The Writers' Block

[Jutsa]

I'd not mind taking a wack at it, although frankly I've already submitted a couple drafts about devolution and corruption...

[New Ladavia]

Has anyone tackled an issue that dealt with the morality of issues? I have a good title: A Kantian Conundrum.

[USS Monitor]

Has anyone tackled an issue that dealt with the morality of issues? I have a good title: A Kantian Conundrum.

I don't understand what the premise would be.

[Gnejs]

Has anyone tackled an issue that dealt with the morality of issues? I have a good title: A Kantian Conundrum.

Write up an outline. I'm all for a Kantian Conundrum, but I'll have to see what you have in mind.

[Jutsa]

Do we still have that issue option that proposes launching garbage into space?

[USS Monitor]

Do we still have that issue option that proposes launching garbage into space?

Think so. Were you considering a follow-up?

[Jutsa]

Found it.

I thought that'd be a good option to have a followup on, since it seems like a "super awesome environmental high-tech solution"
and though expense is somewhat acknowledged in option 2 (idk if it's reflected in stats), it doesn't take into account
the possibilities of things going wrong, like, the methane making everything explode and you end up with a disaster on your hands.
Plus idk how much environmental damage is considered from the rockets themselves but still, I think that "boom-boom" thing could be the makings of an issue.

[USS Monitor]

Found it.

I thought that'd be a good option to have a followup on, since it seems like a "super awesome environmental high-tech solution"
and though expense is somewhat acknowledged in option 2 (idk if it's reflected in stats), it doesn't take into account
the possibilities of things going wrong, like, the methane making everything explode and you end up with a disaster on your hands.
Plus idk how much environmental damage is considered from the rockets themselves but still, I think that "boom-boom" thing could be the makings of an issue.

It wouldn't be very eco-friendly at all because of the fuel that you burn to manufacture and launch the rockets.

[Trotterdam]

Found it.

I thought that'd be a good option to have a followup on, since it seems like a "super awesome environmental high-tech solution"
and though expense is somewhat acknowledged in option 2 (idk if it's reflected in stats), it doesn't take into account
the possibilities of things going wrong, like, the methane making everything explode and you end up with a disaster on your hands.
Plus idk how much environmental damage is considered from the rockets themselves but still, I think that "boom-boom" thing could be the makings of an issue.

The real downside of that approach is how absurdly expensive spacecraft are. You're probably creating more junk building and launching them than they're capable of carrying, not to mention all the fossil fuels you're burning.

It's kind of like cleaning your house by cataloguing all your specks of dust, wrapping them individually in plastic bags, and taking them one by one a garbage dump several cities over.

[Jutsa]

Can I just stress how strange it is that option's not only in the game, but is option 1 of that issue?

[Trotterdam]

Can I just stress how strange it is that option's not only in the game, but is option 1 of that issue?

...Which is why I tend to dismiss that issue.

My point is, don't worry about the shuttle launches going wrong. Worry about what they're costing you when they're going right. The occasional catastrophic mishap will be statistically insignificant by comparison.

(Of course, newspapers love to capitalize on rare but sensational mishaps over humdrum problems that happen all the time, so they can still affect public perception and thus policy.)

[Jutsa]

Oh yah, also, have we any issue options that prohibit the homeless/poor from voting?
edit: for that matter, if slaves can vote?
edit2: come to think about it, AI as well?

[New Ladavia]

Has anyone tackled an issue that dealt with the morality of issues? I have a good title: A Kantian Conundrum.

I don't understand what the premise would be.

mostly on the universal law wheres everything @@LEADER@@ does is law. For instance, if @@LEADER@@ randomly smashes a laptop society would all be throwing their laptops on the ground.

@@LEADER@@ says is the new popular game in @@CAPITAL@@

It's just an Idea so I don't know if it has the substance to become an issue.

Another perspective is to just do something that tackles basic morality but keeps the title

[Chan Island]

I don't understand what the premise would be.

mostly on the universal law wheres everything @@LEADER@@ does is law. For instance, if @@LEADER@@ randomly smashes a laptop society would all be throwing their laptops on the ground.

@@LEADER@@ says is the new popular game in @@CAPITAL@@

It's just an Idea so I don't know if it has the substance to become an issue.

Another perspective is to just do something that tackles basic morality but keeps the title

That might work in an issue where @@LEADER@@ is hailed as divine.

[Bears Armed]

Oh yah, also, have we any issue options that prohibit the homeless/poor from voting?

#429: 'No Representation Without Taxation?'

[Jutsa]

That really only takes votes from the taxpayer and government workers, and not necessarily from those without private property,
but yeah, I suppose we don't need to get too specific.

Still unsure about slaves though... or AI for that matter.

[Trotterdam]

While there have been nations that had both elections and slaves (ranging from ancient Greece and Rome to the first century of the United States), I am pretty sure none of them ever allowed slaves to vote.

AIs would probably be allowed to vote if and only if they are citizens (and the nation is a democracy). I guess you could recognize their citizenship while still making them second-class citizens, but the argument for doing such a thing is weak. Maybe because AIs can copy themselves more easily and so create biased voting blocs?

[USS Monitor]

Hey, you know how ISIS destroyed historic sites that they thought were too un-Islamic? Are there any issues about something like that, but written from the point of view of the religious fundamentalists?

[Jutsa]

Was hardly just ISIS that's done that; but yeah, that could be kinda interesting.
I was thinking about doing something kinda like that myself, but I never really went anywhere with it.

[Jutsa]

Maybe because AIs can copy themselves more easily and so create biased voting blocs?

*Makes En Bloc for animals voting* Hrng

Seriously though this is an awesome idea.

[Jutsa]

have you seen your brother round here? I have a... uh... delivery for him.

I just realized this...

[Jutsa]

Hey, which issue options in @@CAPITAL@@gate specifically introduce McCarthyism? I'd like to know just how intense the decision would have to be before that'd be in place...

[Trotterdam]

Hey, which issue options in @@CAPITAL@@gate specifically introduce McCarthyism? I'd like to know just how intense the decision would have to be before that'd be in place...

http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?p=32549704#p32549704

[option]"Nothing distracts the people more than a good dosage of fear from an even bigger enemy," reminds your Minister of Defense, while quickly leafing through a book entitled Political Corruption For Dummies. "You've read my reports of those pesky East Lebatuckese infiltrating Marche Noire, right? What if we started rumors about something similar happening here? We could claim that the East Lebatuckese have agents in @@NAME@@, and we could even come up with some sort of agency to track them down. People will be so scared they'll turn on each other and forget all about us!"
[effect]the death glare has replaced the handshake as a national greeting

[option]"Hmm... if Maxman seems too much of a goody-goody to be true, he probably is," muses Director of State Security @@RANDOMNAME@@, waving a bug detector wand around your office. "He's almost certainly an East Lebatuckese infiltrator, out to destabilize our fine nation. The reason why there's no evidence is because East Lebatuckese spies are good at covering their tracks. What we need is to set up The Committee On Un@@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ Activities to assess the loyalty of everyone in @@NAME@@, including journalists and politicians who are a little too critical or annoying."
[effect]paranoia is the new normal

[Jutsa]

Huh... ok, so... somehow a McCarthyism trigger would have to be an issue, different from this one, whereby an option that puts fear into the hearts of your members would make sense...

hmmmmmm... hmmmm...

[Democratu]

Call me a noob but how do I add stats to an issue? I can't seem to find it explained anywhere