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Bill: Libel Law Reform Act of October 2177
Details
Submitted by[?]: Proletariat Revolution Party
Status[?]: passed
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: May 2179
Description[?]:
| Each citizen of Likatonia has the right to enjoy a life without worry of libelous material circulating about them. Falsehoods are dangerous and lies only generate more lies. Truthful facts are protected from persecution because truth prevails over lies. ARTICLE 1 Falsehoods and defamatory opinion pieces are designed to destroy one's reputation and those fabricate lies are designed with the intent to harm the person's reputation, standing in a community and their mental condition. By providing protection on legal and reasonable grounds, citizens can actively not worry about malicious material circulating about them. However, this doesn't hinder the truth. If the facts printed about that individual are true, then this law doesn't protect the individual. The individual is liable for the truth and must seek to repair the damage that they have done, because facts are stronger than fiction. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Libel laws.
Old value:: Individuals may sue over falsehoods printed on them.
Current: Individuals may sue over falsehoods and defamatory opinions printed on them.
Proposed: Individuals may sue over falsehoods and defamatory opinions printed on them.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 17:41:28, January 29, 2006 CET | From | Progressive Party | To | Debating the Libel Law Reform Act of October 2177 |
| Message | So can a public figure sue over the "defamatory opinions" written in a Nevarn City Times editorial, or are public figures fair game? |
| Date | 18:52:59, January 29, 2006 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the Libel Law Reform Act of October 2177 |
| Message | The AMA understands the AM SLP reasoning... and is currently prepared to support. |
| Date | 23:20:38, January 29, 2006 CET | From | Likaton Fascist Front | To | Debating the Libel Law Reform Act of October 2177 |
| Message | We could almost support this on the gounds that it restricts freedom of speech. Almost. |
| Date | 23:57:59, January 29, 2006 CET | From | Proletariat Revolution Party | To | Debating the Libel Law Reform Act of October 2177 |
| Message | It would have to be falsehoods. Exagerated truths aren't considered defamatory. Truth isn't a persecutable offence. |
| Date | 14:39:18, January 30, 2006 CET | From | AM Radical Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Libel Law Reform Act of October 2177 |
| Message | The current law protects against falsehoods - adding defamatory opinions is too restrictive. Opinions are like assholes, everybody has them, some just smell worse than others. |
| Date | 10:55:38, January 31, 2006 CET | From | Right Wing Liberals Party | To | Debating the Libel Law Reform Act of October 2177 |
| Message | We support unless it is in Humourous Humour. |
| Date | 15:43:55, January 31, 2006 CET | From | Proletariat Revolution Party | To | Debating the Libel Law Reform Act of October 2177 |
| Message | Humour usually involves an element of truth (or at least it does in the case of political humour and satire) |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 253 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 213 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 16 |
| 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: "If we accept that a mother can kill even her own child, how can we tell other people to not kill each other? Any country that accepts abortion is not teaching its people to love, but to use any violence to get what they want." - Mother Teresa of Calcutta quotes |