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Bill: Restricting use of Bio&Chem Weapons
Details
Submitted by[?]: Social Democrat League
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: April 2204
Description[?]:
| We don't think these kinds of atrocious means belong in modern society and warfare. |
Proposals
Article 1
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 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.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 13:02:00, March 20, 2006 CET | From | Free Progress Alliance | To | Debating the Restricting use of Bio&Chem Weapons |
| Message | We can concur. While banning the use outright is strategic suicide, we can concur with the need to maintain a strategically advantageous moral high-ground whereby we advocate a no first-use policy. |
| Date | 20:42:02, March 20, 2006 CET | From | Malivianese Militarist Party | To | Debating the Restricting use of Bio&Chem Weapons |
| Message | We disagree... all options must be left open in times of war. |
| Date | 21:32:25, March 20, 2006 CET | From | Social Democrat League | To | Debating the Restricting use of Bio&Chem Weapons |
| Message | Biological and chemical weapons aren't the only means to fight a war ... OOC: In real wars, biological and chemical weapons haven't been used much at all. As far as I know, this only happened in World War I, and we saw how much it helped them ... And I'm talking about wars; fighting against your enemy, not the mass murder of civilians with chemical agents. |
| Date | 21:42:43, March 20, 2006 CET | From | Social Democrat League | To | Debating the Restricting use of Bio&Chem Weapons |
| Message | Another point is that when biological and chemical weapons were deployed first in a war, they provoked more hostility and resistance than actually being effective in disabling the enemy. We also remember all those nations that used them in wars first, as ruthless, and also most often the losers of the war. (OOC: This might have something to do with the fact that the countries that used them were the aggressors.) OOC: Apparently, they were also used a little bit in World War II and some colonial wars, but never really on a wider scale, for fear of retaliation. |
| Date | 03:47:20, March 21, 2006 CET | From |  Protectorate Party | To | Debating the Restricting use of Bio&Chem Weapons |
| Message | We can agree to this. |
| Date | 20:19:24, March 21, 2006 CET | From | Malivianese Militarist Party | To | Debating the Restricting use of Bio&Chem Weapons |
| Message | The fear of retaliation remains with the option that we have unhindered use of all military options. If we start to narrow these options, that fear disappears and the enemy will have better strategy knowing they are able to make a first strike instead of not knowing whether we will make a first strike or not. |
| Date | 14:15:49, March 22, 2006 CET | From | Free Progress Alliance | To | Debating the Restricting use of Bio&Chem Weapons |
| Message | The fear of biological and chemical RETALIATION is unhindered by this bill. What is hindered is the premise that we strike first with such weapons. An effective deterrence is still maintained under this legislation which is why I can support it. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 179 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 78 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 44 |
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