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Bill: The Corporal Punishment Act of 2215
Details
Submitted by[?]: The Mordusian Green 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: July 2217
Description[?]:
| An Act to outlaw corporal punishment in schools, which amounts to legal child abuse. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The teacher's right to discipline children.
Old value:: Teachers may use corporal punishment at their discretion.
Current: Teachers are forbidden from striking children and may only use non-contact discipline (detention, expulsion etc).
Proposed: Teachers are forbidden from striking children and may only use non-contact discipline (detention, expulsion etc).
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 09:18:03, April 19, 2006 CET | From | National Thomasian Party | To | Debating the The Corporal Punishment Act of 2215 |
| Message | This is not child abuse, this is part of bringing up and educating a child. Corpral punishment makes children understand the importance of sticking to the rules and giving them a respect for their superiors. |
| Date | 12:13:24, April 19, 2006 CET | From | Mordusian Individualists | To | Debating the The Corporal Punishment Act of 2215 |
| Message | We support. |
| Date | 03:10:34, April 21, 2006 CET | From | The Mordusian Green Party | To | Debating the The Corporal Punishment Act of 2215 |
| Message | What is it teaching our kids if, every time they break the rules, they are beaten. That is not how the real world works. |
| Date | 09:53:23, April 21, 2006 CET | From | National Thomasian Party | To | Debating the The Corporal Punishment Act of 2215 |
| Message | Every time they break the rules as an adult they are arrested and make to do hard physical work in prisons. It's a simmilar thing really. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 135 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 397 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 67 |
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