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Bill: Acceptable Standards Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Lutte Féministe de Libération
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 2194
Description[?]:
| While the right to research and construct nuclear weapons may or may not exist, there certainly should be no need to research or construct chemical and biological weapons. The use of these weapons would be catastrophic to all of Terra, and would eventually harm our own nation. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning biological and chemical weaponry.
Old value:: The nation reserves the right to develop, construct and store biological and chemical weapons.
Current: The nation reserves the right to develop, construct and store biological and chemical weapons.
Proposed: The nation shall never develop, purchase or store biological or chemical weaponry.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the use of chemical and biological weaponry in warfare.
Old value:: The nation reserves the right to use chemical or biological weapons in warfare for any reason.
Current: The nation reserves the right to use chemical or biological weapons in warfare for any reason.
Proposed: The nation shall never use chemical or biological weaponry in warfare.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 11:09:40, March 02, 2006 CET | From | Beach Party | To | Debating the Acceptable Standards Act |
| Message | "The use of these weapons would be catastrophic to all of Terra" ...and nuclear weapons wouldn't be? We are just reserving our right to defend our nation by any means necessary. |
| Date | 15:21:19, March 02, 2006 CET | From |  Mouvement des Conservateurs | To | Debating the Acceptable Standards Act |
| Message | We support the statement of Beach Party. |
| Date | 21:35:21, March 02, 2006 CET | From | Front Canrillaise | To | Debating the Acceptable Standards Act |
| Message | As do we. |
| Date | 00:46:34, March 03, 2006 CET | From | Lutte Féministe de Libération | To | Debating the Acceptable Standards Act |
| Message | Nuclear weapons may indeed be catastrophic to all of Terra, that's why we support at minimum the right only to use them in retaliation for attacks (eventually we will have enough votes to out and out ban them). Chemical and biological weapons, however, are far more dangerous because virus and new germs will definitely spread quickly beyond their original target, and they will eventually come to hurt the people of Rildanor and our enemies alike. |
| Date | 03:53:43, March 03, 2006 CET | From | Beach Party | To | Debating the Acceptable Standards Act |
| Message | They are a last resort if we are already doomed. The fact that we will use them if we have to will hopefully prevent us being doomed. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 267 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 297 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 17 |
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