Persepolis for Mideast Senate

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While I'm not from your region, I may be serving with you in the future so...

What do you feel is the best way to encourage activity and more competitive elections in the new constitution currently being drafted?

We need to move past the same people running for elections again and again. It was mentioned in another thread that we try our hardest to market Atlasia to the masses, so we can get more active citizens in the game. I think we have reached the point where we cannot make it much more active from within. We need to find more politically motivated people outside the forum.

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What is your position on child pornography? Should the government work harder to put restrictions on it?

There are two different interpretations to your question:
1. Children in Pornography: Pornography should only contain people who are over the age of 18. Absolutely, the government should work much harder to remove this malaise of society.

2. Children Viewing Pornography: The age to look at pornography should also be 18 years. It makes no sense to limit the age of participating in pornography if the underage child can view it anyway. I believe that the Mideast Assembly would be wrong in passing a bill lowering the age of viewing pornography, and I feel the same way about the national government.

On the second one...
How would you plan on keeping children from viewing pornography? Would they be punished by the government for viewing it?

I believe that the government should not levy a hefty punishment for minors viewing pornography. It is a rather small offense in the big scheme of things, so we should leave the punishment in the hands of the local authorities, and no higher.

[Vepres]

While I'm not from your region, I may be serving with you in the future so...

What do you feel is the best way to encourage activity and more competitive elections in the new constitution currently being drafted?

We need to move past the same people running for elections again and again. It was mentioned in another thread that we try our hardest to market Atlasia to the masses, so we can get more active citizens in the game. I think we have reached the point where we cannot make it much more active from within. We need to find more politically motivated people outside the forum.

Like myself . If more elected officials like Senator PiT actively recruited members, we could have a much more vibrant community.

Let me ask you this. If you are elected, will you actively recruit people from the Atlas forum?

[tmthforu94]

What is your position on child pornography? Should the government work harder to put restrictions on it?

There are two different interpretations to your question:
1. Children in Pornography: Pornography should only contain people who are over the age of 18. Absolutely, the government should work much harder to remove this malaise of society.

2. Children Viewing Pornography: The age to look at pornography should also be 18 years. It makes no sense to limit the age of participating in pornography if the underage child can view it anyway. I believe that the Mideast Assembly would be wrong in passing a bill lowering the age of viewing pornography, and I feel the same way about the national government.

On the second one...
How would you plan on keeping children from viewing pornography? Would they be punished by the government for viewing it?

I believe that the government should not levy a hefty punishment for minors viewing pornography. It is a rather small offense in the big scheme of things, so we should leave the punishment in the hands of the local authorities, and no higher.

What punishment would you recommend?

[Fine...I Made This More Civil]

While I'm not from your region, I may be serving with you in the future so...

What do you feel is the best way to encourage activity and more competitive elections in the new constitution currently being drafted?

We need to move past the same people running for elections again and again. It was mentioned in another thread that we try our hardest to market Atlasia to the masses, so we can get more active citizens in the game. I think we have reached the point where we cannot make it much more active from within. We need to find more politically motivated people outside the forum.

Like myself . If more elected officials like Senator PiT actively recruited members, we could have a much more vibrant community.

Let me ask you this. If you are elected, will you actively recruit people from the Atlas forum?

I will absolutely recruit people to the Atlas forum. That will certainly be a priority.

[Fine...I Made This More Civil]

What is your position on child pornography? Should the government work harder to put restrictions on it?

There are two different interpretations to your question:
1. Children in Pornography: Pornography should only contain people who are over the age of 18. Absolutely, the government should work much harder to remove this malaise of society.

2. Children Viewing Pornography: The age to look at pornography should also be 18 years. It makes no sense to limit the age of participating in pornography if the underage child can view it anyway. I believe that the Mideast Assembly would be wrong in passing a bill lowering the age of viewing pornography, and I feel the same way about the national government.

On the second one...
How would you plan on keeping children from viewing pornography? Would they be punished by the government for viewing it?

I believe that the government should not levy a hefty punishment for minors viewing pornography. It is a rather small offense in the big scheme of things, so we should leave the punishment in the hands of the local authorities, and no higher.

What punishment would you recommend?

I would recommend community service. I would not want any jail time to come of this. The community service should be between 100-500 hours and should be at the discretion of the local authorities.

[Devilman88]

What is your position on child pornography? Should the government work harder to put restrictions on it?

There are two different interpretations to your question:
1. Children in Pornography: Pornography should only contain people who are over the age of 18. Absolutely, the government should work much harder to remove this malaise of society.

2. Children Viewing Pornography: The age to look at pornography should also be 18 years. It makes no sense to limit the age of participating in pornography if the underage child can view it anyway. I believe that the Mideast Assembly would be wrong in passing a bill lowering the age of viewing pornography, and I feel the same way about the national government.

On the second one...
How would you plan on keeping children from viewing pornography? Would they be punished by the government for viewing it?

I believe that the government should not levy a hefty punishment for minors viewing pornography. It is a rather small offense in the big scheme of things, so we should leave the punishment in the hands of the local authorities, and no higher.

What punishment would you recommend?

I would recommend community service. I would not want any jail time to come of this. The community service should be between 100-500 hours and should be at the discretion of the local authorities.

For looking at porn?? I believe that it should be up to a parent to punish their children for looking at porn, not the government.

[tmthforu94]

What is your position on child pornography? Should the government work harder to put restrictions on it?

There are two different interpretations to your question:
1. Children in Pornography: Pornography should only contain people who are over the age of 18. Absolutely, the government should work much harder to remove this malaise of society.

2. Children Viewing Pornography: The age to look at pornography should also be 18 years. It makes no sense to limit the age of participating in pornography if the underage child can view it anyway. I believe that the Mideast Assembly would be wrong in passing a bill lowering the age of viewing pornography, and I feel the same way about the national government.

On the second one...
How would you plan on keeping children from viewing pornography? Would they be punished by the government for viewing it?

I believe that the government should not levy a hefty punishment for minors viewing pornography. It is a rather small offense in the big scheme of things, so we should leave the punishment in the hands of the local authorities, and no higher.

What punishment would you recommend?

I would recommend community service. I would not want any jail time to come of this. The community service should be between 100-500 hours and should be at the discretion of the local authorities.

For looking at porn?? I believe that it should be up to a parent to punish their children for looking at porn, not the government.

I agree with Dan on this. I don't see anything (from a legal standpoint) wrong with looking at porn. It should be the parents decision.
Thank you for your input, both of you.

[Fine...I Made This More Civil]

What is your position on child pornography? Should the government work harder to put restrictions on it?

There are two different interpretations to your question:
1. Children in Pornography: Pornography should only contain people who are over the age of 18. Absolutely, the government should work much harder to remove this malaise of society.

2. Children Viewing Pornography: The age to look at pornography should also be 18 years. It makes no sense to limit the age of participating in pornography if the underage child can view it anyway. I believe that the Mideast Assembly would be wrong in passing a bill lowering the age of viewing pornography, and I feel the same way about the national government.

On the second one...
How would you plan on keeping children from viewing pornography? Would they be punished by the government for viewing it?

I believe that the government should not levy a hefty punishment for minors viewing pornography. It is a rather small offense in the big scheme of things, so we should leave the punishment in the hands of the local authorities, and no higher.

What punishment would you recommend?

I would recommend community service. I would not want any jail time to come of this. The community service should be between 100-500 hours and should be at the discretion of the local authorities.

For looking at porn?? I believe that it should be up to a parent to punish their children for looking at porn, not the government.

Sometimes, in their teenage years, minors tend to become rebellious and turn against their parents. A slap in he wrist and a grounding by the parents may not solve the problem. However, making a teenager lose valuable time to spend chatting, twittering, facebooking, and watching TV can have a lasting impression.

[tmthforu94]

What is your position on child pornography? Should the government work harder to put restrictions on it?

There are two different interpretations to your question:
1. Children in Pornography: Pornography should only contain people who are over the age of 18. Absolutely, the government should work much harder to remove this malaise of society.

2. Children Viewing Pornography: The age to look at pornography should also be 18 years. It makes no sense to limit the age of participating in pornography if the underage child can view it anyway. I believe that the Mideast Assembly would be wrong in passing a bill lowering the age of viewing pornography, and I feel the same way about the national government.

On the second one...
How would you plan on keeping children from viewing pornography? Would they be punished by the government for viewing it?

I believe that the government should not levy a hefty punishment for minors viewing pornography. It is a rather small offense in the big scheme of things, so we should leave the punishment in the hands of the local authorities, and no higher.

What punishment would you recommend?

I would recommend community service. I would not want any jail time to come of this. The community service should be between 100-500 hours and should be at the discretion of the local authorities.

For looking at porn?? I believe that it should be up to a parent to punish their children for looking at porn, not the government.

Sometimes, in their teenage years, minors tend to become rebellious and turn against their parents. A slap in he wrist and a grounding by the parents may not solve the problem. However, making a teenager lose valuable time to spend chatting, twittering, facebooking, and watching TV can have a lasting impression.

Most parents would ground their kids of all of that if they caught them looking at porn. I know my parents would.
I just feel that doing this would let the government control our lives.

[Fine...I Made This More Civil]

What is your position on child pornography? Should the government work harder to put restrictions on it?

There are two different interpretations to your question:
1. Children in Pornography: Pornography should only contain people who are over the age of 18. Absolutely, the government should work much harder to remove this malaise of society.

2. Children Viewing Pornography: The age to look at pornography should also be 18 years. It makes no sense to limit the age of participating in pornography if the underage child can view it anyway. I believe that the Mideast Assembly would be wrong in passing a bill lowering the age of viewing pornography, and I feel the same way about the national government.

On the second one...
How would you plan on keeping children from viewing pornography? Would they be punished by the government for viewing it?

I believe that the government should not levy a hefty punishment for minors viewing pornography. It is a rather small offense in the big scheme of things, so we should leave the punishment in the hands of the local authorities, and no higher.

What punishment would you recommend?

I would recommend community service. I would not want any jail time to come of this. The community service should be between 100-500 hours and should be at the discretion of the local authorities.

For looking at porn?? I believe that it should be up to a parent to punish their children for looking at porn, not the government.

Sometimes, in their teenage years, minors tend to become rebellious and turn against their parents. A slap in he wrist and a grounding by the parents may not solve the problem. However, making a teenager lose valuable time to spend chatting, twittering, facebooking, and watching TV can have a lasting impression.

Most parents would ground their kids of all of that if they caught them looking at porn. I know my parents would.
I just feel that doing this would let the government control our lives.

Yes, but that would be the extent of it. No labor or anything that would really tell you never to do it again. Getting grounded normally only makes a teenager more angry. It takes a bit more to get them to realize their mistake.

[Vepres]

What is your position on child pornography? Should the government work harder to put restrictions on it?

There are two different interpretations to your question:
1. Children in Pornography: Pornography should only contain people who are over the age of 18. Absolutely, the government should work much harder to remove this malaise of society.

2. Children Viewing Pornography: The age to look at pornography should also be 18 years. It makes no sense to limit the age of participating in pornography if the underage child can view it anyway. I believe that the Mideast Assembly would be wrong in passing a bill lowering the age of viewing pornography, and I feel the same way about the national government.

On the second one...
How would you plan on keeping children from viewing pornography? Would they be punished by the government for viewing it?

I believe that the government should not levy a hefty punishment for minors viewing pornography. It is a rather small offense in the big scheme of things, so we should leave the punishment in the hands of the local authorities, and no higher.

What punishment would you recommend?

I would recommend community service. I would not want any jail time to come of this. The community service should be between 100-500 hours and should be at the discretion of the local authorities.

For looking at porn?? I believe that it should be up to a parent to punish their children for looking at porn, not the government.

Sometimes, in their teenage years, minors tend to become rebellious and turn against their parents. A slap in he wrist and a grounding by the parents may not solve the problem. However, making a teenager lose valuable time to spend chatting, twittering, facebooking, and watching TV can have a lasting impression.

Most parents would ground their kids of all of that if they caught them looking at porn. I know my parents would.
I just feel that doing this would let the government control our lives.

Yes, but that would be the extent of it. No labor or anything that would really tell you never to do it again. Getting grounded normally only makes a teenager more angry. It takes a bit more to get them to realize their mistake.

But isn't the morality of pornography really subjective. Why should the government enforce a christian-based morality?

[tmthforu94]

What is your position on child pornography? Should the government work harder to put restrictions on it?

There are two different interpretations to your question:
1. Children in Pornography: Pornography should only contain people who are over the age of 18. Absolutely, the government should work much harder to remove this malaise of society.

2. Children Viewing Pornography: The age to look at pornography should also be 18 years. It makes no sense to limit the age of participating in pornography if the underage child can view it anyway. I believe that the Mideast Assembly would be wrong in passing a bill lowering the age of viewing pornography, and I feel the same way about the national government.

On the second one...
How would you plan on keeping children from viewing pornography? Would they be punished by the government for viewing it?

I believe that the government should not levy a hefty punishment for minors viewing pornography. It is a rather small offense in the big scheme of things, so we should leave the punishment in the hands of the local authorities, and no higher.

What punishment would you recommend?

I would recommend community service. I would not want any jail time to come of this. The community service should be between 100-500 hours and should be at the discretion of the local authorities.

For looking at porn?? I believe that it should be up to a parent to punish their children for looking at porn, not the government.

Sometimes, in their teenage years, minors tend to become rebellious and turn against their parents. A slap in he wrist and a grounding by the parents may not solve the problem. However, making a teenager lose valuable time to spend chatting, twittering, facebooking, and watching TV can have a lasting impression.

Most parents would ground their kids of all of that if they caught them looking at porn. I know my parents would.
I just feel that doing this would let the government control our lives.

Yes, but that would be the extent of it. No labor or anything that would really tell you never to do it again. Getting grounded normally only makes a teenager more angry. It takes a bit more to get them to realize their mistake.

But isn't viewing pornography more of a religous issue?

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A democracy must make laws based on the majority of people, whether it be white or black, Christian or Muslim, etc. In this case, I do not think I am in the majority, but I stand by what I have said. My values may mirror those of the Christian faith, but that does not bother me. If a democracy chooses to pass a law of Christian principles, then the government is allowed, in that case, to have a law based on Christianity. This law is may be based on Christian principles, but, if passed, it becomes Atlasian principle.

[Vepres]

A democracy must make laws based on the majority of people, whether it be white or black, Christian or Muslim, etc. In this case, I do not think I am in the majority, but I stand by what I have said. My values may mirror those of the Christian faith, but that does not bother me. If a democracy chooses to pass a law of Christian principles, then the government is allowed, in that case, to have a law based on Christianity. This law is may be based on Christian principles, but, if passed, it becomes Atlasian principle.

But should the minority be protect from the "tyranny of the majority". What if Christians weren't in the majority? Would your opinion be different?

[Devilman88]

A democracy must make laws based on the majority of people, whether it be white or black, Christian or Muslim, etc. In this case, I do not think I am in the majority, but I stand by what I have said. My values may mirror those of the Christian faith, but that does not bother me. If a democracy chooses to pass a law of Christian principles, then the government is allowed, in that case, to have a law based on Christianity. This law is may be based on Christian principles, but, if passed, it becomes Atlasian principle.

But should the minority be protect from the "tyranny of the majority". What if Christians weren't in the majority? Would your opinion be different?

On Atlasia Christians aren't the majority at all.

[MaxQue]

In fact, the religion in Atlasia is Leipism. Read carefully your pledge when you will be elected. The last line is ''So help me Dave''.

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A democracy must make laws based on the majority of people, whether it be white or black, Christian or Muslim, etc. In this case, I do not think I am in the majority, but I stand by what I have said. My values may mirror those of the Christian faith, but that does not bother me. If a democracy chooses to pass a law of Christian principles, then the government is allowed, in that case, to have a law based on Christianity. This law is may be based on Christian principles, but, if passed, it becomes Atlasian principle.

But should the minority be protect from the "tyranny of the majority". What if Christians weren't in the majority? Would your opinion be different?

My opinion would remain the same. The law would just be different.

[Fine...I Made This More Civil]

A democracy must make laws based on the majority of people, whether it be white or black, Christian or Muslim, etc. In this case, I do not think I am in the majority, but I stand by what I have said. My values may mirror those of the Christian faith, but that does not bother me. If a democracy chooses to pass a law of Christian principles, then the government is allowed, in that case, to have a law based on Christianity. This law is may be based on Christian principles, but, if passed, it becomes Atlasian principle.

But should the minority be protect from the "tyranny of the majority". What if Christians weren't in the majority? Would your opinion be different?

On Atlasia Christians aren't the majority at all.

I never said so. I will stand by my beliefs, and if they fall in the majority, so be it. If my beliefs do fall in the majority, then my beliefs become Atlasian law.

[Devilman88]

A democracy must make laws based on the majority of people, whether it be white or black, Christian or Muslim, etc. In this case, I do not think I am in the majority, but I stand by what I have said. My values may mirror those of the Christian faith, but that does not bother me. If a democracy chooses to pass a law of Christian principles, then the government is allowed, in that case, to have a law based on Christianity. This law is may be based on Christian principles, but, if passed, it becomes Atlasian principle.

But should the minority be protect from the "tyranny of the majority". What if Christians weren't in the majority? Would your opinion be different?

On Atlasia Christians aren't the majority at all.

I never said so. I will stand by my beliefs, and if they fall in the majority, so be it. If my beliefs do fall in the majority, then my beliefs become Atlasian law.

I was talking to Vepres.

[Vepres]

A democracy must make laws based on the majority of people, whether it be white or black, Christian or Muslim, etc. In this case, I do not think I am in the majority, but I stand by what I have said. My values may mirror those of the Christian faith, but that does not bother me. If a democracy chooses to pass a law of Christian principles, then the government is allowed, in that case, to have a law based on Christianity. This law is may be based on Christian principles, but, if passed, it becomes Atlasian principle.

You are right, but my point still stands. The government shouldn't enforce morality.
But should the minority be protect from the "tyranny of the majority". What if Christians weren't in the majority? Would your opinion be different?

On Atlasia Christians aren't the majority at all.

I never said so. I will stand by my beliefs, and if they fall in the majority, so be it. If my beliefs do fall in the majority, then my beliefs become Atlasian law.

I was talking to Vepres.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I should probably keep quiet for my best electoral interests however if a few laws are passed based on christian morality or what not, considering the alternatives, I think I could sleep at night.

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Does anyone have any more questions?

[Hash]

Where does thee stand on the Mideast Officialization of the Separation of Religion and State Statute?

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Where does thee stand on the Mideast Officialization of the Separation of Religion and State Statute?

I agree with this bill. Although I would like some laws to be based on Christian morality, I don't think it is within anyone's power to force others to listen to or agree with what I say. I will vote for what I believe is right, and I will stand by it, but I will not force others to.