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Bill: Nihilist Manifesto.
Details
Submitted by[?]: Baltusian Nihilist 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: March 4885
Description[?]:
| ●Religion only makes the illiusion that life has meaning. ●Saving the Planet is not worth it. ●Life isn't worth it but being forced to die isn't either. ●We are forced to live but can freely decide to die or destroy ourselves. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards evangelism and religious advertising.
Old value:: Religions are permitted to freely promote and advertise themselves.
Current: Religions are permitted to freely promote and advertise themselves.
Proposed: Religions are not permitted to promote themselves or advertise in any manner whatsoever.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning religions.
Old value:: There is no official state religion, but the government only allows recognized religions. 'Cults' are persecuted.
Current: There is no government policy concerning a state religion.
Proposed: Any form of religion is banned.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Policy on climate change
Old value:: The official government position is that climate change is one of the most important problems of our day and constitutes a global emergency. We have to take drastic measures to stop it.
Current: The official government position is that climate change is one of the most important problems of our day and constitutes a global emergency. We have to take drastic measures to stop it.
Proposed: The government has no official position on climate change.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the keeping of wild animals as pets.
Old value:: The ownership of wild animals as pets is banned.
Current: The government maintains a list of dangerous wild animals which may not be kept as pets; other wild animals may be kept as pets.
Proposed: All wild animals may be kept as pets, without any restrictions or precautions whatsoever.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning private cars.
Old value:: Private cars are allowed, but people are encouraged to travel collective and tax incentives are provided for cars using environmentally friendly fuels.
Current: Only one car allowed per household, people are encouraged to travel collective and tax incentives on cars using environmentally friendly fuels.
Proposed: There are no regulations on the ownership of private cars.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning biological and chemical weaponry.
Old value:: The nation reserves the right to develop, construct and store biological and chemical weapons.
Current: The nation reserves the right to develop, construct and store biological and chemical weapons.
Proposed: The nation shall never purchase, produce, or store biological or chemical weaponry, for military purposes. Research and development of the technology is permitted.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Government's position on paramilitaries.
Old value:: Paramilitaries are allowed but are heavily regulated by the government.
Current: Paramilitaries are allowed with full privileges, with the right to intervene when necessary.
Proposed: Paramilitaries are illegal and the recognized government may intervene freely to stop any possible activity.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change National service.
Old value:: All adults upon completion of schooling can be required in times of war to serve a term in the military.
Current: All adults upon completion of schooling must serve a term in the military.
Proposed: There shall be no mandatory military or civilian national service.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change Policy on the legality of abortions
Old value:: Abortion is allowed during the first and second trimesters.
Current: Abortion is allowed during the entire course of the pregnancy.
Proposed: Abortion is allowed during the entire course of the pregnancy.
Article 10
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards smoking.
Old value:: Smoking is only allowed in private homes and clubs.
Current: Smoking is legal outdoors and in private homes and clubs, but illegal indoors in all places of employment.
Proposed: Smoking is legal everywhere, at the discretion of the property owner, and is legal in government-owned buildings.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:12:26, January 29, 2021 CET | From | Royal Credit Party (RCP) | To | Debating the Nihilist Manifesto. |
| Message | Maybe in another, place this bill would be something we could support. But banning religion outright is something the culture of Baltusia cannot sustain at the moment. Everything else we can support with varying degrees of enthusiasm. |
| Date | 23:14:02, January 29, 2021 CET | From | Baltusian Nihilist Party | To | Debating the Nihilist Manifesto. |
| Message | The the culture of Baltusia needs to change to the rational outlook of pointlessness. |
| Date | 23:18:34, January 29, 2021 CET | From | Royal Credit Party (RCP) | To | Debating the Nihilist Manifesto. |
| Message | We believe you're making assumptions about the Universe just as much as the theists are. You're stepping on Philosophers past and future who may not agree with your submission to dogma. |
| Date | 16:44:26, January 30, 2021 CET | From | Royal Credit Party (RCP) | To | Debating the Nihilist Manifesto. |
| Message | And may I add that there is nothing rational about blindly jumping to the conclusion that cosmic or absolute purpose is impossible. Even the lack of a God doesn't forbid purpose, and that can't be known. If you're to be taken seriously on the political scene, I must ask: why does nothing matter? -George of Highslag, Leader of the RYEP |
| Date | 19:29:36, January 30, 2021 CET | From | National Progressive Party (NPP) | To | Debating the Nihilist Manifesto. |
| Message | The world has shown time and time again that it can get better. Time and time and time again it has gotten better. Besides, making any assumptions about the divine is inherently foolish, as we are talking about a being on a scale that we cannot even comprehend. To claim without evidence that a Divine being does not exist without proof, is the same exact thing as claiming that a Divine exists without proof. Besides, this also infringes on the fundamental ideal that all humanity should be allowed to decide their own beliefs and ideals, including religious. Overall I believe that Nihilism as a system of belief is fundamentally flawed and in fact, falls into the same trap as pessimism, that believing the world cannot be made better makes you not even try, even though, time and time and time again it has. Just think about it, even the smallest pieces of good can add up to make our world a better place. Why go out of your way to make it worse? Dogma and fanaticism of all kinds are fundamentally bad, and this bill represents a unique but still wrong Dogma that I will not allow to weigh down upon Humanity! - Alexandria Collins (NPP-R) |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 435 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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