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Bill: National Language Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: The Raging Bull Zealots of Zidine
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This bill asks for an amendement to the Constitution. It will require two-thirds of the legislature to vote in favor. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: July 2217
Description[?]:
| On the passing of this bill, Kafuristans nation language will be immediately changed to Rock And Roll. In the strangest kind of way. Its been a long time since I rock and rolled. Stairway to Heaven, as the greatest song ever, will become the National Anthem. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The lyrics of the national anthem.
Old value:: (Auferstanden aus Ruinen) Auferstanden aus Ruinen und der Zukunft zugewandt, laß uns Dir zum Guten dienen, Kafuristan, einig Mutterland. Alte Not gilt es zu zwingen, und wir zwingen sie vereint, denn es muß uns doch gelingen, daß die Sonne schön wie nie über Kafuristan scheint. Glück und Friede sei beschieden Kafuristan, unserm Mutterland. Alle Welt sehnt sich nach Frieden, reicht den Völkern eure Hand. Wenn wir brüderlich uns einen, schlagen wir des Volkes Feind! Laßt das Licht des Friedens scheinen, daß nie eine Mutter mehr ihren Sohn beweint. Laßt uns pflügen, laßt uns bauen, lernt und schafft wie nie zuvor, und der eignen Kraft vertrauend, steigt ein frei Geschlecht empor. Kafur Jugend, bestes Streben unsres Volks in dir vereint, wirst du Kafuristans neues Leben. Und die Sonne schön wie nie über Kafuristan scheint.
Current:
| It has been a long time oh my weapon! I long for you in my struggle! Speak and say I am awake, Oh war it has been a long time. It has been a long time for the soldiers, Advancing with thunderous roar, Swearing never to return, Except with epoch-making victory. Rise and close ranks, With lives ready for sacrifice. O! the horror that the enemy shall suffer, From you in the fire of the battlefield. O! glory our glory, You who was built by us, By toil and pain, Never to go to waste. Who shall protect Free Kafuristan? We shall protect her with our weapons. Land of the Revolution, who will sacrifice for her sake? We will, with our souls. The people advance like the light, The people stand like mountains and seas, Volcanoes of anger, volcanoes erupting, Earthquakes digging the enemy into their graves. |
Proposed:
| Stairway To Heaven There's a lady who's sure all that glitters is gold And she's buying a stairway to heaven. When she gets there she knows, if the stores are all closed With a word she can get what she came for. Ooh, ooh, and she's buying a stairway to heaven. There's a sign on the wall but she wants to be sure 'Cause you know sometimes words have two meanings. In a tree by the brook, there's a songbird who sings, Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiven. Ooh, it makes me wonder, Ooh, it makes me wonder. There's a feeling I get when I look to the west, And my spirit is crying for leaving. In my thoughts I have seen rings of smoke through the trees, And the voices of those who stand looking. Ooh, it makes me wonder, Ooh, it really makes me wonder. And it's whispered that soon if we all call the tune Then the piper will lead us to reason. And a new day will dawn for those who stand long And the forests will echo with laughter. If there's a bustle in your hedgerow, don't be alarmed now, It's just a spring clean for the May queen. Yes, there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run There's still time to change the road you're on. And it makes me wonder. Your head is humming and it won't go, in case you don't know, The piper's calling you to join him, Dear lady, can you hear the wind blow, and did you know Your stairway lies on the whispering wind. And as we wind on down the road Our shadows taller than our soul. There walks a lady we all know Who shines white light and wants to show How everything still turns to gold. And if you listen very hard The tune will come to you at last. When all are one and one is all To be a rock and not to roll. And she's buying a stairway to heaven. |
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The national motto.
Old value:: Wer glücklich ist, fühlt; wer unglücklich ist, denkt.
Current:
| نزاهه، Øرية، الاشتراكية (Integrity, Liberty, Equality) |
Proposed: Grab a beer and chug it here
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:21:41, April 21, 2006 CET | From | Klassiskt Liberala Partiet | To | Debating the National Language Act |
| Message | great bill! Kafuristan seems to be a truely great nation! -Varg Vikernes, Head Of Government, Kazulianisk Kungariket |
| Date | 04:32:27, April 22, 2006 CET | From | Communist Party of Kafuristan | To | Debating the National Language Act |
| Message | Imagine is better than Stairway. |
| Date | 23:28:41, April 26, 2006 CET | From | Kommunistische Einheitspartei Dundorf | To | Debating the National Language Act |
| Message | I support you because I want to use your current anthem in Dundorf. |
| Date | 04:06:46, April 27, 2006 CET | From | Sect of the Green Moon | To | Debating the National Language Act |
| Message | GAH! COMMIE INVADERS! |
| Date | 04:29:41, April 27, 2006 CET | From | Communist Party of Kafuristan | To | Debating the National Language Act |
| Message | Oh, by the way, I forgot to mention that our long-term national anthem is inspired directly by Eastern Germany's anthem, the German Democratic Republic, the DDR. However, I see no reason why we cannot all use the similar anthem. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 133 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 98 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 69 |
| Random fact: In order for a Cabinet bill to pass, more than half of the legislature must vote for it and all of the parties included in the proposed Cabinet must support it. If your nation has a Head of State who is also the Head of Government, then the party controlling this character must also vote for the bill, since the Head of Government is also a member of the Cabinet. If any of these requirements are not met, the bill will not pass. |
| Random quote: "The one bonus of not lifting the ban on gays in the military is that the next time the government mandates a draft we can all declare homosexuality instead of running off to Canada." - Lorne Bloch |