We are working on a brand new version of the game! If you want to stay informed, read our blog and register for our mailing list.
Bill: policy regarding the ownership of domestic animals as pets
Details
Submitted by[?]: Green 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: June 4311
Description[?]:
| We propose that people should register their pets. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the ownership of domestic animals as pets.
Old value:: There are no laws regarding domestic animal ownership.
Current: People must register domestic animals with the local government.
Proposed: People must register domestic animals with the local government.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:16:48, November 30, 2017 CET | From | The Conservative Party | To | Debating the policy regarding the ownership of domestic animals as pets |
| Message | Oh Mr.Speaker please, there is no requirement for such bureaucracy. We are totally fine without it! Paul Willis Shadow Minister of the Environment of the Conservative Party |
| Date | 20:53:05, November 30, 2017 CET | From | Félagsleg Demókrati Partí | To | Debating the policy regarding the ownership of domestic animals as pets |
| Message | The Libertarian Socialist Party thinks that we shouldn't register "domestic" animals, firstly because that's treating them as objects or slaves, and secondly, because the government shouldn't have any right to say if we are able to have that animal as a pet. |
| Date | 20:59:46, November 30, 2017 CET | From | National Democratic Party | To | Debating the policy regarding the ownership of domestic animals as pets |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, Are the Libertarian Socialists seriously suggesting labelling animals as domesticated is the same as calling them slaves? As for their second concern, the proposed laws would not lead to the government saying which pets people can or cannot keep. John Miller Leader of the National Democratic Party |
| Date | 21:03:55, November 30, 2017 CET | From | Green Party | To | Debating the policy regarding the ownership of domestic animals as pets |
| Message | thank you for your opinions We propose this as a kind of protection to animals against any type of violence. |
| Date | 22:32:11, November 30, 2017 CET | From | Félagsleg Demókrati Partí | To | Debating the policy regarding the ownership of domestic animals as pets |
| Message | If you register something, you are technically defying the freedom of that living being. It's your family's property, not the government's property, so there's no need on registering them for any reason. If a family wants to live with a wild animal, it should be their problem (and obviously, everyone could help them to keep them safe, but there's no need on registering them and saying what animals are able to be called domestic and which not). |
| Date | 22:41:52, November 30, 2017 CET | From | National Democratic Party | To | Debating the policy regarding the ownership of domestic animals as pets |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, This is not a bill that will change the law concerning keeping a wild animal as a pet. This bill will simply ensure that all animals can be kept safe by animal welfare organisations. John Miller Leader of the National Democratic Party |
| Date | 22:48:58, November 30, 2017 CET | From | Félagsleg Demókrati Partí | To | Debating the policy regarding the ownership of domestic animals as pets |
| Message | I mean that you can't throw away their freedom by "keeping them safe by animal welfare organisations", we personally think that keeping them safe is a threat to their liberty as well as making experiments using their bodies. And if there are wild animals, it's because they should stay at their own home, a desert, a jungle... 'Domestic' animals are ready to be in a city full of people and socialize with other people. |
| Date | 22:55:07, November 30, 2017 CET | From | National Democratic Party | To | Debating the policy regarding the ownership of domestic animals as pets |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, Keeping animals safe by rescuing them from abusive owners is not a threat to their liberty whatsoever. John Miller Leader of the National Democratic Party |
subscribe to this discussion - unsubscribe
Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 414 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 336 |
| Random fact: Players have a responsibility to make a reasonable effort to be accurate when communicating the rules to other players. Any player who manipulatively misleads another player about the rules will be subject to sanction. |
| Random quote: "By a continuing process of inflation, government can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens." - John Maynard Keynes |