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Bill: Alcohol
Details
Submitted by[?]: Republican Party
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: June 2213
Description[?]:
| By exposing our people to alcohol in earlier stages in their lives, they will learn more responsibility, and so instead of thinking its 'cool because its illegal,' citizens will become more responsibilty. Hopefully this will help. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards alcoholic beverages.
Old value:: Alcoholic beverages may be purchased only from licensed sales outlets, and can only be available to adults.
Current: Alcoholic beverages may be purchased only from licensed sales outlets, and can only be available to adults.
Proposed: Alcoholic beverages may be purchased only from licensed sales outlets, but consumed by anyone.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 14:18:58, April 08, 2006 CET | From | Fenner Brockway Socialist Party | To | Debating the Alcohol |
| Message | Does this mean that they can only be purchased by adults, but can be consumed by both adults and children, or that they can be purchased by children, provided that the sales vendor is licensed? |
| Date | 18:15:18, April 08, 2006 CET | From | Progressive Conservatives | To | Debating the Alcohol |
| Message | We don't quite agree with the Republicans' reasoning here. By their reasoning, are they also suggesting that if we give guns to everyone, then they will be "more responsible" with guns? |
| Date | 20:03:01, April 08, 2006 CET | From | Republican Party | To | Debating the Alcohol |
| Message | Well you see, doing the same with guns would most likely do the same. If you are in a hunting family, and you learn to use a gun early on, you will most likely not become a lunatic who holds up banks. Moreover, you would become a very good hunter, or gun collector, or marksmen. So yes, by early exposure we would allow more responsibility. However, alcohol is not as deadly as a firearm, so more study on exsposure to firearms in early stages of life would be needed. |
| Date | 12:21:55, April 09, 2006 CET | From |  Ducal Delegation | To | Debating the Alcohol |
| Message | His Grace would like to draw the attention of the Grand Council to a country in another world (which people debate whether it exists or not) called France, where children are given sips of alcohol while they are growing up, which means when they reach the age where they can legally buy alcohol, they don't rush to the nearest pubs and clubs and binge drink. This is a much more civilised system: sit in a cafe with the family, sip a glass of red wine, have gentle philosophical discussions, watch the rioting etc. etc. Percy Waterman (Personal Secretary to the Grand Duke of Hikirena) |
| Date | 19:02:59, April 09, 2006 CET | From | Progressive Conservatives | To | Debating the Alcohol |
| Message | Re Republicans: Pretty dangerous assumptions there, especially about guns. |
| Date | 20:47:33, April 09, 2006 CET | From | Fenner Brockway Socialist Party | To | Debating the Alcohol |
| Message | No one attempted to answer our question so we thought it safest to vote no. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 165 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 168 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 42 |
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