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Bill: SCI Military Manifesto
Details
Submitted by[?]: SCI Libertarian-Socialist Syndicate (LL)
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 3307
Description[?]:
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the use of chemical and biological weaponry in warfare.
Old value:: The nation reserves the right to use chemical or biological weapons in warfare for any reason.
Current: The nation shall never use chemical or biological weaponry in warfare.
Proposed: The nation shall never use chemical or biological weaponry in warfare.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards the use of land mines by the army.
Old value:: The use of land mines is allowed.
Current: The use of land mines is prohibited.
Proposed: The use of land mines is prohibited.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The nation's policy on the separation of the police and the military.
Old value:: The military acts as a de-facto police force, with powers of arrest.
Current: A civilian police force is in place and the military may be called in to help in serious emergencies.
Proposed: A civilian police force is in place and the military is not allowed to play any part in it.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change National service.
Old value:: All adults upon completion of schooling must serve a term in the military.
Current: All adults upon completion of schooling can be required in times of war to serve a term in the military.
Proposed: There shall be no mandatory military or civilian national service.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the use of nuclear weaponry in warfare.
Old value:: The nation reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in warfare for any reason.
Current: The nation reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in retaliation to any attack.
Proposed: The nation shall never use nuclear weapons in warfare.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:31:15, May 21, 2012 CET | From | United Socialist Party | To | Debating the SCI Military Manifesto |
| Message | Article 3 is acceptable and four is ok but again the other three say to the rest of Terra that we are weak and ripe for invasion |
| Date | 01:32:14, May 22, 2012 CET | From | SCI Libertarian-Socialist Syndicate (LL) | To | Debating the SCI Military Manifesto |
| Message | Ikradon has maintained a very pacifistic foreign policy for hundreds of years.... Please provide evidence for a single time that Ikradon has been invaded. |
| Date | 10:32:44, May 22, 2012 CET | From | National Liberal Party | To | Debating the SCI Military Manifesto |
| Message | They havent invaded us because we have a strong army! If we destroy the army, then we shall be invaded. |
| Date | 14:35:36, May 22, 2012 CET | From | SCI Libertarian-Socialist Syndicate (LL) | To | Debating the SCI Military Manifesto |
| Message | Our military was consistently the lowest item on the budget, we had a very small standing volunteer army, we had no nuclear or chemical weapons, and no mandatory military service. And we did not get invaded.... "They havent invaded us because we have a strong army!" We were not invaded for hundreds of years... during which time we had a very low-funded military with a complete BAN on weapons of mass destruction, no mandatory service, and the military was completely separate from the civilian police force..... AND WE WERE NOT INVADED! We did not get invaded.... not because we had a strong army, but because WE LEFT EVERYONE ELSE THE HELL ALONE! |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 250 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 405 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 95 |
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