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Bill: Sensible Defence
Details
Submitted by[?]: Memorare 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: August 2165
Description[?]:
| Act for the common good |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Civil defence is the government's policy on providing shelters to be used in the event of attacks on major cities, mainly nuclear attacks and bombing.
Old value:: Local authorities are responsible for building and maintaining shelters.
Current: The government builds and maintains a network of shelters across the nation.
Proposed: No new buildings may be constructed unless they feature provisions for civil defence.
Article 2
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 if victory is not feasibile by other means.
Current: The nation shall never use nuclear weapons in warfare.
Proposed: The nation reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in retaliation to any attack.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 02:28:16, January 02, 2006 CET | From | Freedom Party | To | Debating the Sensible Defence |
| Message | We must, regretably, vote "nay". |
| Date | 03:14:38, January 02, 2006 CET | From | Independent Capitalist Party | To | Debating the Sensible Defence |
| Message | Nukes in retaliation for any attacks, including conventional attacks, will start a nuclear war *and* make us look like the bad guys. No. |
| Date | 03:27:31, January 02, 2006 CET | From | Hammerian Capitalist Party | To | Debating the Sensible Defence |
| Message | No new buildings unless they feature CDP? Are you serious? So the Johnson family can't build their new dream-house unless they put a big honking bomb shelter in the basement? Nice. |
| Date | 03:30:16, January 02, 2006 CET | From | Independent Capitalist Party | To | Debating the Sensible Defence |
| Message | That's a nice idea, HCP. Bomb shelters in houses... |
| Date | 12:21:30, January 02, 2006 CET | From | Memorare Party | To | Debating the Sensible Defence |
| Message | Private homes should ahve bomb shelters! |
| Date | 20:57:48, January 02, 2006 CET | From | Independent Capitalist Party | To | Debating the Sensible Defence |
| Message | Should, but they shouldn't be forced... |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 168 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 394 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 38 |
| Random fact: For more information on Particracy's former colonial nations, check out http://forum.particracy.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=6640 |
| Random quote: "For among other evils caused by being disarmed, it renders you contemptible; which is one of those disgraceful things which a prince must guard against." - Niccolo Machiavelli |