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Bill: Self-Defense Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Monarchist 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: August 2196
Description[?]:
| We propose the following changes in order to strengthen and support our military in pursuit of dominance in such matters. |
Proposals
Article 1
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 weapons in warfare unless another nation uses them first.
Current: The nation reserves the right to use chemical or biological weapons in warfare for any reason.
Proposed: The nation reserves the right to use chemical or biological weapons in warfare for any reason.
Article 2
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 unless another nation uses them first.
Current: The nation shall never use nuclear weapons in warfare.
Proposed: The nation reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in retaliation to any attack.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:38:46, March 05, 2006 CET | From | Social Reform Party | To | Debating the Self-Defense Act |
| Message | We would consider voting for this is article two was eliminated, or atleast changed to something less restrictive. |
| Date | 20:41:24, March 05, 2006 CET | From | Independent Capitalist Party | To | Debating the Self-Defense Act |
| Message | Agreed, we'd be in favor of this bill if article two were to be changed to the "only in times of war" option or article two to be eliminated. |
| Date | 20:43:03, March 05, 2006 CET | From | Social-Libertarian Alorian Party | To | Debating the Self-Defense Act |
| Message | Draft is not efficient. You do not want not moralized people who rather want to be elsewhere to defend the nation. It is also a harsh limitation of human rights. |
| Date | 21:47:33, March 05, 2006 CET | From | Monarchist Party | To | Debating the Self-Defense Act |
| Message | Article Two is henceforth revoked. |
| Date | 22:40:12, March 05, 2006 CET | From | Social-Libertarian Alorian Party | To | Debating the Self-Defense Act |
| Message | This still makes us become a rogue state, don't you agree? |
| Date | 13:44:58, March 06, 2006 CET | From | Independent Capitalist Party | To | Debating the Self-Defense Act |
| Message | It won't make us a rogue state, it'll make us a state no one would like to attack. |
| Date | 15:45:14, March 06, 2006 CET | From |  Aloria Green Socialist Party | To | Debating the Self-Defense Act |
| Message | Chemical and biological weapons? Are we sadists? |
| Date | 02:58:34, March 07, 2006 CET | From | Monarchist Party | To | Debating the Self-Defense Act |
| Message | No, just powerful. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 397 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 203 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Once approved, players should copy Cultural Protocols into a bill in the debate section of their nation page, under the title of "OOC: Cultural Protocols". This bill should include links to the passed Cultural Protocol bill and the Moderation approval. |
| Random quote: "Whatever crushes individuality is despotism, by whatever name it may be called and whether it professes to be enforcing the will of God or the injunctions of men." - John Stuart Mill |