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Bill: Scientific Freedom Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: National Centrist 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: April 2060
Description[?]:
| This bill would, if passed, remove certain arcane and unnecessary laws that are damaging Likaton's economic and scientific superiority. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The use of animals in cosmetics research.
Old value:: The use of animals to test cosmetic products is regulated.
Current: Animals may not be used for testing cosmetics products.
Proposed: The use of animals to test cosmetic products is unregulated.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards the cloning of human beings.
Old value:: Research in cloning technologies is legal, but regulated.
Current: Research in cloning technologies is legal, but regulated.
Proposed: Research in cloning technologies is not regulated.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 08:16:47, May 28, 2005 CET | From | Proletariat Revolution Party | To | Debating the Scientific Freedom Act |
| Message | I agree with the first. The second I'm unsure about. It's a slippery slope. I think it's fine the way it is. Why would you want to deregulate cloning technology? |
| Date | 11:28:48, May 28, 2005 CET | From | National Centrist Party | To | Debating the Scientific Freedom Act |
| Message | Medical advances that would improve quality of life and the economy would result from deregulation of cloning. If cloning technologies advanced to the point of being economically viable, near-immortality would be at hand for our citizenry. Wouldn't you like to live forever? |
| Date | 00:51:51, May 29, 2005 CET | From | Right Wing Liberals Party | To | Debating the Scientific Freedom Act |
| Message | no |
| Date | 07:36:59, May 29, 2005 CET | From | People's Party | To | Debating the Scientific Freedom Act |
| Message | You are getting increasingly savvy about destroying your opponents by forcing them to vote against themselves. However, by destroying me, you are empowering the left, and the fascists...which is not alltogether wise. |
| Date | 07:50:39, May 29, 2005 CET | From | Proletariat Revolution Party | To | Debating the Scientific Freedom Act |
| Message | LFP - while I object to eternal life on natural reasons (such as, why would anyone want to live for that long? Death is inevitable, but life should be pain free), we do see your point. We can support you in principle. |
| Date | 21:05:00, May 29, 2005 CET | From | National Centrist Party | To | Debating the Scientific Freedom Act |
| Message | Change will not occur overnight. You object to eternal life, but will you even see it? There is no guarantee of that. While it is almost an assurance that life spans will increase drastically over time, practical immortality is likely not for this generation. One day, though, some future generation will be able to live as long as they like without pain, and only die when they themselves decide they are ready for death. We should encourage that. It would be the ultimate right to life. |
| Date | 01:03:16, May 30, 2005 CET | From | Proletariat Revolution Party | To | Debating the Scientific Freedom Act |
| Message | I can see where this is going, and in theory, I'll support it. |
| Date | 08:22:52, May 30, 2005 CET | From | People's Party | To | Debating the Scientific Freedom Act |
| Message | Cloning functions only when scientists are allowed to kill babies. Since this violate and offends our sense of ethics, we can back your stance. However, if you feel that murder is something we should legalise, then that is up to you.. |
| Date | 08:26:17, May 30, 2005 CET | From | People's Party | To | Debating the Scientific Freedom Act |
| Message | whoops scratch that last comment off entirely.... i didn't read your proposal carefully. |
| Date | 08:44:13, May 30, 2005 CET | From | Proletariat Revolution Party | To | Debating the Scientific Freedom Act |
| Message | It happens to all of us. ^_^ |
| Date | 20:20:26, May 30, 2005 CET | From | Right Wing Liberals Party | To | Debating the Scientific Freedom Act |
| Message | OO if thats aimed at me ll take it as a compliment. : P |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 73 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 96 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 15 |
| Random fact: Particracy allows you to establish an unelected head of state like a monarch or a president-for-life, but doing this is a bit of a process. First elect a candidate with the name "." to the Head of State position. Then change your law on the "Structure of the executive branch" to "The head of state is hereditary and symbolic; the head of government chairs the cabinet" and change the "formal title of the head of state" to how you want the new head of state's title and name to appear (eg. King Percy XVI). |
| Random quote: "There is no other definition of communism valid for us than that of the abolition of the exploitation of man by man." - Che Guevara |