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Bill: Nuclear Disarmanent Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: New Democratic 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: November 2343
Description[?]:
| The destructive potential of nuclear weapons, the fact that great numbers of civillians will be killed, the lasting consequences of their use and the meaninglessness of mutual destruction all demonstrate that to use nuclear weapons is unconscionable and that they have little utility. The NDP calls for nuclear disarmanent. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the use of nuclear weaponry in warfare.
Old value:: The nation reserves the right to nuclear weapons in retaliation to a nuclear, chemical or biological attack.
Current: The nation reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in retaliation to any attack.
Proposed: The nation shall never use nuclear weapons in warfare.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The policy with respect to nuclear weaponry.
Old value:: The nation reserves the right to develop, produce and store nuclear arms.
Current: The nation reserves the right to develop, produce and store nuclear arms.
Proposed: The nation shall never develop, produce or store nuclear weaponry.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 01:19:58, January 11, 2007 CET | From | Ikradone Nationalsozialistische Partei | To | Debating the Nuclear Disarmanent Act |
| Message | Absolutely not. It is proven again and again MAD is in fact a logical and well-thought form of defence. Also, nuclear weapons can play a vital strategic role in warfare, in order to assure victory while obtaining minimal casualties. |
| Date | 01:54:19, January 11, 2007 CET | From | New Democratic Party | To | Debating the Nuclear Disarmanent Act |
| Message | Even right-wing leaders realised the inherent madness in MAD and attempted to secure a nuclear-free world. There can be no victory in annihilation and it may be a deterrent but it causes unproductive and unsustainable arms races. The collective of humanity is greater than any single nation and we must refuse to condemn our species over petty nationalist sentiment. (I'm referring to Ronald Reagan) |
| Date | 19:37:33, January 11, 2007 CET | From | National Conservative Party | To | Debating the Nuclear Disarmanent Act |
| Message | A nuclear-free world only works if everyone gives up nuclear weapons. Until that point the NCP continues to advocate the policy of absolute defence, i.e. Ikradon reserves the right to use absolutely any weapon for the defence of its people. |
| Date | 22:50:06, January 11, 2007 CET | From | Progressive Centrist Democrats | To | Debating the Nuclear Disarmanent Act |
| Message | Could you name some Terran leaders who said this? (OOC: Sorry but I have to give you a "RP-Ronald-who...?") |
| Date | 02:59:36, January 12, 2007 CET | From | New Democratic Party | To | Debating the Nuclear Disarmanent Act |
| Message | (Honestly, I'm not THAT into this game. But if it bothers you, you can just ignore my first sentence and the rest is fine.) |
| Date | 04:38:23, January 12, 2007 CET | From | Lyika ati Isọdọtun | To | Debating the Nuclear Disarmanent Act |
| Message | The honorable Chancellor Sarah Wainwright of the Neoretropostmodernist Party once made a similar statement. We are proud to support this bill in her memory. -Arjun Ayaz FFP Spokesperson |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 425 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 253 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 47 |
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