The Debate Desk

Admin Posts : 22 Join date : 2013-04-12 Age : 47

First, to give a quick overview of the basic idea of this: This will not involve elections. Assuming you meet the minimal requirements, you will instantly be a senator. You can then proceed to start or join a political party, and begin debating over the daily issues.

The TF Senate proceeds over the imaginary nation that has yet to be named. Hopefully one of the first pieces of legislation to pass will be one that names the country. Specific procedures for passing legislation and voting will be in the OP of the Senate chamber thread. You may not post in the chamber thread until you have been accepted by me as a senator and put on the list. I will check and accept applications for senators at least once a day, and political parties at least one per two days.

You can find out whether you are an official senator or an official party by checking the Senate records below. The next section afterwards will have all of the necessary applications. Because what would politics be without paperwork?

This Information will be edited daily:
Senators = Stefan Voloaca

Parties = The Communist Party - The National-Socialistic Party - The Democratic Party - The Capitalist Party

You will also need a Senator Application.
My Senator Application goes like that:

Senator Application
Senator Name - Stefan Voloaca
Party - The National-Socialistic Party
Political View - Left-Wing Utopia
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The Available Political Views are:
Left-Wing Utopia - Civil Rights Lovefest - Anarchy - Scandinavian Liberal Paradise - Left-Leaning College State - Capitalist - Iron Fist Socialists - Libertarian Police State - Benevolent Dictatorship - Liberal Democratic Socialists - New York Times Democracy - Corporate Bordello - Democratic Socialists - Inoffensive Centrist Democracy - Capitalist Paradise - Corrupt Dictatorship - Father Knows Best State - Compulsory Consumerists State - Tyranny by Majority - Conservative Democracy - Free Market Paradise - Authoritarian Democracy - Moralistic Democracy - Right-Wing Utopia - Psychotic Dictatorship - Iron Fist Consumerists - Corporate Police State

You can't make your Political Category like Kid-Toy Manufacturing State, because this list contains all official political categories.

Admin Posts : 22 Join date : 2013-04-12 Age : 47

Two Parties For Too Lon?
The Issue:
Representatives of several minor political parties have joined their voices to object to stiff ballot access requirements.
The Debate:
1)"Two-party politics is squeezing the life out of democracy in Versus Militia," laments Gregory McGuffin, leader of the Pragmatic Radical Party. "The Liberal Conservatives and Progressive Traditionalists have a monopoly on public policy - or duopoly, whatever you want to call it. The point is that there's hardly any difference between them, and their chokehold on the electoral process lets hacks and crooks stay in office forever. Ballot access rules must be loosened so we can give the voters a truly democratic choice."

2)"People are afraid to support 'third' parties because they're afraid of seeing the 'bad guys' get elected," says Lara Nagasawa, a ballot statistician. "But if we changed the system to allow preferential voting, where you can have your votes divvied up among your other candidates if your favourite doesn't receive a certain number of votes, then that wouldn't be a problem. Then you could let as many parties as you wanted into the game. Deserving candidates wouldn't be harmed - they'd win! Maybe a few radicals would get through, but that just proves what a great system it is!"

3)"What ever happened to 'one man, one vote'?" asks Barack O, chairperson of the Liberal Conservative National Committee. "Changing the rules will just let all sorts of crackpots clog up the ballot and overwhelm voters with names they don't recognise - this will draw attention and support away from legitimate candidates! How do you expect the nation to function properly if the government doesn't have public support? Oh, and by the way, the Liberal Conservative Party presents a VERY clear alternative to the destructive agenda of the Progressive Traditionalists, and I'll wallop anyone who says otherwise."

4)"Opposition parties are such a bother," muses Thomas Schultz, your chief of staff. "If we allowed as many of them to be politicians as those fools in the Pragmatic Radical Party want, it would be very hard on the tax payers - and our own position in power. If we re-wrote the election rules so that a party had to reapply for recognition every time it failed to win a certain number of votes, we could knock our opposition out of the ring for good! Hey, the voters have spoken, and they asked for us. I think that just about settles it, don't you?"

5)Dismiss this Issue.

Admin Posts : 22 Join date : 2013-04-12 Age : 47

I vote for Option 2!

Admin Posts : 22 Join date : 2013-04-12 Age : 47

Option 2 will be put from now on as an official legislation!

Admin Posts : 22 Join date : 2013-04-12 Age : 47

Software Giants Stomp On Competition
The Issue:
The CEO of Versus Militia software, hardware, and electronic headwear giant Microcosm, Inc. has been brought before the Supreme Court for violation of antitrust laws.
The Debate:
1)"These allegations are absolutely ludicrous!" shouts Microcosm CEO Buy Obama from the window of a 90-foot stretch limo. "Just because rival companies are incapable of producing products as brilliant as mine is no reason to punish ME! I say it's high time we abolish these idiotic antitrust laws and give big business the freedom to serve the public better. After all, I'm in this business for the people!"

2)"Microcosm must be shut down immediately," argues CEO of Computers, Computers, Computers! Sophie King from the window of a clunky, exhaust-choked used car. "I can't get a foothold to compete in the market because those bigwigs in Microcosm have that foothold by the throat! It's high time the government stepped in and helped out the little guy, and the best way to do that is by stopping corporations from growing so big they get a stranglehold on the market!"

3)"Verily, I say unto thee, none of this would have happened wouldst thou not have stopped the problem before thou didst start it," argues Brother Abraham Rubin of the Versus Militia Amish community from out the window of his horse-drawn carriage. "We must doest as the Lord commandeth and abolishest the evils of computers and the Internet entirely. Only whenst we harken unto the Lord's commandments mayeth we truly be spiritually blessed."

4)Dismiss this Issue.

Admin Posts : 22 Join date : 2013-04-12 Age : 47

I vote for Option 1.