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Bill: National Anthem Proposal
Details
Submitted by[?]: Communist Party
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: October 2073
Description[?]:
| This bill proposes a new national anthem. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The lyrics of the national anthem.
Old value:: None
Current:
| O'er azure skies, And emerald plains, Where freedom and justice prevail! With courage and strength, We'll fight to the end, For liberty in our land! From underneath the sky, From sea to sea, To city to city, Our banner raises high, For O'er the dark clouds, Nothing can remove the light on which Our nation stands! For child to child, And parent to parent, We fight to withstand, Those clouds O'er beyond, So we may have peace in our land! |
Proposed:
| Hutorians are on the march And freedom is our cause For citizen and alien From all oppressive laws We'll fight in ev'ry factory On ev'ry city street To educate the working class And insolence defeat We'll fight for freedom ev'rywhere From Dundorf to Pilgon Nor shall we lay our weapons down Before the vict'ry's won We'll suffer losses on the way And persecution's sting But bullets won't arrest our march Defiantly we sing Hutorians, we must accept Responsibility For passing on the torch of life In our democracy |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 04:20:51, June 22, 2005 CET | From | Federal Technocrats | To | Debating the National Anthem Proposal |
| Message | I don't see one. |
| Date | 04:40:24, June 22, 2005 CET | From | Communist Party | To | Debating the National Anthem Proposal |
| Message | Sorry, was composing it. |
| Date | 07:59:40, June 22, 2005 CET | From |  First Socialist Party | To | Debating the National Anthem Proposal |
| Message | Oh hell no. |
| Date | 09:24:31, June 22, 2005 CET | From | Ruthlessly Random Party | To | Debating the National Anthem Proposal |
| Message | Doesn't work, you try singing that, too many syllables. |
| Date | 09:34:34, June 22, 2005 CET | From | Communist Party | To | Debating the National Anthem Proposal |
| Message | Uh, a lot of songs follow the same rhythm structure. |
| Date | 10:43:00, June 22, 2005 CET | From | First Socialist Party | To | Debating the National Anthem Proposal |
| Message | Plus the fact that it is a REVOLUTION song. We don't need no stinkin' revolution! |
| Date | 12:10:15, June 22, 2005 CET | From | Kellarly Party | To | Debating the National Anthem Proposal |
| Message | Nope....no revolution songs. A song that promotes violence for some hopeless dream is useless as a national anthem. |
| Date | 20:47:41, June 22, 2005 CET | From | Militant Labour Party | To | Debating the National Anthem Proposal |
| Message | That's bloody brilliant. Has my vote. My one vote. |
| Date | 21:08:10, June 22, 2005 CET | From | Communist Party | To | Debating the National Anthem Proposal |
| Message | "Promotes violence"? |
| Date | 23:25:03, June 22, 2005 CET | From | First Socialist Party | To | Debating the National Anthem Proposal |
| Message | "We'll fight in ev'ry factory" "Nor shall we lay our weapons down" |
| Date | 02:47:01, June 23, 2005 CET | From | Communist Party | To | Debating the National Anthem Proposal |
| Message | The line, "We'll fight in ev'ry factory ... " continues, " ... to educate the working class." Thus, our primary "weapons" in this metaphorical "fight" will be books. |
| Date | 05:45:19, June 23, 2005 CET | From | First Socialist Party | To | Debating the National Anthem Proposal |
| Message | Heh. Touche... However, it won't happen. |
| Date | 16:28:32, June 23, 2005 CET | From | Libertarian Socialist Federation | To | Debating the National Anthem Proposal |
| Message | We'd back this. |
| Date | 12:54:12, June 27, 2005 CET | From | Federal Technocrats | To | Debating the National Anthem Proposal |
| Message | Really, Communist Party, it sounds like the cityfight anthem of the local proletariat vigilantes. No. Take out verses 2, 3 and 4 and we might just support it. |
| Date | 09:14:22, June 28, 2005 CET | From | Sanctaphrax Party (Mod) | To | Debating the National Anthem Proposal |
| Message | We'll fight for freedom ev'rywhere From Dundorf to Pilgon Thats not an anthem, thats a foreign policy, and not a very good one at that. |
| Date | 17:33:50, June 28, 2005 CET | From | Kellarly Party | To | Debating the National Anthem Proposal |
| Message | With our change in leadership we give this vote our backing. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 79 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 126 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 22 |
| Random fact: Did you know you can change the official name of your nation? All you need to do is draw up a new name that is in accordance with the Nation Renaming Guide, pass a bill proposing the name change with a two-thirds majority and then post a request to Moderation on the "Renaming Requests" thread. You can change city and region names in this way too. |
| Random quote: "If you cannot convince a fascist, acquaint his head with the pavement." - Leon Trotsky |