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Bill: Hate Speech Act 2176
Details
Submitted by[?]: Centre Démocratique
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: February 2177
Description[?]:
| Hate speech is different from other kinds of speech because it aims to oppress and intimidate a particular group of people. Hate speech should not be tolerated in Jelbania. |
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; everything else may be published freely.
Current: It is forbidden to criticize the government, or publish any material that the government does not approve of.
Proposed: There are laws against the publication of false information and hate speech.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:17:29, January 26, 2006 CET | From | Dynex Party | To | Debating the Hate Speech Act 2176 |
| Message | The Dynex Party does not support this bill. While hate speech is wrong, it would be an infringement on the Freedom of Press. Also, it would be extremely difficult to define what constitutes hateful speech. This would lead government redefining hate speech constantly to fit their agenda. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 137 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 302 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Don't put "the" as the first word in your party name, because when parties are referred to in news reports, their names are preceded with "the", e.g. the [Socialist Party] has lost. |
| Random quote: "To live anywhere in the world today and be against equality because of race or color is like living in Alaska and being against snow." - William Faulkner, Essays, Speeches and Public Letters |