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Bill: A Shinning City on a Hill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Order of Valtiel
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 2331
Description[?]:
| It is time to free the Dranian people from the horrors of the world beyond our glorious borders. It is time that we no longer take in the hoards of unwashed barbarians. It is time that we set ourselves up as a shinning city on a hill and provide an example to the rest of the world on how to run a nation. It is time for an Era of Perfect Isolation |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change
The government's policy regarding foreign embassies.
Old value:: Any other country may establish an embassy on national soil.
Current: Foreign countries may establish an embassy after obtaining approval from the Foreign Office.
Proposed: Foreign countries may establish an embassy after obtaining approval from the Foreign Office.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Travel by nationals to foreign nations
Old value:: The nation issues passports on demand for any reason to its nationals
Current: The nation issues passports to nationals after a cursory security check.
Proposed: The nation issues passports to nationals after a cursory security check.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning immigration.
Old value:: invalid choice
Current: Quotas are based on individual applicant's qualifications.
Proposed: No foreigners are permitted to reside permanently in this nation.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards giving aid to foreign countries.
Old value:: The government gives high levels of aid to countries in need.
Current: The government supplies "tied" aid to poorer nations in return for trading rights.
Proposed: The government supplies "tied" aid to poorer nations in return for trading rights.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The national refugee policy.
Old value:: All refugees are welcome, regardless of their reason, and given aid in integrating them into the country.
Current: Only refugees that are victims of extreme circumstances are welcome; they are given integration-aid.
Proposed: No refugees are allowed to enter the country.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Travel by foreigners to the nation.
Old value:: The nation imposes minimal border controls on visitors, with cursory security checks, to confirm visitor identities.
Current: The nation imposes minimal border controls on visitors, with cursory security checks, to confirm visitor identities.
Proposed: The nation imposes oppressive border control on visitors, with invasive and harassing levels of security checks to discourage visiting the nation.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 16:03:19, December 17, 2006 CET | From | Fascist Zealotry League | To | Debating the A Shinning City on a Hill |
| Message | One question. What the hell is a "Shinning" City? Is it a place where the citizens manufacture lower leg parts for amputees? |
| Date | 17:25:21, December 17, 2006 CET | From | Order of Valtiel | To | Debating the A Shinning City on a Hill |
| Message | OOC: Spell check passed the word with flying colors so fuck off! |
| Date | 21:27:34, December 17, 2006 CET | From | Fascist Zealotry League | To | Debating the A Shinning City on a Hill |
| Message | I don't think much of your spell checker then fag boy. Oh, and it's "colours" not "colors" ;) |
| Date | 03:49:27, December 18, 2006 CET | From | Order of Valtiel | To | Debating the A Shinning City on a Hill |
| Message | OOC: I'm not british, and second of all you can kiss my ass you worthless homophobic piece of shit! |
| Date | 17:40:42, December 18, 2006 CET | From | Fascist Zealotry League | To | Debating the A Shinning City on a Hill |
| Message | Lol, what a dumbass! |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 310 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 290 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Moderation will not implement nation renaming requests where the proposed name does not comply with the requirements set out in the Nation Renaming Guide: http://forum.particracy.net/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=6364 |
| Random quote: "It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." - Thomas Jefferson |