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Bill: Independence of the Military Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Ducal Delegation
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 2211
Description[?]:
| Political correctness has no place in the running of an army. Our generals must be allowed to get on with the job in hand. Percy Waterman (Personal Secretary to the Grand Duke of Hikirena) |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Discrimination in the military on grounds of race/religion.
Old value:: Any adult citizen can serve in the military, discrimination for racial or religious reasons is prohibited.
Current: Any adult citizen can serve in the military, discrimination for racial or religious reasons is prohibited.
Proposed: The government does not interfere with the military over who can serve in it.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 13:37:42, April 06, 2006 CET | From | Fenner Brockway Socialist Party | To | Debating the Independence of the Military Act |
| Message | Is it "political correctness" to say that both blacks and whites should be allowed to serve in the military? Was the abolition of slavery "political correctness" too? What about the abolition of apartheid? |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 120 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 255 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: When forming a cabinet, try to include as few parties as possible, while still obtaining a majority of the seats. |
| Random quote: "Conservatism, however, is too often a welcome excuse for lazy minds, loath to adapt themselves to fast changing conditions." - Sigmund Freud |