[name]@@ANIMAL@@s Are People Too?
[description]Naturalists filming a wildlife documentary in the depths of @@NATION@@’s largest forest before a wood-chipping company starts operations there have discovered that this area is home to a hitherto unsuspected tribe of intelligent and anthropomorphic @@ANIMAL@@s with a ‘Stone Age’ culture.
[validity]nation does not have @@ANIMAL@@ as its "favorite main course"
[option]“We must help these people, because they are ‘people’ despite their appearance, to integrate into our more advanced society” says @@RANDOMNAME@@, a liberal politician. “Admittedly that might cost a bit of money, but it’s the right thing to do.”
[effect]talking @@ANIMAL@@s are becoming an increasingly noticeable part of the population
[stats]Civil Rights increase slightly, Social Welfare &/or Social Equality spending increases slightly, Taxation increases by enough (or more than enough?) to cover that increased expenditure.
[option]“Integrate them? Nonsense!” retorts conservative think-tank spokesman @@RANDOMNAME@@. “They should be left alone to follow their own traditional culture, and if they really want any of our money then they can – I don’t know – charge visitors for demonstrations of that customary way of life, or something.”
[effect]the @@NAME@@ @@ANIMAL@@ Reservation has become a major site for tourism
[stats]Tourism increases slightly, Wood-Chipping Industry decreases slightly.
[option]“Abominations! You must let us purge the nation of these walking offences against the natural order!” insists Violetist ‘Grand Poobah’ Magenta III. “We must burn them, burn all of them… and burn anybody who blasphemes against Violet, and all rapists, and people who wear orange hats, too!”
[effect]people have to fear getting burnt at the stake by the Violetist Inquisition
[stats]Civil Rights drop significantly, ‘Safest’ decreases significantly & ‘Most Avoided’ increases to a comparable extent, ‘Most Godforsaken’ decreases/‘Most Devout’ increases, Wood-Chipping Industry increases (because of the increased demand for firewood, of course… ^_^).
[option]“We have a contract,” the CEO of the Wood-Chipping company concerned reminds you, “and it says that we have a legal right to clear-cut that section of forest. Now, are you going to let us go ahead right away, or do we have to go to court over this? If we do go to court, of course, then the scale of our ‘campaign donations’ to your party might become public knowledge… I’m sure that any of those @@ANIMAL@@s who decide against working for us will be able to find jobs somewhere or other else in the economy easily enough.”
[effect]dispossessed @@ANIMAL@@s are swelling the ranks of both the unemployed and the underworld
[stats]Wood-chipping industry and Economic Freedoms both increase slightly, Unemployment increases slightly, Environment & Weather both decline, Civil Rights decrease slightly, ‘Most Corrupt Government’ increases slightly, Crime rate increases slightly.
[option]“Bah!” snorts General Jacques de Ripper. “We just can’t trust @@ANIMAL@@s, they’re sneaky brutes as well as violent. You’d better let the Army deal with them, for the public good… and if any so-called ‘liberals’ object to our doing so then let us deal with those protesters too.”
[effect]the government is using a ‘War Against @@ANIMAL@@s’ to justify suppressing its political opponents
[stats]Civil Rights and Political Freedoms both decrease significantly, Military Spending (and therefore Taxation, too) rises significantly, ‘Most Avoided’ increases/‘Safest’ decreases, ‘Most Corrupt Government’ increases.
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