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Bill: Media Laws (December 3758)
Details
Submitted by[?]: Social Libermuns 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 3759
Description[?]:
| We do not regulate movies, so we shouldn't regulate TV or video games. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding sexually explicit material on broadcast television.
Old value:: Sexually explicit material is allowed, but violent or hard core pornography is banned.
Current: Sexually explicit material is not allowed, but nudity that is not sexually explicit is.
Proposed: All sexually explicit material is allowed on television.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The time at which sexually explicit content may be shown on broadcast television (if allowed).
Old value:: Sexually explicit content may only be shown during hours that very few children watch. Nudity may be shown all day long.
Current: Sexually explicit content or nudity may only be shown during hours that very few children watch television
Proposed: Sexually explicit content may be shown all day long.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding regulation of video games.
Old value:: The government does not maintain laws as to age limitation for purchasing video games, although it does require a content rating to be clearly displayed on the box.
Current: The government does not maintain laws as to age limitation for purchasing video games, although it does require a content rating to be clearly displayed on the box.
Proposed: The government does not regulate video games.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:33:59, November 15, 2014 CET | From |  Great National Republican Guard | To | Debating the Media Laws (December 3758) |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, The current law doesn't say that we regulate video games to the extent of limiting someone's ability to purchase those games. It only requires a content rating to be placed on the box, but anyone may buy any game. -- Andre Fertig, Chairman of the GNRG, Vice President of Lodamun |
| Date | 21:15:00, November 15, 2014 CET | From | Conservative Monarchist Alliance | To | Debating the Media Laws (December 3758) |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, We strongly oppose this Bill, which would further coarsen our society and make it even more difficult for parents to raise their children in an appropriate social and moral environment. Helmut Schmitz Social Affairs spokesman |
| Date | 02:23:39, November 16, 2014 CET | From | New Democratic Party | To | Debating the Media Laws (December 3758) |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, RPF strongly disagree with Articles 1 and 2. Katy Bachelor Education and Culture spokesman of RPF |
| Date | 14:51:03, November 16, 2014 CET | From | Liber Populi | To | Debating the Media Laws (December 3758) |
| Message | Mr Speaker, My firsy thought was "What!?Sex on T.V., available uncensored, at times and, on devices our children can watch freely!! How shocking!" Then I realised that this reaction was sadly the result of brainwashing by the old governments and society of my childhood telling us whats right and wrong and reinforcing this regularly. I want my children to be free of mind, body and "spirit" and to not view nudity and sex as "rude" or something to hide. This - as well as numerous other unforeseen benefits - leads me on behalf of Liber Populi to say we support this progressive Bill. Jon-Ross Knuckey (MD MPsych) Spokesman for Liber Populi |
| Date | 15:09:44, November 16, 2014 CET | From | Great National Republican Guard | To | Debating the Media Laws (December 3758) |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, Did Jon-Ross Knuckey spend his childhood in Lodamun? I doubt it, because the Nationalist governments weren't socially-conservative about sex. Nudity and sex were never viewed as "rude" by the Nationalist governments in the past 250 years. It was Hosianism that brought international social conservatism to Lodamun. When they tried to ban pornography, the Nationalists and moderates voted against it. Evidence: - Media Reform - 3512: http://classic.particracy.net/viewbill.php?billid=386092 - Pornogaphy Act: http://classic.particracy.net/viewbill.php?billid=417021 I conclude that Jon-Ross Knuckey did not grow up in Lodamun. The "brainwashing by the old governments" sounds like something that happened in a Hosian country, not Lodamun. Lodamun's old governments have always been progressive about sex. -- Andre Fertig, Chairman of the GNRG, Vice President of Lodamun |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 239 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 245 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 115 |
| Random fact: It is the collective responsibility of the players in a nation to ensure all currently binding RP laws are clearly outlined in an OOC reference bill in the "Bills under debate" section of the nation page. Confusion should not be created by displaying only some of the current RP laws or displaying RP laws which are no longer current. |
| Random quote: "Envy is the cause of political division." - Democritus |