Post by miokalia on Apr 23, 2006 22:40:20 GMT -5
Yaro Fourier, the council representative for Miokalia addresses the council:
"In our nation we believe the suppression of free expression to be an almost unimaginable, and distinctively foreign evil. A government simply cannot operate in the best interest of it's people if it does not allow them to respond to conditions and policies. There is simply no way around it. Democracy requires free speech and expression to exist.
In lieu of some events which have taken place outside the Federation, we feel it is necessary to protect the population of our progressive Federation from imprisonment or harm by the state for expressing themselves in a non-violent or not-physically harmful manner."
The resolution R116:
Whereas: the ability to create and express one's self is inherent in all intelligent lifeforms, and suppression of that is morally incorrect by almost all standards, religious and secular.
Whereas: the right to protest safely and not in fear of violent retalliation by the State is absolutely necessary for a government which operates in the best interest of it's people.
Whereas: the creation of a work, or expressing of a grievence in a non-violent way which may disagree with the ideology of the status quo, monarch or ruling party of a nation is by no means an appropriate grounds for imprisonment.
Be it Resolved that:
The amendment (R116) be passed that guarantees that no citizen of any state within the Furry Federation may be imprisoned or otherwise harmed directly (or through proxy) by the state for creating or expressing themselves, be it a grievence or of any subject matter, protesting in a fashion which does not pose a direct threat to the security of the general population, or publishing materials which may disagree with or be seen as subversive by the state.
"In our nation we believe the suppression of free expression to be an almost unimaginable, and distinctively foreign evil. A government simply cannot operate in the best interest of it's people if it does not allow them to respond to conditions and policies. There is simply no way around it. Democracy requires free speech and expression to exist.
In lieu of some events which have taken place outside the Federation, we feel it is necessary to protect the population of our progressive Federation from imprisonment or harm by the state for expressing themselves in a non-violent or not-physically harmful manner."
The resolution R116:
Whereas: the ability to create and express one's self is inherent in all intelligent lifeforms, and suppression of that is morally incorrect by almost all standards, religious and secular.
Whereas: the right to protest safely and not in fear of violent retalliation by the State is absolutely necessary for a government which operates in the best interest of it's people.
Whereas: the creation of a work, or expressing of a grievence in a non-violent way which may disagree with the ideology of the status quo, monarch or ruling party of a nation is by no means an appropriate grounds for imprisonment.
Be it Resolved that:
The amendment (R116) be passed that guarantees that no citizen of any state within the Furry Federation may be imprisoned or otherwise harmed directly (or through proxy) by the state for creating or expressing themselves, be it a grievence or of any subject matter, protesting in a fashion which does not pose a direct threat to the security of the general population, or publishing materials which may disagree with or be seen as subversive by the state.
