Musical Murder? [DRAFT]

[Valrifell]

Description: Famous music artist, Joel Cyrus, was convicted yesterday because of lyrics in his song "I Shot the Deputy", citizens from across the nation are demanding he be set free.


The Issue...

[option] "Why would they ever do that?!" Exclaims civil rights activist and long-time Joel Cyrus fan, @@RANDOMNAME@@, "this is censorship! If we are convicting people of crimes based off of works of art, think of the glorious creators that would have been silenced! People like, @@RANDOMNAME@@, @@RANDOMNAME@@, and @@RANDOMNAME@@. Not to mention the lost revenue of the music industry..."
[effect] Murders and violent music are on the rise.
[stats] crime goes up, economy increases slightly, civil freedoms increase moderately.

[option] "I will have you know, this man has committed murder after murder. If his lyrics helped us arrive to a guilty verdict, so be it" says famous lawyer @@RANDOMNAME@@ who prosecuted Joel Cyrus. "But let's not stop such progress now! Think of the other trials that could go much faster if we were allowed to do this with all forms of 'art'! Maybe that would make those lazy bums get some real jobs."
[effect] Hundreds of artists and musicians are arrested daily
[stats] civil freedoms decrease moderately, crime goes down, economy increases moderately, culture decreases slightly, happiness decreases slightly, government size increases slightly.

[option] "Don't I get, like, a say in this?" Asks Joel Cyrus, his two armed guards in the back of the room "Don't be hatin' the music, man, you gotta be hatin' the inspiration for the music, bro, you should just totally legalize murder, that way, there wouldn't be a problem, right? And no, this is not because, like, I actually murdered someone this is totally to prevent this from happening to another innocent man, bro."
[effect] The nations favorite new game is musical murder.
[stats] civil freedoms increase, crime rate decreases, happiness decreases heavily, government shrinks a little.

Thoughts? Ideas?

[Sedgistan]

"This is an outrage!"

One of the most overused phrases in issues, so definitely something to avoid. Try re-wording it to something else.

[Desmendura]

It's pretty good. But I recommend following Sedge's idea, "This is an outrage" is a very cliche phrase in issues. I suggest changing it to "Why did they do that?!" or similar.

[Valrifell]

It's pretty good. But I recommend following Sedge's idea, "This is an outrage" is a very cliche phrase in issues. I suggest changing it to "Why did they do that?!" or similar.

Noted and fixed.

[Panageadom]

The legalising murder things is an odd take, but the idea that people profit off crimes that they failed to be convicted of (e.g. O.J. Simpson's "How I Would Have Done It" book and Amy Winehouse's drug stuff), and that that could be wrong, is an interesting one.

[Unified Protectors]

"Why would the ever do that?!"

- I'm not sure what is trying to be said here.

- In the second option, it says the singer was prosecuted because of the murders he committed. He also says he committed murder in the third option. But in the description, it says he was convicted because of his song. Was the song acting as evidence for the crime or something?

[Valrifell]

"Why would the ever do that?!"

- I'm not sure what is trying to be said here.

- In the second option, it says the singer was prosecuted because of the murders he committed. He also says he committed murder in the third option. But in the description, it says he was convicted because of his song. Was the song acting as evidence for the crime or something?

Yes, that's the whole issue. Should it be legal to use lyrics from songs (or any art form for that matter) as evidence in a crime that the author/musician/artist may or may not have actually done.