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Bill: Platform Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Shuggoth Progressive 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 2179
Description[?]:
| Since the legislature is so unpredictable and laggy lately, this bill will simply pander to my special interests! |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The nation's defence industry.
Old value:: The state owns national defence industries but these exist alongside privately owned defence industries.
Current: Defence industries are privately owned but subsidised by the state.
Proposed: Defence industries are privately owned and not subsidised.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Listing of controversial ingredients, such as genetically modified (GM) ingredients (if food labelling is applied).
Old value:: Any chemicals used in agrigulture or processing, and any GM ingredients must be listed.
Current: Any chemicals used in agrigulture or processing must be listed. There is no requirement to disclose GM ingredients.
Proposed: There is no requirement to disclose GM ingredients, or chemicals used in agrigulture or processing.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Health and safety legislation for industry.
Old value:: The government introduces and actively regulates health and safety legislation in all areas of industry.
Current: The government introduces and actively regulates health and safety legislation in all areas of industry.
Proposed: Health and safety laws are to be determined by local governments.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy on public nudity.
Old value:: Public nudity is illegal, but private nudist colonies and beaches are permitted.
Current: There are no laws with regards to public nudity, it is allowed.
Proposed: There are no laws with regards to public nudity, it is allowed.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Government regulation of pollution in industry.
Old value:: The government enforces moderate pollution restrictions.
Current: The government enforces moderate pollution restrictions.
Proposed: Industrial pollution is not regulated by the government.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Right to privacy.
Old value:: Individuals have a right to privacy, but the courts can force individuals to give information on certain matters if needed. (also known as Habeas Data).
Current: Individuals have a right to privacy, but the courts can force individuals to give information on certain matters if needed. (also known as Habeas Data).
Proposed: Individuals have a right to privacy, to keep records and information for themselves.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding sexually explicit material on broadcast television.
Old value:: Sexually explicit material is not allowed, but nudity that is not sexually explicit is.
Current: Sexually explicit material is not allowed, but nudity that is not sexually explicit is.
Proposed: All sexually explicit material is allowed on television.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 03:05:52, February 01, 2006 CET | From | Shuggoth Progressive Party | To | Debating the Platform Bill |
| Message | (OOC: Since the game is being too unstable lately to actually debate anything, I'm just firming up my platform for the next elections. I hope they fix this stuff soon!) A little something for everyone to hate! hehe |
| Date | 03:09:19, February 01, 2006 CET | From | Luthori Green Party | To | Debating the Platform Bill |
| Message | I can vote for articles four, six, and seven, but not articles one, two, three, and five. |
| Date | 09:22:35, February 01, 2006 CET | From | Covenanters (IA) | To | Debating the Platform Bill |
| Message | I would have really liked to see article one pass, but not at the cost of public health and morality on TV. |
| Date | 10:02:50, February 02, 2006 CET | From | Covenanters (IA) | To | Debating the Platform Bill |
| Message | You've stolen all our laissez-faire voters by mixing privatisation with immorality. You fiend! |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 130 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 517 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 103 |
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| Random quote: "We must show that liberty is not merely one particular value but that it is the source and condition of most moral values. What a free society offers to the individual is much more than what he would be able to do if only he were free. We can therefore not fully appreciate the value of freedom until we know how a society of free men as a whole differs from one in which unfreedom prevails." - Friedrich August Hayek |