[Draft 1] Cry Me A River
Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2016 7:14 pm
This is an issue I submitted. What do you think?
Description (paraphrased): In an effort to save money, government official Flint Meshugun switched water sources from the clean @@CAPITAL@@ water system to the contaminated @@ANIMAL@@ River. As a result, citizens have suffered from tragic symptoms of lead and other dangerous chemicals.
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[option]"Once again, this shows how careless the government is at running our country." says @@RANDOMNAME@@, CEO of Soft Drinks and More. "They choose to cut spending when it came to a vital resource. The government should have no control over @@NAME@@'s water supply. A private company would only be concerned with keeping the water clean, and not with education, crime, and all the other things that governments have to consider. We wouldn't be unregulated, all industries have regulation. Sure, the costs may go up a little bit, but that's the price of clean, reliable water."
[effect]poor people are regularly found at doorsteps begging for water to drink
[option]"No, no, no!" says @@RANDOMNAME@@, a famed socialist. "Only the government should control the water supply. Companies should have nothing to do with it. Only the government can make it both affordable and safe. This is yet another scheme by corporations to favor the rich over the poor. My family has been sick, with rashes, abdominal pain, and might even have brain damage. What I propose is banning all dangerous chemicals so this will never happen again. Industries will suffer, but what does that matter if the people of @@NAME@@ have clean water to drink? We can't have companies polluting our waters and distributing our waters. That would be hazardous!"
[effect]farmers are spending millions on pest-repelling plants after pesticides have been banned
[option]"Bah!" says primitivist @@RANDOMNAME@@. "Back in the old days, people found their own water! How about neither the government nor industry has control over water? If people found their own water, they could do with it what they chose! Sure, people in landlocked areas will have a harder time finding water, but it was always supposed to be survival of the fittest! It will be good for the gene pool if people who failed to survive died."
[effect]people from deserts are either struggling to survive or struggling to leave
[option]"Let's not be extreme here, alright?" says @@RANDOMNAME@@, an ambassador of a neighboring country. "We can simply switch the water source back. In the mean time, we can pay reparations to the sufferers of this tragedy and fine the government officials involved. I'm sure @@REGION@@ won't mind lending us a hand and sharing their water while we recover! Taxes will go up, but I'm sure nobody will mind when their families are fully recovered. Sure, that doesn't prevent this from happening again, and the companies may start polluting that water, but that's the cost of compromise, and it's better then listening to these extremists."
[effect]citizens of @@NAME@@ are baffled at the government's halfheartedness in response to a major water crisis
[option]"There's absolutely nothing wrong with the new water!" Flint Meshugun angrily demands. "These are all lies! I say we arrest these conspiracy theorists for treason to prevent any more vile propaganda. All they are trying to do is cause chaos in @@NAME@@! We must put a stop to these hooligans!"
[effect]anyone who so much complains about @@NAME@@'s water is jailed
Description (paraphrased): In an effort to save money, government official Flint Meshugun switched water sources from the clean @@CAPITAL@@ water system to the contaminated @@ANIMAL@@ River. As a result, citizens have suffered from tragic symptoms of lead and other dangerous chemicals.
(pasted)
[option]"Once again, this shows how careless the government is at running our country." says @@RANDOMNAME@@, CEO of Soft Drinks and More. "They choose to cut spending when it came to a vital resource. The government should have no control over @@NAME@@'s water supply. A private company would only be concerned with keeping the water clean, and not with education, crime, and all the other things that governments have to consider. We wouldn't be unregulated, all industries have regulation. Sure, the costs may go up a little bit, but that's the price of clean, reliable water."
[effect]poor people are regularly found at doorsteps begging for water to drink
[option]"No, no, no!" says @@RANDOMNAME@@, a famed socialist. "Only the government should control the water supply. Companies should have nothing to do with it. Only the government can make it both affordable and safe. This is yet another scheme by corporations to favor the rich over the poor. My family has been sick, with rashes, abdominal pain, and might even have brain damage. What I propose is banning all dangerous chemicals so this will never happen again. Industries will suffer, but what does that matter if the people of @@NAME@@ have clean water to drink? We can't have companies polluting our waters and distributing our waters. That would be hazardous!"
[effect]farmers are spending millions on pest-repelling plants after pesticides have been banned
[option]"Bah!" says primitivist @@RANDOMNAME@@. "Back in the old days, people found their own water! How about neither the government nor industry has control over water? If people found their own water, they could do with it what they chose! Sure, people in landlocked areas will have a harder time finding water, but it was always supposed to be survival of the fittest! It will be good for the gene pool if people who failed to survive died."
[effect]people from deserts are either struggling to survive or struggling to leave
[option]"Let's not be extreme here, alright?" says @@RANDOMNAME@@, an ambassador of a neighboring country. "We can simply switch the water source back. In the mean time, we can pay reparations to the sufferers of this tragedy and fine the government officials involved. I'm sure @@REGION@@ won't mind lending us a hand and sharing their water while we recover! Taxes will go up, but I'm sure nobody will mind when their families are fully recovered. Sure, that doesn't prevent this from happening again, and the companies may start polluting that water, but that's the cost of compromise, and it's better then listening to these extremists."
[effect]citizens of @@NAME@@ are baffled at the government's halfheartedness in response to a major water crisis
[option]"There's absolutely nothing wrong with the new water!" Flint Meshugun angrily demands. "These are all lies! I say we arrest these conspiracy theorists for treason to prevent any more vile propaganda. All they are trying to do is cause chaos in @@NAME@@! We must put a stop to these hooligans!"
[effect]anyone who so much complains about @@NAME@@'s water is jailed