https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-48611424
Changed from battery acid to burning alive, partially to minimise the overlap with the existing issue about acid attacks, partially to create a little fictional distance from the real case, and partially so I can segue into the Wicker Man thing in option 3.
TITLE:
We Didn't Start The Fire
VALIDITY:
Some political freedom. Immigration not banned.
DESCRIPTION:
A TV comedian on a late night panel show recently said that certain far right politician deserved to be doused in gasoline and set alight. The next day, the politician had a petrol can sloshed over him by an unidentified assailant, though thankfully no immolation took place.
OPTION 1
"I've frankly had enough of all the hate directed against me," rages the politician, as he stands under a poster equating immigrants to cockroaches. "This so-called comedian should be arrested and charged with incitement to violence. Frankly, we're better off without thuggish violent people like her." He shoves past your Bigtopian aide as he storms out of the room.
OUTCOME:
films about zombie-killing are condemned as being necrophobic
OPTION 2
"The context here was that someone was suggesting throwing custard at him, and I said why stop at custard, why not throw gasoline over him, light a match and do the country a favour," explains the comedian. "I mean, clearly it was a joke, because people laughed. Well, I laughed. I mean, I wouldn't actually advocate throwing gas and a match at him. I mean, just use a molotov cocktail, that'd be much more effective. That's a joke again, by the way. Don't do it. Unless you want to. No, don't. I mean to say, don't censor comedy. Or I'll set fire to you. Joke."
OUTCOME:
suffixing hate speech with "just joking" makes it okay
OPTION 3
"Honestly, maybe bringing a little literal fire into politics isn't a bad idea," suggests your brother. "Let's not limit ourselves to particular ideologies though - I suggest we round up all the politicians, protesters and dissenters who keep questioning your decisions, and put them inside some sort of wicker cage, ironically shaped like a 50-foot man. Then we set the whole thing ablaze, and watch our problems turn to ashes."
OUTCOME:
Sumer is Icumen in
