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Bill: Practical Freedoms
Details
Submitted by[?]: Likaton Coalition of the Willing
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: October 2337
Description[?]:
| The Likaton Independent Thought Party proposes the following, with a view to making Likaton an international standard for Freedom and Communication |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Employer's rights in regards to firing striking workers.
Old value:: Employers can fire workers who are deemed to have gone on strike without reasonable reasons.
Current: Employers are free to fire workers who go on strike.
Proposed: Government approval is needed before strikers can be fired.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning the visitation of foreign missionaries.
Old value:: Foreign missionaries are not permitted to enter the nation.
Current: The government determines which missionaries are permitted to visit on a person by person basis.
Proposed: The government has no policy concerning the visitation of foreign missionaries.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Radio stations.
Old value:: All radio stations are private.
Current: The government subsidises a national radio station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised radio stations are allowed.
Proposed: The government subsidises a national radio station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised radio stations are allowed.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Television stations.
Old value:: All television media are private.
Current: The government subsidises a national TV station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised TV stations are allowed.
Proposed: The government subsidises independent non-profit-making cooperatives for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised TV stations are allowed.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy on public nudity.
Old value:: There are no laws with regards to public nudity, it is allowed.
Current: Public nudity is illegal, but private nudist colonies and beaches are permitted.
Proposed: Public nudity is illegal, but private nudist colonies and beaches are permitted.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the treatment of prisoners of war.
Old value:: Prisoners of war are treated according to the national laws of the captor power.
Current: Prisoners of war must be treated well, according to internationally-accepted standards.
Proposed: Prisoners of war are immediately returned to their own government.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Prison policy concerning prisoner labor.
Old value:: Able-bodied prisoners have to work during the day.
Current: Prisoners can do certain jobs in prison, voluntarily, for a small wage.
Proposed: Prisoners can do certain jobs in prison, voluntarily, for a small wage.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change The national refugee policy.
Old value:: Only refugees that are victims of extreme circumstances are welcome; no aid is given to them.
Current: All refugees are welcome, regardless of their reason, and given aid in integrating them into the country.
Proposed: Only refugees that are victims of extreme circumstances are welcome; they are given integration-aid.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards space exploration.
Old value:: Space exploration and use shall be totally unregulated.
Current: The government shall operate a space agency that contracts with and oversees private space-exploration companies.
Proposed: The government shall operate a space agency that contracts with and oversees private space-exploration companies.
Article 10
Proposal[?] to change Travel by foreigners to the nation.
Old value:: The nation imposes no border controls on visitors.
Current: The nation imposes minimal border controls on visitors, with cursory security checks, to confirm visitor identities.
Proposed: The nation imposes minimal border controls on visitors, with cursory security checks, to confirm visitor identities.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:49:22, December 29, 2006 CET | From | AM Populist Social Democrats | To | Debating the Practical Freedoms |
| Message | We agree with some portions of this bill and disagree with others. We would appreciate it being split into two bills so we can vote for those we agree with. All will become law, as the current political situation dictates. However, we would like to be able to vote against that which we oppose but for those we support. Firing striking workers: We support as an improvement. At least the business must then prove they have good cause for the firing. Missionaries: Opposed as promotion of religion. Radio/TV stations: Fully supported, and a measure we considered introducing in the past. Public nudity: We can support if the bill description restricts local government such that they must at least allow for nudist colonies, still allowing them to ban it in most areas. POW treatment: Completely condemned and opposed, as sending POW's back out to fight against us, of course, means we would lose any war, although the LITP's positions suggest they might find that acceptable. Prisoner labor: We oppose the change, seeking to punish and feeling our education plan is enough to rehabilitate, and the labor should be there to punish. Refugee policy: We will support. Since we are restricting refugees, integration aid for those who are truly victims seems reasonable. Software patents: Strongly oppose and ask the LITP to reconsider. Software is protected by copyright. If protected by patent instead, one cannot find a different way to achieve a similar goal. (OOC: If software could be patented, the lawsuit by Apple against Microsoft for having a similar "look and feel" in Windows to their own would have been upheld. While Microsoft is not a great example of promotion of competition, in this particular case their position was the pro-competition one. This has allowed on the other hand the MacOS to develop a Windows emulator.) It was the removal of software patents that spurred us to provide some copyright protection as a better form of protecting intellectual property. Space exploration change: Support. Travel to the nation: We see this as a responsible change to the law and would support it. |
| Date | 23:35:33, December 29, 2006 CET | From |  Likaton Coalition of the Willing | To | Debating the Practical Freedoms |
| Message | OK. We will remove the provision for software patents, and amend the public nudity provisions, but as for the rest, we must continue to promote. |
| Date | 23:40:45, December 29, 2006 CET | From | AM Populist Social Democrats | To | Debating the Practical Freedoms |
| Message | That is not a problem, but we ask that you move the portions we wish to vote against into a separate bill so we can register our opposition while voting for the many provisions we support. |
| Date | 18:42:01, December 30, 2006 CET | From | AM Populist Social Democrats | To | Debating the Practical Freedoms |
| Message | Forced as we now are to vote for or against the entire collection of proposals, we will with reluctance vote for the package, as there is a lot of good within it, later seeking to repeal some of the worst provisions. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 136 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 33 |
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