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Bill: Torture
Details
Submitted by[?]: Maroon 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: November 2061
Description[?]:
| We must abolish this inhumane form of 'questioning', by which the judicial system is corrupted through coercion and vagueness. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The use of torture for obtaining information.
Old value:: Suspects can only be tortured under grave emergencies where the information is vital.
Current: Suspects can only be tortured under grave emergencies where the information is vital.
Proposed: Torture is never allowed.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 01:04:54, June 02, 2005 CET | From | Dorvik Conservative Party | To | Debating the Torture |
| Message | Torture is necessary in the fight against evil |
| Date | 01:12:44, June 02, 2005 CET | From | Maroon Party | To | Debating the Torture |
| Message | He who stares into the abyss finds that the abyss stares back. |
| Date | 01:13:27, June 02, 2005 CET | From | Maroon Party | To | Debating the Torture |
| Message | The difference between that which is good and that which is evil is that evil holds that the ends justify the means, while the good believe in good means as well as good ends. |
| Date | 17:06:49, June 02, 2005 CET | From | Noordelijk Bevrijding Front | To | Debating the Torture |
| Message | We concur with the east |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 35 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 37 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 22 |
| Random fact: Parties have the ability to endorse another party's candidate for the Head of State election (if there is one). This adds a strategic element to the elections. |
| Random quote: "Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?" - Ernest Gaines |