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Bill: National Anthem Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Country Labor Party
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: January 2285
Description[?]:
| Deciding whether to require school children to sing the national anthem once a day is not a "free speech" issue. Rather, the question is whether it rises to the level of "coersive speech", and, if so, whether such speech is justified. Attending school, by its nature, is coersive. On the other hand, there aren't many other ways for children to gain an appreciation for the nation they live in. We think the trade-off of a minute of time each day is worthwhile. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Singing the national anthem in schools.
Old value:: Children are not made to sing the national anthem, but are required to show respect when it is played at the commencement of school each day.
Current: Children are made to sing the national anthem at the commencement of school each day.
Proposed: Children are made to sing the national anthem at the commencement of school each day.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 02:03:49, September 16, 2006 CET | From | Liberal Democratic Party | To | Debating the National Anthem Act |
| Message | we do not support |
| Date | 03:03:17, September 16, 2006 CET | From | The Mordusian Green Party | To | Debating the National Anthem Act |
| Message | Your argument is unconvincing. Coercing children to practice a pretend patriotism when the don't understand what it means is, frankly, ludicrous. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 334 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 265 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: It is the collective responsibility of the players in a nation to ensure all currently binding RP laws are clearly outlined in an OOC reference bill in the "Bills under debate" section of the nation page. Confusion should not be created by displaying only some of the current RP laws or displaying RP laws which are no longer current. |
| Random quote: "We live in a world in which politics has replaced philosophy." - Martin L. Gross |