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Bill: On the Military
Details
Submitted by[?]: Guds og Konges Kjemprene
Status[?]: defeated
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: April 2346
Description[?]:
| We have to keep the military strong. We want the mandatory service, because by this most citizens learn how to behave in wartimes, and we don't want homosexuality and we want gender-segregated units to keep distortion away from our soldiers. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning biological and chemical weaponry.
Old value:: The nation shall never purchase, produce, or store biological or chemical weaponry, for military purposes. Research and development of the technology is permitted.
Current: The nation shall never develop, purchase or store biological or chemical weaponry.
Proposed: The nation reserves the right to develop, construct and store biological and chemical weapons.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the use of chemical and biological weaponry in warfare.
Old value:: The nation shall never use chemical or biological weaponry in warfare.
Current: The nation shall never use chemical or biological weaponry in warfare.
Proposed: The nation shall never use chemical or biological weapons in warfare unless another nation uses them first.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Military stance on homosexuality.
Old value:: Homosexuality is allowed in the military.
Current: Homosexuality is allowed in the military.
Proposed: Open homosexuality is not tolerated in the military. The military has a "don't ask, don't tell" policy.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change National service.
Old value:: There shall be no mandatory military or civilian national service.
Current: All adults upon completion of schooling must serve a term of civilian national service.
Proposed: All adults upon completion of schooling must serve either a term in the military or a lesser paid term of civilian national service, at their option.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the use of nuclear weaponry in warfare.
Old value:: The nation shall never use nuclear weapons in warfare unless another nation uses them first.
Current: The nation reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in warfare for any reason.
Proposed: The nation reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in warfare for any reason.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Women in the military.
Old value:: Women serve alongside men.
Current: Women serve alongside men.
Proposed: Women serve in segregated units.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:31:27, January 14, 2007 CET | From |  Pretorium Libre Party | To | Debating the On the Military |
| Message | Sorry to say this, but I must confess this is not a liberal law. I may only agree to pont 6. |
| Date | 18:32:18, January 14, 2007 CET | From | Guds og Konges Kjemprene | To | Debating the On the Military |
| Message | Why isn't 1, 2, and 5 liberal? |
| Date | 18:36:04, January 14, 2007 CET | From | Guds og Konges Kjemprene | To | Debating the On the Military |
| Message | And as for 3, well, as every economist said, with the army you can't be liberal, you need them able to fight. About 4, I think that this is necessary, because every citizen should give thereby one year to the state, defining the state as the community, so to say every other people: either they serve about 8 months in the military, and learn how to defend their country, or they do civilian national service if they can't moraly stand to fight, and hereby aid the community. |
| Date | 07:27:28, January 17, 2007 CET | From | Pretorium Libre Party | To | Debating the On the Military |
| Message | Well, it might encourage war.And PLP is pacifistic. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |
| yes | Total Seats: 91 | |
| no | Total Seats: 92 | |
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Voters have an extra appreciation for bills that actually get passed, so if you want to maximally take profit from your votes, make sure you compromise with others. |
| Random quote: "You don't have to be straight to be in the military; you just have to be able to shoot straight." - Barry Goldwater |