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Bill: Nose Act of Personal Liberties
Details
Submitted by[?]: Communist Party of Kafuristan
Status[?]: passed
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: July 2143
Description[?]:
| "Your rights end at the tip of my nose." Restriction to avoid infliction. Every article here has the intention of protecting the rights of individuals. Every change has reason. (For example, foreign missionaries register in order to track radical terrorist cults) |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning adoption.
Old value:: Adoption is not regulated.
Current: Adoption is strictly regulated by the government. Only by passing several tests and by following an intensive program applicants can adopt children.
Proposed: Adoption is strictly regulated by the government. Only by passing several tests and by following an intensive program applicants can adopt children.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Food and beverage labeling regulations.
Old value:: Companies are required to label food and beverage products somewhere on the package.
Current: Companies are required to label food and beverage products somewhere on the package.
Proposed: Companies must clearly label food and beverage products, in a manner that can be easily understood.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Listing of controversial ingredients, such as genetically modified (GM) ingredients (if food labelling is applied).
Old value:: There is no requirement to disclose GM ingredients, or chemicals used in agrigulture or processing.
Current: Any chemicals used in agrigulture or processing, and any GM ingredients must be listed.
Proposed: Any chemicals used in agrigulture or processing, and any GM ingredients must be listed.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change
Scope of food ingredient labeling (if present).
Old value:: Only the major ingredients and those with specific labelling requirements must be listed.
Current: All ingredients and corresponding nutritional information must be listed.
Proposed: All ingredients and corresponding nutritional information must be listed.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Food safety policy.
Old value:: Local governments determine food safety standards.
Current: The government introduces, and actively enforces, food standards provisions.
Proposed: The government introduces, and actively enforces, food standards provisions.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning the visitation of foreign missionaries.
Old value:: Foreign missionaries are welcomed and encouraged by the government.
Current: The government determines which missionaries are permitted to visit on a person by person basis.
Proposed: The government has no policy concerning the visitation of foreign missionaries.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Health and safety legislation for industry.
Old value:: Health and safety laws are to be determined by local governments.
Current: The government introduces and actively regulates health and safety legislation in all areas of industry.
Proposed: The government introduces and actively regulates health and safety legislation in all areas of industry.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards giving aid to foreign countries.
Old value:: The government supplies "tied" aid to poorer nations in return for trading rights.
Current: The government only gives aid for disaster relief in foreign countries.
Proposed: The government only gives aid for disaster relief in foreign countries.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning organ donations.
Old value:: The government enforces no regulation whatsoever.
Current: Organ donations are only legal with personal consent, next-of-kin may override personal consent.
Proposed: Organ donations are legal with personal consent.
Article 10
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards smoking.
Old value:: Smoking regulations are to be determined by local governments.
Current: Smoking is legal outdoors and in private homes and clubs, but illegal indoors in all places of employment.
Proposed: Smoking is legal outdoors and in private homes and clubs, but illegal indoors in all places of employment.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 07:24:40, November 18, 2005 CET | From | Old School Liberal Party | To | Debating the Nose Act of Personal Liberties |
| Message | This is not "your rights end at the tip of my nose." This is "we're going to regulate your rights." That's a big difference. Strike articles 4 and 5, and amend article 2 so that it instead provides zero regulation for missionaries. Otherwise we will not approve. |
| Date | 07:25:09, November 18, 2005 CET | From | Old School Liberal Party | To | Debating the Nose Act of Personal Liberties |
| Message | Ugh... apparently you're adding more articles still. I'll get back to you when you're done. |
| Date | 07:48:14, November 18, 2005 CET | From | Communist Party of Kafuristan | To | Debating the Nose Act of Personal Liberties |
| Message | Reduced to the main ten topics to protect everyone in general. |
| Date | 19:40:11, November 18, 2005 CET | From | Old School Liberal Party | To | Debating the Nose Act of Personal Liberties |
| Message | Well, we actually liked the provision about foreign aid. The article numbers changed as you added them. We still need you to change the missionaries article so that there is NO regulation instead of requiring them to register, and we want you to strike article 9 (which was one that we originally wanted stricken). Otherwise it's... acceptable. |
| Date | 21:11:03, November 18, 2005 CET | From | Sect of the Green Moon | To | Debating the Nose Act of Personal Liberties |
| Message | We don't like mostly all. |
| Date | 03:15:43, November 19, 2005 CET | From | Communist Party of Kafuristan | To | Debating the Nose Act of Personal Liberties |
| Message | I am sorry, Economic Party, if the safety of the population runs at a very slight expense to business. No stance on missionaries now, and economic aid is only given to countries that need it after a natural disaster. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 178 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 122 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Real-life places should not be referenced in Particracy. |
| Random quote: "Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe." - Edmund Burke |