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Bill: Freedom of Expression bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: AM Radical Libertarian 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: January 3636
Description[?]:
| We believe that the citizens of Likatonia are sufficiently intelligent and discerning to determine what is true or false, and the operation of the marketplace of ideas requires government non-intervention. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding regulation of media content.
Old value:: There are laws against the publication of false information and hate speech.
Current: There are laws against the publication of false information and hate speech.
Proposed: There are no content regulations; the media may publish anything, even proven falsehoods.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 05:09:52, March 08, 2014 CET | From | Green-Labor Party | To | Debating the Freedom of Expression bill |
| Message | we would vote No, if moved to a vote. |
| Date | 01:34:09, March 10, 2014 CET | From | AM Radical Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Freedom of Expression bill |
| Message | GLP - Might one ask why? |
| Date | 16:27:35, March 11, 2014 CET | From | Konservatīvā Partija | To | Debating the Freedom of Expression bill |
| Message | We cannot support this. While we strongly support the right to free speech, some limits are absolutely necessary, in particular the right of those being slandered to sue for libel. Also, groups and individuals should not be allowed to publish false information that can harm the public or create panic. |
| Date | 20:38:18, March 11, 2014 CET | From | AM Radical Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Freedom of Expression bill |
| Message | This in no way affects the right of persons top sue over libel; it only prevents prior restraint. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 31 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 133 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 61 |
| Random fact: Players have a responsibility to make a reasonable effort to be accurate when communicating the rules to other players. Any player who manipulatively misleads another player about the rules will be subject to sanction. |
| Random quote: "Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue." - Barry Goldwater |