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Bill: Legal Adulthood Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Radical-Revolutionary 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: May 2234
Description[?]:
| A bill to raise the official age of legal adulthood. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The age at which a person is considered an adult (limited between 12 and 24).
Old value:: 16
Current: 18
Proposed: 18
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 02:13:45, May 27, 2006 CET | From | Radical-Revolutionary Party | To | Debating the Legal Adulthood Act |
| Message | Aldurians, I offer to you a bill that would bring about a far more ordered society than that which we currently know. While it may seem to be a good idea to some to consider those as young as 16 to be adults, the truth of the matter is that at 16, our children are too immature to handle the responsibilities that come with adulthood. Mentally, they are not yet adults. This is a fact that has been proven by Science on more than one occasion. What's more, at such a young age, they should be in school, learning what will get them through life later on. As adults, this is optional for them. And that is unnacceptable in an orderly society. No, in order to ensure that Aldurians are able to responsibly handle the obligations and duties of adulthood, we must raise the age to 20. Two full decades is more than enough, and by that nearly all will be mentally prepared for an independent life and the decisions required by it. |
| Date | 03:33:26, May 27, 2006 CET | From | Aldurian Republican League | To | Debating the Legal Adulthood Act |
| Message | Maybe a tad to high, We'd prefer 18 or 19 but we still agree that the current age of 16 is too low. |
| Date | 07:20:19, May 27, 2006 CET | From | Aldurian Labor Party | To | Debating the Legal Adulthood Act |
| Message | i prefer 18. 24 an adult is a disgrace. |
| Date | 07:27:13, May 27, 2006 CET | From | Radical-Revolutionary Party | To | Debating the Legal Adulthood Act |
| Message | Well, this bill would set the age to 20. However, in order to obtain a more expedient passage, we would be willing to lower the age this bill sets from 20 to 18, as a compromise. Would 18 be an acceptable age of legal adulthood? |
| Date | 07:56:18, May 27, 2006 CET | From | Aldurian Labor Party | To | Debating the Legal Adulthood Act |
| Message | yes. But don't worry because i have already proposed 18 in another proposal. |
| Date | 09:32:05, May 27, 2006 CET | From | Aldurian Republican League | To | Debating the Legal Adulthood Act |
| Message | 18 is good... In which proposal is that? |
| Date | 14:02:28, May 27, 2006 CET | From | Bendiri Bandidos | To | Debating the Legal Adulthood Act |
| Message | Aldurians should be equal under the eyes of the law. It is a farce that an act can be deemed against the law one day and then after a birthday, legal the next. We will not support any raising of the official "adult" age as a result and look forward to the day when new-borns can be tried for indecency.. |
| Date | 18:30:09, May 27, 2006 CET | From | Radical-Revolutionary Party | To | Debating the Legal Adulthood Act |
| Message | Changed to 18, and moving to a vote. |
| Date | 12:43:58, May 28, 2006 CET | From | Aldurian Libertarian Socialist Party | To | Debating the Legal Adulthood Act |
| Message | We think that if 16-year old are old enough to work and pay taxes, they should have their say in public affairs. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 61 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 190 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 95 |
| Random fact: The people in your nation don't like inactive parties. When you often abstain from voting for a bill, they will dislike your party and your visibility to the electorate will decrease significantly. Low visibility will means you are likely to lose seats. So keep in mind: voting Yes or No is always better than Abstaining. |
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