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Resolution Against the Slave Trade
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| Eli_Fitzgerald | Date: Friday, 15 Jul 2011, 3:53 PM | Message # 1 |
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| I present a simple and uncontroversial resolution and vote in favor.
Article I. This resolution is not intended to contradict Imperial Decree A-SL-4557.607.232 on the permissibility of slavery. This resolution respects the supremacy of the Empire on this issue.
Article II. The Senate encourages Imperial worlds to repudiate the interstellar trade of slaves and to individually adopt the following statement as law; "No person shall provide material support for the interstellar slave trade or knowingly promote or participate in the trade of slaves in any material fashion. To do so shall be considered a felony punishable by a fine of no less than 1,000,000 credits per violation, or imprisonment for 10 standard years, or both."
Article III. The Senate encourages Imperial worlds to deny landing clearance to any merchant vessel commercially registered to a planet that has not endorsed the above statement as law, and/or to interdict any merchant vessel that is believed to be engaged in the interstellar trade or transport of slaves.
Article IV. The Senate encourages its members to oppose the membership of any prospective Senator or Representative who endorses, participates, or has participated in the interstellar trade of slaves.
Article V. No Imperial world shall be bound by the law of another world concerning the return of escaped slaves to their "owners."
Eli Fitzgerald
Senator of Ralltiir (10 BBY—Present)
"I was elected to do some flamethrowing in the Senate. To a light a fire under those Senators and make it hot for them."
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| Slai-Fon | Date: Friday, 15 Jul 2011, 5:45 PM | Message # 2 |
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| A fine draft Senator Fitzgerald. A fine one indeed. Before I add my two cents, and of course I vote In favor. I would also like to hear other Senator's opinions on this matter.
Slai-Fon Youngblood, Senator of Anobis, and the Bright Jewel sector
Chairman of ISEC (Imperial Senate Ethic's Committee.)
Chairman & CEO of K/Y deep.
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| Ilanah_Thanatos | Date: Friday, 15 Jul 2011, 7:01 PM | Message # 3 |
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| I admire your stance on this matter, Senator Fitzgerald. Slavery has always, unfortunately, been a topic of heated discussion in many circles, the Senate included. Your proposal is simple and modest and will do the job nicely, I believe.
Chandrila votes in favor.
Ilanah R. Thanatos
Senator of Chandrila
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| LomenRyuun | Date: Sunday, 17 Jul 2011, 3:48 PM | Message # 4 |
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| A very good resolution, Senator Fitzgerald.
Druckenwell has always been against slavery and the drug trade and as such, we vote in favor.
Lomen Ryuun
Senator, Doldur Sector
Senator, Druckenwell
Representative, Monor II (10 BBY - 9 BBY)
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Representative, Boranall
Representative, Therenor Prime
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| Artemis_Vanden | Date: Sunday, 17 Jul 2011, 6:06 PM | Message # 5 |
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| Naboo takes issue with the Empire's ambiguous policy on the question of slavery and votes heartily in favor of this resolution, as a unambiguous stand against the slave trade. Naboo has long had anti-slavery laws on its books and I encourage all worlds to adopt them, too. This is an issue where Imperial planets can exercise their autonomy to put an end to an atrocious practice that has become all too common in the last decade.
Artemis Vanden
Representative of the Naboo
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| Tremaine_Fowlkes | Date: Sunday, 17 Jul 2011, 6:09 PM | Message # 6 |
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| Telos IV is fully in support of the proposal. We have always practiced anti-slavery laws. I believe this would be a good step toward eradicating slavery in the Empire.
Tremaine Fowlkes
Senator of Telos IV
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| Toben-Domon | Date: Sunday, 17 Jul 2011, 6:58 PM | Message # 7 |
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| Sluis Van is in favor as well.
Toben Domon
Senator, Sluis Van
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| Avadrie_volFyr | Date: Monday, 18 Jul 2011, 10:42 AM | Message # 8 |
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| Her comments were relayed via the Holo Net due to the Senator still be located in the Monor II system.
Empress Teta abstains from voting on the bill in its present form. However, if certain amendments were added Empress Teta would vote in favor.
1st Amendment : That the Senate acknowledges that the Empire has decreed slavery is legal, and as such will make no such law that contradicts said decree. This amendment changes the entire nature of the originally proposed resolution.
2nd Amendment : This amendment strikes the punitive measures from this resolution. We cannot punish law abiding Imperial citizens for carrying out what the Emperor says is legal.
3rd Amendment : This resolution instead encourages individual planets to establish incentive programs to allow the private market to end slavery. Suggestions include financial rewards for releasing slaves, tax incentives for hiring paid labor, etc.
As stated by the Senatorial candidate from Trandosha, his people have been forced by circumstance into two primary occupations to create income. Change the financial situations that create slavery and it won't matter if slavery is legal, because the private market will no longer choose it.
Justification : The resolution in its present form, while Empress Teta agrees with the intent, places law abiding Imperial citizens in the situation where they will have to choose between Imperial decree and Senate legislation, which is an unfair position to put a law abiding citizen into.
Lady Avadrie volFyr
Senator of Empress Teta
Defense Committee Member
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| LomenRyuun | Date: Monday, 18 Jul 2011, 10:58 AM | Message # 9 |
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| The Senator from Empress Teta has made a very valid point. I'm afraid Druckenwell must move to abstain until her resolutions are adopted.
Lomen Ryuun
Senator, Doldur Sector
Senator, Druckenwell
Representative, Monor II (10 BBY - 9 BBY)
Representative, Geridard
Representative, Boranall
Representative, Therenor Prime
Vice-chairman, Defense Committee (Temporarily suspended)
Controlling Shareholder - Druckenwell Arms Corporation
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| Verence_Terrawin | Date: Monday, 18 Jul 2011, 11:08 AM | Message # 10 |
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| Alsakan votes in favour of this measure.
Verence Terrawin
Senator of Alsakan
First Lord of the Foreign Office, Alsakan
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| Eli_Fitzgerald | Date: Monday, 18 Jul 2011, 11:41 AM | Message # 11 |
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| The resolution does no such thing, Senator volFyr. Nothing in this resolution requires anyone to do anything. The wording "the Senate encourages" has been chosen deliberately. Article V is the only one of them that isn't advisory, and neither does it require anyone to do anything; it says, uncontroversially, that no Imperial world can be compelled by the laws of another world to return escaped slaves to their "owners." So with respect to your second amendment, there are no punitive measures in this resolution. And your first amendment, Senator, is simply a restatement of Article I of my resolution—the words are simply in a different order.
With respect to your third amendment, Senator volFyr, slavery has persisted for tens of thousands of years and in all this time the market has done nothing to discourage it. There will always be demand for captive labor (the Empire has sponsored enormous slaving operations in the last decade) and thus, there will always be slaves. It's a free market principle—supply will meet demand if it can, and while clearly there's little we can do about the demand, we can do something about the supply. What is needed is vigorous action on the part of Imperial worlds to disrupt the interstellar trade of slaves within their borders, and all this resolution does is express the support of the Senate for this type of action.
And while I generally support tax incentives and oppose the regulation of private enterprise, I don't in this instance because I don't believe in bribing businesses to do the right thing. No engine of commerce should be powered by the tears of mothers, daughters, and sons who have been separated from one another and sold into slavery and I feel perfectly comfortable saying so in law.
Eli Fitzgerald
Senator of Ralltiir (10 BBY—Present)
"I was elected to do some flamethrowing in the Senate. To a light a fire under those Senators and make it hot for them."
Message edited by Eli_Fitzgerald - Monday, 18 Jul 2011, 11:43 AM |
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| Janar_Cerra | Date: Monday, 18 Jul 2011, 1:13 PM | Message # 12 |
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| Garos IV votes in favor of this resolution. Garos, being a planet with a well educated population, has always been and will always be against any form of slavery. This resolution is in line with the core beliefs of the people of Garos IV that everyone should be given the opportunity to be free and live their lives as they see fit within the good order of society.
Ja'nar Cerra
Queen of Garos IV
Acting Senator to the Republic, Garos IV
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| Avadrie_volFyr | Date: Monday, 18 Jul 2011, 6:14 PM | Message # 13 |
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| I must have misread, Senator Fitzgerald. Does Article 2 of your resolution not seek to establish punitive measures for those that participate in the interstellar commerce of slaves?
Lady Avadrie volFyr
Senator of Empress Teta
Defense Committee Member
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| Slai-Fon | Date: Tuesday, 26 Jul 2011, 11:47 AM | Message # 14 |
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| Senator Fitzgerald, would you kindly answer Senator volFyr's question?
Slai-Fon Youngblood, Senator of Anobis, and the Bright Jewel sector
Chairman of ISEC (Imperial Senate Ethic's Committee.)
Chairman & CEO of K/Y deep.
Message edited by Slai-Fon - Tuesday, 26 Jul 2011, 11:55 AM |
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| Eli_Fitzgerald | Date: Tuesday, 26 Jul 2011, 12:08 PM | Message # 15 |
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| Of course, and I'm sorry for the confusion about Article 2, which is understandable. The article does seek punitive measures on slave traders, but it does not require them. Rather, it "encourages Imperial worlds" to "individually" adopt the punitive measures as law on their individual worlds. It does not require worlds to do, but expresses the support of the Senate for these measures. Many planets (like Ralltiir, which is a slave haven) already have similar laws, but it would be easier to enforce them among worlds if the wording is the same. That's what I encourage in Article 2.
Eli Fitzgerald
Senator of Ralltiir (10 BBY—Present)
"I was elected to do some flamethrowing in the Senate. To a light a fire under those Senators and make it hot for them."
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