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Bill: Keeping Captain Tinpot Off Our Land
Details
Status[?]: passed
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: August 2252
Description[?]:
| It's all love and peace until some nutjob comes along and invades it. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning biological and chemical weaponry.
Old value:: The nation shall never purchase, produce, or store biological or chemical weaponry, for military purposes. Research and development of the technology is permitted.
Current: The nation reserves the right to develop, construct and store biological and chemical weapons.
Proposed: The nation reserves the right to develop, construct and store biological and chemical weapons.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the use of chemical and biological weaponry in warfare.
Old value:: The nation shall never use chemical or biological weaponry in warfare.
Current: The nation reserves the right to use chemical or biological weapons in warfare for any reason.
Proposed: The nation shall never use chemical or biological weapons in warfare unless another nation uses them first.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The nation's defence industry.
Old value:: The state owns all defence industries.
Current: Defence industries are privately owned but subsidised by the state.
Proposed: Defence industries are privately owned and not subsidised.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the use of nuclear weaponry in warfare.
Old value:: The nation shall never use nuclear weapons in warfare.
Current: The nation reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in warfare for any reason.
Proposed: The nation reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in retaliation to any attack.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The policy with respect to nuclear weaponry.
Old value:: The nation shall never develop, produce or store nuclear weaponry.
Current: The nation reserves the right to develop, produce and store nuclear arms.
Proposed: The nation reserves the right to develop, produce and store nuclear arms.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:34:04, July 10, 2006 CET | From |  Jelbék Zemojad Lofrkad Prta | To | Debating the Keeping Captain Tinpot Off Our Land |
| Message | Oh we are in a quandry. But the defence of the nation must come first! Yes. |
| Date | 06:39:20, July 10, 2006 CET | From | Liberal Coalition | To | Debating the Keeping Captain Tinpot Off Our Land |
| Message | Holy crap this needs to fail. |
| Date | 22:36:06, July 10, 2006 CET | From | Mjesrne | To | Debating the Keeping Captain Tinpot Off Our Land |
| Message | What a fantastically baseless argument. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 349 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 148 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 128 |
| Random fact: Particracy does not allow role-play that seems to belong to the world of fantasy, science fiction and futuristic speculation. |
| Random quote: "Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end." - John Dalberg-Acton |