The Imperial Dominion of the South's Legislature

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If the humble Viceroy may offer his opinion....

I play track as well, and my mile is bad enough, so I would oppose the first clause out of hand. I realize the necessity to make it an option, but why make it mandatory?

As for the second one, I could agree. At my schools football games there is always an ambulance, I thought that was standard practice, if it isn't it should definitely be remedied.

The third one....yeah that makes sense.

     The issue with making the brace optional is that in a sport that emphasizes speed such as track, there is no way that anyone would volunteer to handicap themselves in such a fashion. If you want to go that route, I'd suggest having two different classes of competition: one with a brace & one without a brace.

Well, looking back i should have changed it to a requirement for football, and an option for other sports

     Well, that depends on the position & the player. If you're a small, speedy halfback, having to wear a brace robs you of your competitive edge. Even if everyone else is handicapped in the same manner, you won't be nearly as good at outmaneuvering defenses when they have that much more time to react to your moves.

I will re-edit and post a new bill tomorrow. I have no more time left tonight to do it

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I would like to re-submit this bill:

High School Sports Injury Prevention Act:

1.   Any offensive or defensive lineman who play high school football must be fitted for a custom knee brace. Any other athlete will have an option for one.

2.   If an athlete is injured, regardless of being in a game or practice will be taken in an ambulance to a local hospital.

3.   In order to return to play,  the player must be cleared by an orthopedic doctor.

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Much better.  I offer the below as a friendly amendment.  If anyone has any suggestions on how the region might pay for them (a sin tax, maybe?) please speak up.

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What sin taxes do we have?

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Much better.  I offer the below as a friendly amendment.  If anyone has any suggestions on how the region might pay for them (a sin tax, maybe?) please speak up.

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What sin taxes do we have?

I think there is a tax on alcohol and tobacco along with a fee for getting a drivers license.  How about a sin tax on Marijuana since, according to PiT, pot is legal here.

That could work, as along as everyone else agrees

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How is this?

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Looks good

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I could get behind this. But shouldn't the braces be paid for by the schools? Not the regions directly?

Well The money needed for the braces will be given to the schools by the new tax. Whatever left will be given to area's of the budget that need it.

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    $3.00 applied to what? Each ounce? Each joint? Each transaction? I'd suggest something more specific than that. Also, when setting the regional marijuana tax, please recall that it is subject to a 32% federal tax, pursuant to the National Sin Tax Act & the Amendment to the Marijuana Legalization and Taxation Act.

IDK, Yelnoc came up with it. I just want this bill to pass. This is my only goal for this term.

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     $3.00 applied to what? Each ounce? Each joint? Each transaction? I'd suggest something more specific than that. Also, when setting the regional marijuana tax, please remember that marijuana is already subject to a 32% federal tax, pursuant to the National Sin Tax Act & the Amendment to the Marijuana Legalization and Taxation Act.

Each transaction i guess

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     $3.00 applied to what? Each ounce? Each joint? Each transaction? I'd suggest something more specific than that. Also, when setting the regional marijuana tax, please remember that marijuana is already subject to a 32% federal tax, pursuant to the National Sin Tax Act & the Amendment to the Marijuana Legalization and Taxation Act.

Each transaction i guess

$3 for a transaction is a steep price, I'd say maybe $.50 is reasonable, if I'm buying a dime bag I'm not gonna pay an extra three bucks...not that Iwould know.

That could work I guess

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How is this?

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Why is being taken in an ambulance so important? Define injury...if the player gets punched in the gut by another player but nothing more than that, are you still going to take him to the hospital? That is what the bill sounds like.

I am talking about serious injuries, like broken bones, torn acl's, or brain injuries.  You don't have to be an ass about a simple mistake I forgot to make

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As long as it passes, it's good with me

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Seriously injured is definitly not a punch to the gut. It means debilitating injury, like can't walk.

Exactly. I have been in this position twice and it is not fun

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Seriously injured is definitly not a punch to the gut. It means debilitating injury, like can't walk.

Exactly. I have been in this position twice and it is not fun

Damn man, are you tackle or guard? And what happened?
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I played Offensive and Defensive Tackle. The first time i tore my ACL I was double teamed by two 300 pound guys. The second time I tore my minsicus, I was cheap shoted in the back and i fell awkwardly and tore it.

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Looks like all the debate that will happen has happened.  Viceroy, please put it to vote.

Yes i'm ready

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Aye

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Thanks to everyone for passing the bill

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would someone post links to these laws?

Yes, I would like to see what the laws are about before I can vote

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I support eliminating all of these except the voting act, which should not be eliminated, because the voter's right should not be tampered with

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I support eliminating all of these except the voting act, which should not be eliminated, because the voter's right should not be tampered with

     As the notes in the link specify, it would require an amendment to actually enact the provisions of that initiative, so we might as well eliminate the initiative anyway. No matter what we do, it's useless in its current state.

     I'd suggest giving the responsibility to the Emperor, Viceroy, Attorney General, or Judicial Overlord as any of them see fit, since leaving it with one very specific office alters someone's right to vote based on whether the relevant authority happens to be online at the time. This helps reduce it. Also, I would note that currently voters have an hour after they vote to edit their ballot in all regional elections.

     This brings up another thought that I had recently, which is to change the amendment procedure to mandate that any amendment proposed first be approved by the Legislature. It seems quite odd to me that the Legislature currently plays no role in passing amendments.

Oh, i'm ready to vote then

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Aye

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Sounds good to me

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Aye

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Nay

Why did you vote no?

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It looks good

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Aye