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Bill: National Sport
Details
Submitted by[?]: Progressive Imperial Party
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: March 2153
Description[?]:
| The Progressive Imperial Party feels that Capoeira was better than Kickboxing, but obviously, everyone loves Kendo. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The official national sport.
Old value:: Kickboxing
Current: Swimming
Proposed: Kendo
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 02:45:48, December 07, 2005 CET | From | People's Progressive Party | To | Debating the National Sport |
| Message | We still like Capoeira. |
| Date | 05:40:47, December 07, 2005 CET | From | Nationalist Party of Gaduridos | To | Debating the National Sport |
| Message | Perhaps fencing? |
| Date | 08:30:22, December 07, 2005 CET | From | National Fascisti | To | Debating the National Sport |
| Message | We prefer kendo over fencing. As to kendo over kickboxing? Hmm. We need to think on the matter. |
| Date | 09:29:41, December 07, 2005 CET | From | Traxian Imperial Party | To | Debating the National Sport |
| Message | Can we just decide on this and get onto more pertinent matters? We wil vote for any sport. |
| Date | 10:12:54, December 07, 2005 CET | From | Nationalist Party of Gaduridos | To | Debating the National Sport |
| Message | Fencing involves rapiers, sabers, foils and other such Renaissance weaponry. Kendo involves Katanas. I am not sure where our history lies, however, I did not believe it was filled with asian influence. |
| Date | 15:17:06, December 07, 2005 CET | From | Progressive Imperial Party | To | Debating the National Sport |
| Message | But the simple fact is that our history is not RL history- our history is Gaduri history. Maybe our history involves a sword cult similar to the Ferraes Cult in Ancient Rome, only with Katanas instead of Gladii. If there is good support for fencing, I'll amend it, but I still say Kendo is cooler. |
| Date | 15:44:31, December 07, 2005 CET | From | Traxian Imperial Party | To | Debating the National Sport |
| Message | I think Fencing will be more appropriate |
| Date | 16:10:35, December 07, 2005 CET | From | Nationalist Party of Gaduridos | To | Debating the National Sport |
| Message | OOC: I actually quite like both, however, in real life I've practiced fencing and am more partial toward it. |
| Date | 16:15:02, December 07, 2005 CET | From | United Soviet Party | To | Debating the National Sport |
| Message | We prefer fencing |
| Date | 19:24:29, December 07, 2005 CET | From | People's Progressive Party | To | Debating the National Sport |
| Message | There are already plenty of nations on Terra that have Fencing as their national sport or have had it. However, we are the only ones to have or have had Capoeira. |
| Date | 19:58:31, December 07, 2005 CET | From | Progressive Imperial Party | To | Debating the National Sport |
| Message | I suspect we would be a pretty rare stock with Kendo. OOC: I also have fenced, but that doesn't change the fact that Kendo is pretty darn awesome. Wooden Swords! w00t! |
| Date | 01:34:01, December 08, 2005 CET | From | Nationalist Party of Gaduridos | To | Debating the National Sport |
| Message | PIP, considering that other nations have had Fencing, I am willing to go for Kendo. OOC: It's unique without being queer like Capoeira. |
| Date | 13:06:20, December 08, 2005 CET | From | National Fascisti | To | Debating the National Sport |
| Message | "There are already plenty of nations on Terra that have Fencing as their national sport or have had it. However, we are the only ones to have or have had Capoeira." That's because we're the only nation with rampant homosexuality, because you gay bastards won't let us annihilate them already. |
| Date | 19:09:05, December 08, 2005 CET | From | People's Progressive Party | To | Debating the National Sport |
| Message | All this gay bashing and vehement homophobia by certain parties only seeks to implicate themselves as being insecure with their heterosexuality, indicating that in truth they are afraid of their own homosexual tendancies perhaps. And other nations have also had Kendo. OOC: Same goes OOC. If you think Capoeira has anything to do with person's sexuality and is anymore "queer" than any other martial art, you're an idiot. You also probably have no rhythm. If we wanted to be creative we could make up our own sport and write an entry in the Wiki, though we all probably wouldn't agree and its not worth wasting the time if it can so easily be changed. |
| Date | 04:19:11, December 09, 2005 CET | From | Nationalist Party of Gaduridos | To | Debating the National Sport |
| Message | OOC: Seriously '...a sword cult similar to the Ferraes Cult in Ancient Rome'. How can anyone deny the pure unadultered awesome inherent in the above? WITH KATANAS! Wakizashi and Katana dual wielding swordsman. As for the Capoeira thing: A) Gay is often used as a colloquialism. B) Capoeria is a nigh useless combat art (I am a kickboxer, mixed in Jun Fan free style, Muay Thai and standard westernised free form, these are actually effective (Though not as much as the Gracie wrestlers)). I'd say that this is purely subjective, but it really isn't. Look at the fight club arenas in Osaka or even the UFC and you'll notice that Capoeria isn't dominating at all; as such high flying and over the top arts wear you out quicker and offer maximal effort for minimal combat return (Ras Buten would probably break their face in one kick, with excess precision and a less free flowing form). C) Disliking something for being an amalgamation of dance and combat does not mean one can't dance, nor fight. It just happens to be a distaste for the (what we define as), ineffective merging of the two. |
| Date | 16:08:33, December 09, 2005 CET | From | People's Progressive Party | To | Debating the National Sport |
| Message | OOC: Well Futbol which used to be our national sport is a useless as a combat art. There's absolutely no rule here that says the national sport has to be what the NPG feels is a useful combat art or not or that we even have to have a national sport that is a combat art. I was merely pointing out that ruling out a unique artform like Capoeira because its too "queer" for you sounds downright idiotic and irrelevent as any form of rationale. It doesnt matter what is effective and not effective in UFC because that was never the inspiration behind making it our national sport in the first place, so having that as an excuse really doesn't make much sense. And his name is Bas Ruten, not Ras Buten. Creating a custom sport would solve some problems, though the fact that it can easily be changed undermines it somewhat. |
| Date | 16:20:48, December 09, 2005 CET | From | Nationalist Party of Gaduridos | To | Debating the National Sport |
| Message | OOC: Subjective distaste is idiotic? Right... all moralists take heed, eh. It isn't about what I feel is important... hell, the PIP was the one who proposed the Bill, I just debated whether or not I'd support, a reasonable right that parties from all echelons partake in. It almost seems like you have some kind of smallminded personal feud, which is surprising cause I have nothing against you. Please, just calm down... I mean honestly, it's a fucking game. |
| Date | 16:22:28, December 09, 2005 CET | From | Nationalist Party of Gaduridos | To | Debating the National Sport |
| Message | OOC: Subjective distaste is idiotic? Right... all moralists take heed, eh. It isn't about what I feel is important... hell, the PIP was the one who proposed the Bill, I just debated whether or not I'd support, a reasonable right that parties from all echelons partake in. It almost seems like you have some kind of smallminded personal feud, which is surprising cause I have nothing against you. Please, just calm down... I mean honestly, it's a fucking game. You even called me out on a spoonerism for Christ's sake. |
| Date | 16:23:28, December 09, 2005 CET | From | Nationalist Party of Gaduridos | To | Debating the National Sport |
| Message | OOC: Stupid server lead to double post (WITH AN ADDITION!), apologies. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 393 | |||||||
| no | Total Seats: 48 | |||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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