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Bill: Peaceful Telamon Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Catholic Workers Union
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 2355
Description[?]:
| A step closer to a 25th century without WMDs and a global weapons market. Also, we have included a proposal to encourage national service, a reasonable request considering the pervasive benefits we provide the people. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning biological and chemical weaponry.
Old value:: The nation reserves the right to develop, construct and store biological and chemical weapons.
Current: The nation shall never purchase, produce, or store biological or chemical weaponry, for military purposes. Research and development of the technology is permitted.
Proposed: The nation shall never develop, purchase or store biological or chemical weaponry.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the use of chemical and biological weaponry in warfare.
Old value:: The nation reserves the right to use chemical or biological weapons in warfare for any reason.
Current: The nation shall never use chemical or biological weaponry in warfare.
Proposed: The nation shall never use chemical or biological weaponry in warfare.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Nation's policy with regards to an intelligence agency.
Old value:: The nation has an intelligence agency that is permitted by law to undertake all types of covert operations in other countries.
Current: The nation has an intelligence agency that is permitted by law to undertake all types of covert operations in other countries.
Proposed: The nation has an intelligence agency, but it is limited to counter-intelligence and surveillance of other countries.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the use of nuclear weaponry in warfare.
Old value:: The nation reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in warfare for any reason.
Current: The nation reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in warfare for any reason.
Proposed: The nation reserves the right to nuclear weapons in retaliation to a nuclear, chemical or biological attack.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the export of weapons to other nations.
Old value:: The government allows arms to be sold only to close allies.
Current: The government must approve all arms sales on a case by case basis.
Proposed: The government does not allow arms to be exported.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:49:27, January 26, 2007 CET | From | Popular Socialist Front | To | Debating the Peaceful Telamon Act |
| Message | Article 4 will cause me to vote no. |
| Date | 07:09:46, January 27, 2007 CET | From | National Fasco-Communist Order | To | Debating the Peaceful Telamon Act |
| Message | I could only support Articles 1 and 2. |
| Date | 17:05:36, January 27, 2007 CET | From | Catholic Workers Union | To | Debating the Peaceful Telamon Act |
| Message | What is with you two? I'll remove Article 4 to pacify the PSF, but the MLP ought to tell us why they support nuclear proliferation and the world arms market? |
| Date | 07:47:07, January 28, 2007 CET | From | National Fasco-Communist Order | To | Debating the Peaceful Telamon Act |
| Message | Nuclear weapons can serve as a deterent... biological and chemical weapons by and large don't. They just suck. As for arms, we have no issue with a legal arms trade. We also like our citizens to make $$$. |
| Date | 00:40:20, January 29, 2007 CET | From | Catholic Workers Union | To | Debating the Peaceful Telamon Act |
| Message | There are many ways to make money, arming countries with weapons to kill shouldn't be one of them. Nuclear weapons don't serve as deterents when just one has the capability to cause health problems that would effect the whole world. Any sane country wouldn't even use one. Insane countries might, but they're not the ones who will be deterred. If it would help to get this passed however, we'd agree to simply limiting our government's right to use these weapons under set parameters. |
| Date | 05:01:54, January 29, 2007 CET | From | National Fasco-Communist Order | To | Debating the Peaceful Telamon Act |
| Message | Nuclear weapons are an incredibly effective deterent and we would never vote for such a massive weakening on Telamon's international position. As for the arms trade, again, we don't have any problem with the legal ownership of guns by governments. |
| Date | 00:46:55, January 30, 2007 CET | From | Catholic Workers Union | To | Debating the Peaceful Telamon Act |
| Message | I'm going to moderate the parameters for nuclear weapons because I see your point partially. However, I think it's time this gets put to a vote if other parties agree. |
| Date | 09:54:32, February 05, 2007 CET | From | United Liberal Alliance | To | Debating the Peaceful Telamon Act |
| Message | Articles 2 and 4 I could have supported. Article 3, no because we need the ability to defend our borders from terrorists and others who would use non conventional means to attack us. This means taking action against them abroad where necessary in order to prevent attacks here. Article 1 I could perhaps have been persuaded to support, although i still think that research should be permitted in order to allow us to develop effective antidotes etc. to chemical and biological weapons in order to protect our service men and women. Article 5 we cannot support as arms exports (to allies) has always been a major source of revenue for Telamon |
| Date | 05:00:05, February 06, 2007 CET | From | National Fasco-Communist Order | To | Debating the Peaceful Telamon Act |
| Message | Fine. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 499 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 60 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 42 |
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