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Amendment to Article 5, Section 1 of the Code of Laws - Farengeto - 04-01-2015 Quote:Section 1 - Criminal Code I've wanted to fix some of the worst mistakes of our "criminal code" and "penal code" for a while.
RE: Amendment to Article 5, Section 1 of the Code of Laws - Unibot - 04-01-2015 I don't want to see a return to 'defamation' - that's just a blizzard of faux, smarmy allegations to try to shut people up for saying the truth. I certainly don't want to see more forced apologies - I don't understand why we would encourage the creation of more forced apologies; they shouldn't be a thing in the first place. Basically I'm against all of the proposed changes. Defamation is a legal trap - a hammer only wielded by players to intimidate one another - re-adding it to the Code of Laws is just asking for more trouble and incidentally, begging for more defamation (because that's all defamation ever was, defamation about other's supposed defamation). RE: Amendment to Article 5, Section 1 of the Code of Laws - Sopo - 04-01-2015 I don't care for public apologies either, but I would like defamation returned to the criminal code. RE: Amendment to Article 5, Section 1 of the Code of Laws - Todd McCloud - 04-01-2015 Defamation should definitely be returned to the Penal Code. Amendment to Article 5, Section 1 of the Code of Laws - Hileville - 04-01-2015 I didn't agree with removing defamation as well as the majority of changes to this area of the COL. I'll support this. I'd like to see Electoral Fraud less focused on 1 particular issue. RE: Amendment to Article 5, Section 1 of the Code of Laws - sandaoguo - 04-01-2015 Literally the only reason you're proposing re-introducing defamation is because of all this political BS surrounding the election. I'm going to need a lengthy explanation on how the Court will approach defamation charges, how they will separate their biases and emotions from the cases, and how they will determine whether or not somebody experienced actual harm from a statement. Also, how the Court will determine whether a statement is false, how to deal with inherently political statements, and how it will prevent itself from becoming the Language Police during campaigns. Until the Court develops actual jurisprudence on the issue, I have no faith whatsoever that it can faithfully and coherently adjudicate something like defamation. RE: Amendment to Article 5, Section 1 of the Code of Laws - Sopo - 04-01-2015 I would also like to note that it may be wise to include "Abuse of Administrative Powers" in the list of offenses as well, to include admins and moderators. Currently there are no repercussions if our admins/mods abuse their powers or viewing privileges. Amendment to Article 5, Section 1 of the Code of Laws - Hileville - 04-01-2015 (04-01-2015, 02:13 AM)Sopo Wrote: I would also like to note that it may be wise to include "Abuse of Administrative Powers" in the list of offenses as well, to include admins and moderators. Currently there are no repercussions if our admins/mods abuse their powers or viewing privileges. I'd support that as well. RE: Amendment to Article 5, Section 1 of the Code of Laws - Unibot - 04-01-2015 Quote:8. Electoral Fraud shall be defined as a manipulation of the democratic process in The South Pacific, This is far to vague as said. I'd be concerned people would try to argue lobbying in general was 'electoral fraud' with that kind of wording. RE: Amendment to Article 5, Section 1 of the Code of Laws - Sopo - 04-01-2015 I'll have some free time tomorrow hopefully, and I'll try to take a whack at this. |