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Bill: Right to Privacy
Details
Submitted by[?]: National Centrist Party
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This bill is a resolution. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: May 2071
Description[?]:
All Likatonian citizens have the right to refuse to give evidence to police or courts. No one shall be forced to testify against themselves. No organization, public or private, has the authority to access personal information of our citizenry. This includes phone taps, mail interceptions, hacking of private computers, and forced confessions, among other such practices. |
Proposals
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 04:25:23, June 19, 2005 CET | From | National Centrist Party | To | Debating the Right to Privacy |
Message | On the forum it said this law had been implemented... I'll leave this in debate for a while and wait. I'll bring it to vote as a resolution if the law doesn't appear. |
Date | 11:26:20, June 19, 2005 CET | From | mutt Party | To | Debating the Right to Privacy |
Message | The mutt party will support this bill. |
Date | 16:07:16, June 19, 2005 CET | From | Proletariat Revolution Party | To | Debating the Right to Privacy |
Message | We second this. |
Date | 19:45:50, June 19, 2005 CET | From | People's Party | To | Debating the Right to Privacy |
Message | We will study this bill and then decide |
Date | 05:57:37, June 20, 2005 CET | From | National Centrist Party | To | Debating the Right to Privacy |
Message | It was changed back from "active" to "soon to be implemented". We'll hold off on voting until it IS implemented. In the meantime, what possible objections exist? |
Date | 21:28:34, June 20, 2005 CET | From | People's Party | To | Debating the Right to Privacy |
Message | I'm afraid that the third part of the bill doesn't fully appreciate security compulsions: it makes no account for terrorists (known or suspected) or for likely criminals. |
Date | 23:29:09, June 20, 2005 CET | From | National Centrist Party | To | Debating the Right to Privacy |
Message | We can't allow /suspected/ terrorists or /likely/ criminals to be watched, as this could lead to anyone being watched for no particular reason, just by calling them a suspected terrorist or criminal. Are we going to start punishing people before they commit crimes? For what they might do? |
Date | 06:39:02, June 24, 2005 CET | From | People's Party | To | Debating the Right to Privacy |
Message | I'm sorry I didn't get to reply before this bill was brought along to vote. I feel it is perfectly reasonable to keep tabs on known terrorists and criminals. Your bill is a shield behid which they may hide and commit crimes at willl.. |
Date | 09:00:09, June 24, 2005 CET | From | National Centrist Party | To | Debating the Right to Privacy |
Message | Blech. I can see what you mean -now-. I wish it weren't too late to amend, but you didn't reply until the bill was already being voted on. |
Date | 09:02:31, June 24, 2005 CET | From | National Centrist Party | To | Debating the Right to Privacy |
Message | I believe I can think of ways to amend it that would meet your satisfaction, in the meantime, I'm going to switch my vote. |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | ||||
yes | Total Seats: 52 | ||||
no | Total Seats: 71 | ||||
abstain | Total Seats: 77 |
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Random quote: "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting that vote." - Unknown |