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Bill: WMD Defense Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Beluzian Defense and Federalist 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: March 2189
Description[?]:
| The purpose of this bill is to encourage the development of WMD’s for DEFENSIVE purposes only. We need to have these weapons in order to prevent their use on our innocent civilians. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning biological and chemical weaponry.
Old value:: The nation shall never develop, purchase or store biological or chemical weaponry.
Current: The nation shall never purchase, produce, or store biological or chemical weaponry, for military purposes. Research and development of the technology is permitted.
Proposed: The nation reserves the right to develop, construct and store biological and chemical weapons.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the use of chemical and biological weaponry in warfare.
Old value:: The nation shall never use chemical or biological weaponry in warfare.
Current: The nation shall never use chemical or biological weaponry in warfare.
Proposed: The nation shall never use chemical or biological weapons in warfare unless another nation uses them first.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the use of nuclear weaponry in warfare.
Old value:: The nation shall never use nuclear weapons in warfare.
Current: The nation shall never use nuclear weapons in warfare.
Proposed: The nation reserves the right to nuclear weapons in retaliation to a nuclear, chemical or biological attack.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The policy with respect to nuclear weaponry.
Old value:: The nation shall never develop, produce or store nuclear weaponry.
Current: The nation shall never produce or store nuclear weaponry for military purposes. Research and development of the technology is permitted.
Proposed: The nation reserves the right to develop, produce and store nuclear arms.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:44:18, February 19, 2006 CET | From | Moderate Beluzians | To | Debating the WMD Defense Bill |
| Message | Chemical and Biological weapons can enter the environmental cycles and return to haunt the citizens you wish to protect. |
| Date | 03:17:08, February 20, 2006 CET | From | Beluzian Defense and Federalist Party | To | Debating the WMD Defense Bill |
| Message | Would I have your support if the provisions on chemical and biological weapons were removed, and the nuclear option remained? Nuclear weapons are a better response to a WMD attack anyways. |
| Date | 03:49:24, February 20, 2006 CET | From | Conservative Party | To | Debating the WMD Defense Bill |
| Message | yeehaw, I support |
| Date | 04:06:43, February 20, 2006 CET | From | LiberalDemocraticFreedomTaxAndSpendParty | To | Debating the WMD Defense Bill |
| Message | Nuclear weapons are worse then Chemical and Biological weapons, because the nuclear fallout that occurs makes that land virtually useless for hundreds of years. |
| Date | 06:07:51, February 20, 2006 CET | From | Beluzian Fascist Party | To | Debating the WMD Defense Bill |
| Message | Support. |
| Date | 06:56:17, February 20, 2006 CET | From | Moderate Beluzians | To | Debating the WMD Defense Bill |
| Message | Remove the first two and I can support. |
| Date | 06:57:33, February 20, 2006 CET | From | Beluzian Fascist Party | To | Debating the WMD Defense Bill |
| Message | We must reserve the right to strike back with weapons the enemy might use. We will never use them first. We cannot fight with one hand tied behind our back! |
| Date | 00:57:30, February 21, 2006 CET | From | People's Populist Party - Zogist Mafia | To | Debating the WMD Defense Bill |
| Message | I support chemi/bio weapons, but oppose nukes |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 44 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 46 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 10 |
| Random fact: Real-life places should not be referenced in Particracy. |
| Random quote: "What luck for the rulers that men do not think." - Adolf Hitler |