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Bill: The National Anthem Act 2075
Details
Submitted by[?]: Social Democratic Liberal Party
Status[?]: passed
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: December 2076
Description[?]:
| This bill aims to create the first Hobrazian national anthem. We feel that, following the national anthem debate, the lyrics reflect both what we can do for our country and what our country does for us. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The lyrics of the national anthem.
Old value:: None
Current:
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hobratsi ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Brdzolis qizhina mogvesma brdzolis qizhina mogvesma! mshobliur mtebis dzakhili ehee heee! brdzolis qizhina mogvesma tanze aviskhit abjari tselze shevibit makhvili! ehee heee! movdivart katsi kudzeda movdivart katsi kudzeda! vints tavi daishuroso ehee heee vints tavi daishuroso da vints mters zurgi uchvenos lechaki daikhuroso! ehee heee brdzolis qizhina mogvesma brdzolis qizhina mogvesma mshobliur mtebis dzakhili! ehee heee ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Luthori ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We heard the roar of battle We heard the roar of battle! The cry of native mountains Hey hey We heard the roar of battle Put armor on your body We will put a sword on our waist! Hey hey Here comes the man in the hat Here comes the man in the hat! Who spared himself Hey hey Who spared himself And whoever shows his back to the enemy Lechak should be closed! Hey hey We heard the roar of battle We heard the roar of battle The cry of native mountains! Hey hey |
Proposed:
| Hobrazia, defender of our rights Through toil and trouble by our side Hobrazia, a beacon to the world Shine freedom bright and shine with pride And in my heart I know there'll come a day When I will be called upon to say Hobrazia I'll stand with thee For I know that you will stand with me |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:27:58, June 29, 2005 CET | From |  Social Democratic Liberal Party | To | Debating the The National Anthem Act 2075 |
| Message | Just to let you all know I've also written music for the anthem, and there should hopefully be a link soon to a MIDI file of this. |
| Date | 18:36:00, June 29, 2005 CET | From | We Say So! Party | To | Debating the The National Anthem Act 2075 |
| Message | That's really rather good. Damn, I wish I was that creative. |
| Date | 18:40:59, June 29, 2005 CET | From | United Socialist Movement | To | Debating the The National Anthem Act 2075 |
| Message | I'm not into all this national pride thing... how can Hobrazia defend 'our rights'? Such rights would be infringed if this new ID card scheme passes! |
| Date | 18:55:04, June 29, 2005 CET | From | Social Democratic Liberal Party | To | Debating the The National Anthem Act 2075 |
| Message | @WSS: Thanks very much! @USM: When one sings their national anthem, surely the idea is to show respect and pride in one's country? Regarding ID cards, this is a matter for legislators (ie. all of us!) whereas the Hobrazian constitution ensures we live in a democratic society with the most basic rights guaranteed. |
| Date | 19:00:58, June 29, 2005 CET | From | United Blobs | To | Debating the The National Anthem Act 2075 |
| Message | Looks good to me! @USM - If you disagree with the ID cards then you try to get people to vote against them. What rights are they infringing on? Personally I feel your scheme to nationalise the media is more of a threat to the rights of Hobrazian citizens than one ID card could ever be. |
| Date | 19:09:00, June 29, 2005 CET | From | United Socialist Movement | To | Debating the The National Anthem Act 2075 |
| Message | I wiouldn't say the rights were 'guaranteed'. But then again, that's pedantic. |
| Date | 19:23:30, June 29, 2005 CET | From | Right Party | To | Debating the The National Anthem Act 2075 |
| Message | This anthem makes us think of Hogwarts' song/anthem. |
| Date | 20:15:57, June 29, 2005 CET | From | United Blobs | To | Debating the The National Anthem Act 2075 |
| Message | Is that a good thing or a bad thing? |
| Date | 20:19:11, June 29, 2005 CET | From | We Say So! Party | To | Debating the The National Anthem Act 2075 |
| Message | Hogwarts has a song/anthem? |
| Date | 20:31:10, June 29, 2005 CET | From | Social Democratic Liberal Party | To | Debating the The National Anthem Act 2075 |
| Message | I wish the EUP would return, without their support it's going to be very difficult to get this bill through! |
| Date | 20:49:30, June 29, 2005 CET | From | We Say So! Party | To | Debating the The National Anthem Act 2075 |
| Message | We'll have to wait until after the election and hope that all active parties receive a 2/3rds majority. |
| Date | 20:54:02, June 29, 2005 CET | From | United Blobs | To | Debating the The National Anthem Act 2075 |
| Message | @WSS - It does, see here for the full words: http://www.hp-lexicon.org/hogwarts/school_song.html @SDLP - Actually it's impossible as the CSP are going to be away for a while. Just have to wait for the elections... |
| Date | 21:12:17, June 29, 2005 CET | From | We Say So! Party | To | Debating the The National Anthem Act 2075 |
| Message | Hmm...maybe I should read the books *shrug* |
| Date | 21:13:18, June 29, 2005 CET | From | United Blobs | To | Debating the The National Anthem Act 2075 |
| Message | You're not missing much. |
| Date | 21:30:23, June 29, 2005 CET | From | United Socialist Movement | To | Debating the The National Anthem Act 2075 |
| Message | The USM's position on this is that a national anthem is not required. |
| Date | 21:30:23, June 29, 2005 CET | From | United Socialist Movement | To | Debating the The National Anthem Act 2075 |
| Message | The USM's position on this is that a national anthem is not required. |
| Date | 21:35:31, June 29, 2005 CET | From | United Blobs | To | Debating the The National Anthem Act 2075 |
| Message | So you want the Hobrazian rugby team to be singing "None" at the beginning of every international match... Personally we feel that an anthem is better than none and helps instill pride among our citizens. As a well written song the proposed one is suitable for this and we hope that the music will be able to match it in quality. |
| Date | 12:47:32, June 30, 2005 CET | From | Right Party | To | Debating the The National Anthem Act 2075 |
| Message | To UB and all other parties, we would like to offer our sincere apologies, the song we were actually referring to is the song from the Prisoner of Azkaban movie, the one that Hogwarts school choir performs at the start of the year feast.It's Double Trouble. Double, double, toil and trouble Fire burn and cauldron bubble Double, double, toil and trouble Something wicked this way comes. Hopefully our comment makes a little more sense now. |
| Date | 14:45:11, June 30, 2005 CET | From | Social Democratic Liberal Party | To | Debating the The National Anthem Act 2075 |
| Message | @RP: Believe me, once I finally get the music posted online you'll forget any similarities you thought you heard, it's more in the style of Bach than John Williams!! |
| Date | 10:05:49, July 02, 2005 CET | From |  Liberal-Progressive Union | To | Debating the The National Anthem Act 2075 |
| Message | I'll support this. It's more about the nation than about a political party. Nicely done. |
| Date | 10:25:45, July 02, 2005 CET | From | United Blobs | To | Debating the The National Anthem Act 2075 |
| Message | Before this goes to vote could you update the date to reflect the year it will pass in. |
| Date | 23:26:38, July 02, 2005 CET | From | Social Democratic Liberal Party | To | Debating the The National Anthem Act 2075 |
| Message | @UB: I'll do exactly that, I'm planning to put it to vote after the election. |
| Date | 00:20:02, July 03, 2005 CET | From | United Blobs | To | Debating the The National Anthem Act 2075 |
| Message | Any luck with uploading the music yet? |
| Date | 15:40:58, July 03, 2005 CET | From | Social Democratic Liberal Party | To | Debating the The National Anthem Act 2075 |
| Message | Not yet, it's proving more difficult to write out than I thought. Seeing as the bill is about the lyrics I may well put this to vote and post the music as a resolution in a week or two. |
| Date | 01:55:04, July 06, 2005 CET | From | Social Democratic Liberal Party | To | Debating the The National Anthem Act 2075 |
| Message | Following the early elections and redistribution of seats, I am now putting this to vote. Hopefully with cross-party support we can give Hobrazia its first national anthem! |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 309 | ||||||
| no | Total Seats: 51 | ||||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 40 |
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