any restrictions or precautions whatsoever.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:42:55, November 15, 2005 CET | From | Slaytanic Wehrmacht | To | Debating the Let the People Rule |
| Message | liberty! |
| Date | 22:36:59, November 15, 2005 CET | From | International Society of Bankers | To | Debating the Let the People Rule |
| Message | Love these proposals. |
| Date | 00:16:11, November 16, 2005 CET | From |  Tuesday Is Coming | To | Debating the Let the People Rule |
| Message | BEWARE the leopard. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 38 | |||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 262 | |||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Treaties will be eligible for deletion if they are more than 50 in-game years old and have no currently ratified members. |
| Random quote: "I am not a vegetarian because I love animals; I am a vegetarian because I hate plants." - A. Whitney Brown |