The Reality Sculptors "Faq-O-Matic" : "Laws We'd Like To See" :
The Ethnic Impartiality Act
The government shall not form or fund organizations that recognizably promote a language, religion or ethnic belief. This includes schools, places of worship, festivals, static displays and translators. The national legislature shall designate a bridge language to which all others may be translated, and from which all others must be translated. All government texts shall be originated in the bridge language, which is merely a practical necessity of government.
Any group of one hundred or more people may register an organization to promote any language, religion or ethnic belief. Thereafter any taxpayer may register to allocate up to ten percent of its taxes to any combination of such registered organizations.
All registered organizations shall publish three curricula in the bridge language. One, usable in thirty minutes by an average person, suitable to prevent soldiers and tourists from committing offenses against the beliefs of the members of the organization. A second suitable for use in a primary school by ten-year olds, not to exceed five curriculum hours, which shall include the first as a subset. A third that can reproduce the major cultural artifacts of the organization, and permit full adoption of a willing candidate into candidacy for the most elite or authoritative group of the organization within ten years or less. The elite curricula may require special schools and language courses, and the majority of its curricula may be in an ethnic language, but fluency in the bridge language shall be a requirement.
The government of any region may require any three of the ten most populous language organizations to provide translations for signs, public notices and laws.
The government of any region may freely solicit any registered group for cultural advice and aid with regard to its members.
Any registered organization shall have the right to bring suit, own property and distribute it for any purpose other than tax evasion.
A registered organization loses registration when it fails to carry out a reasonable request by the government. That is, a request that has little or no fiscal impact on the organization, but directly affects a person or group with membership in the organization. This is specifically to help the government to recruit clerics for military and prison, recruit language teachers, and solicit advice with regard to legislation and court cases.
(this law is not my idea- I heard it on the MacNeil-Lehrer news hour, attributed to an Austrian diplomat)
2002-Nov-30 7:54pm rgvandewalker
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