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Bill: Torture (Abolition) Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: United Liberal Alliance
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: October 2056
Description[?]:
| The people return us as the largest party with yet another increased majority!! Therefore we say that torture is cruel and unneccessary and should be abolished and so we seek to repeal the Torture Act. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The use of torture for obtaining information.
Old value:: Suspects can only be tortured under grave emergencies where the information is vital.
Current: Torture is never allowed.
Proposed: Torture is never allowed.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 17:11:18, May 22, 2005 CET | From | Conservative Party of Telamon | To | Debating the Torture (Abolition) Act |
| Message | The point of torture is that it is supposed to be cruel and unusual.. We disagree, torture is necessary at points. |
| Date | 23:41:00, May 22, 2005 CET | From | United Liberal Alliance | To | Debating the Torture (Abolition) Act |
| Message | Torture is NEVER necessary |
| Date | 03:41:05, May 23, 2005 CET | From | Conservative Party of Telamon | To | Debating the Torture (Abolition) Act |
| Message | I suppose an army and police are unnessary too, you damn hippie. |
| Date | 11:53:56, May 23, 2005 CET | From | United Liberal Alliance | To | Debating the Torture (Abolition) Act |
| Message | I am not a hippie - but most civilised countries seem to get on perfectly well without torture. I just believe in human rights and in the rule of law. |
| Date | 11:56:37, May 23, 2005 CET | From | Liberal Party of Telamon | To | Debating the Torture (Abolition) Act |
| Message | yeah, seem |
| Date | 12:08:34, May 23, 2005 CET | From | United Liberal Alliance | To | Debating the Torture (Abolition) Act |
| Message | OK TCP: DO not SEEM, they DO get on perfectly well without torture - maybe though you would prefer to be able to be tortured in Australia (you may be a masochist i don't know) |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 49 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 76 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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