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[Draft] Burn Them All!

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[Draft] Burn Them All!

Postby United Civil Republic » Sun Jun 14, 2020 2:17 am

Current Draft:
“Burn It All!”

Description: On Tuesday, @@RANDOMNAME@@ published a story on a pro-Bigtopian news website tag lined, “Burn every book they own written by ‘@@DEMONYMPLURAL@@’, burn them all!” A meeting has been called to discuss how to respond to this.

Validity: Allows some freedom of the press, has capitalism

Option 1:“This is exactly what we are always talking about!” cries @@RANDOMNAME@@, founder of National News Only. “Allowing anyone to just say whatever they want allows them to attack us and our people. The government should not allow this to happen."
Effect: the national news service is notorious for expressing only pro-@@DEMONYM@@ views

Option 2: “I am repelled by the exaggeration of this issue!” declares @@RANDOMNAME@, the founder of the news site. “The media should be a place where people can express their ideas freely. If people don't like what they are reading, they don't have to click the link.”
Effect: the news media only focuses on finding ideas that people like to read

Option 3: “Is the freedom of press really the issue here?” inquires @@RANDOMNAME@@, the Minister of National Libraries, as he finally looks up from @HIS@ book. “The writer wanted to burn books. The reasdon why doesn't matter. We should just ban the ability to burn books!"
Effect: people are arrested for even lighting a candle while near a book

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Postby Noahs Second Country » Sun Jun 14, 2020 3:00 am

There are already existing issues pertaining to censorship, might be worth looking through the spoiler thread.

Plus, why does the government care and how can they really intervene besides a military attack/trade embargo, which are options available in a multitude of issues?
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Postby Australian rePublic » Tue Jun 23, 2020 7:22 pm

Why does nation care about the internal affairs of another country?
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Postby Candlewhisper Archive » Mon Jun 29, 2020 5:24 am

I agree, the premise doesn't work.

There may be room for a broader issue about how to respond to foreign-based news media with persistently anti-@@DEMONYM@@ sentiments, however, especially if said media is heavily influenced by a supposedly non-hostile foreign power. Think, for example about Chinese state media pushing anti-American propaganda, for example.
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