[DRAFT] THIS! IS! @@NAME@@!

[Kiddian States]

As you reach the end of a stack of reports on your desk, you read one about a small town deep in rural @@NAME@@ known as Atraps that has been reported leaving “weak” children to die so “only the tough ones can live.” Obviously, government officials swarmed the town and shut down the operation, but the whole scenario got people thinking.

Option 1
“Personally, I think this is a great idea.” Says your Minister of Welfare whilst sharpening a knife. “If we get rid of all the weaklings, and leave only the strong ones, we’ll be better off as a nation. Imagine: every @@DEMONYMNOUN@@ is strong, smart, basically as perfect as they can be. We just have to institute a test, say, in the third grade, to see who is physically and mentally strong enough to remain a citizen of our great @@TYPE@@! And the world…”

7 year olds who can’t bench press 200 pounds are put to death

Option 2
“Woah woah whoa. We’re not doing that!” Says your Minister of Childcare. “Why would anyone want to hurt a let alone kill a child? And sure, sometimes they aren’t killing the child, just leaving them in the wilderness to fend for themselves, but that’s not better! My snookums isn’t a great athlete or a genius, but I couldn’t imagine him being killed or left on his own in the scary woods because of that! @@LEADER@@, you should give strict punishments to anyone who hurts or abandons a child, no matter what they’re like!”

Old people saying that kids these days should go play in the woods like they did are being rounded up and tossed in prison

Option 3
A genetic researcher by the name of @@RANDOMNAME@@ pokes @@HIS@@ head into the room. “Hey, I heard you were talking about the Atraps stuff. That’s really interesting. I mean, only allowing people with certain traits to live? Do you know what this would mean? We could have superhumans, geniuses, a superior race! I mean, sure, all that would look bad internationally, and it’d take a lot of time and money to get working, but the end result will be extraordinary!”

@@NAME@@ commits atrocities “for the good of all future @@DEMONYMPLURAlNOUN@@“

[The Sakhalinsk Empire]

This is basically #374

#374: Lion Dad Sparks Child-Rearing Sentiment [Samuelica; ed: Sedgistan]

The Issue
The controversial book "Battle Hymn of the Lion Dad", which depicts a foreign-born father brutally raising his children to outperform their peers, has whipped up a great debate over parenting in @@NAME@@.

The Debate
1. "Look at @@NAME@@'s children: fat, lazy, dumb, and unsuccessful," says the book's author @@RANDOMMALENAME@@. "Now look at my two girls. Attending top colleges! Lawyer and doctor! Making a difference with their lives! Making good money with their lives! It takes iron discipline, regular beatings, and the sacrifice of their childhoods, and I might not remember their names every once in a while, but who cares about that when I can brag about my boys - I mean girls."

2. "Poor babies," wails concerned mother @@RANDOMFEMALENAME@@, clutching her teenage son tight to her bosom. "That book suggests the most awful punishments - hit our children, starve them, make them do their homework. The worst thing I ever did to my cupcake was give him a little gold star for trying his best. I suggest we ban this book and while we are at it, lengthen the school holidays so I can take my huggle-bug to Mr Happy's Funland again."

3. "It's not my fault," yawns exhausted warehouse operative and father of four @@RANDOMMALENAME@@, after returning from a double shift, "All I ever learned at school was how to calculate a hypotenuse and how an oxbow lake is formed. Why not teach young @@DEMONYMNOUNPLURAL@@ some useful life skills like raising kids, getting a job, and coping with the daily grind of life? It's all they have to look forward to, after all." He immediately falls asleep on the couch.

4. "Lion dad?" queries @@RANDOMMALENAME@@, grasping his young son under one arm, while feeding a ferocious @@ANIMAL@@ from the other. "That's actually just what our kids need these days - a taste of the wild. All newborn children should be left in the wilderness to fend for themselves. The strong and resourceful will survive to better our nation, and the weak... well at least the @@ANIMALPLURAL@@ won't go hungry."

[Kiddian States]

This is basically #374

#374: Lion Dad Sparks Child-Rearing Sentiment [Samuelica; ed: Sedgistan]

The Issue
The controversial book "Battle Hymn of the Lion Dad", which depicts a foreign-born father brutally raising his children to outperform their peers, has whipped up a great debate over parenting in @@NAME@@.

The Debate
1. "Look at @@NAME@@'s children: fat, lazy, dumb, and unsuccessful," says the book's author @@RANDOMMALENAME@@. "Now look at my two girls. Attending top colleges! Lawyer and doctor! Making a difference with their lives! Making good money with their lives! It takes iron discipline, regular beatings, and the sacrifice of their childhoods, and I might not remember their names every once in a while, but who cares about that when I can brag about my boys - I mean girls."

2. "Poor babies," wails concerned mother @@RANDOMFEMALENAME@@, clutching her teenage son tight to her bosom. "That book suggests the most awful punishments - hit our children, starve them, make them do their homework. The worst thing I ever did to my cupcake was give him a little gold star for trying his best. I suggest we ban this book and while we are at it, lengthen the school holidays so I can take my huggle-bug to Mr Happy's Funland again."

3. "It's not my fault," yawns exhausted warehouse operative and father of four @@RANDOMMALENAME@@, after returning from a double shift, "All I ever learned at school was how to calculate a hypotenuse and how an oxbow lake is formed. Why not teach young @@DEMONYMNOUNPLURAL@@ some useful life skills like raising kids, getting a job, and coping with the daily grind of life? It's all they have to look forward to, after all." He immediately falls asleep on the couch.

4. "Lion dad?" queries @@RANDOMMALENAME@@, grasping his young son under one arm, while feeding a ferocious @@ANIMAL@@ from the other. "That's actually just what our kids need these days - a taste of the wild. All newborn children should be left in the wilderness to fend for themselves. The strong and resourceful will survive to better our nation, and the weak... well at least the @@ANIMALPLURAL@@ won't go hungry."

Ehh, no.
I don’t discount that there are similarities, but my issue is different. For one, it’s not about parenting, it’s more of a governmental thing

[Candensia]

I understand the inspiration, given the title, but I think the introduction doesn't sufficiently justify the situation.

Why hasn't the town been swarmed with law enforcement and child protective services? The draft reads as if what's occurring in the town isn't illegal, but rather just extreme.

If it isn't immediately considered abuse/abandonment, why is that the case?

[Kiddian States]

I understand the inspiration, given the title, but I think the introduction doesn't sufficiently justify the situation.

Why hasn't the town been swarmed with law enforcement and child protective services? The draft reads as if what's occurring in the town isn't illegal, but rather just extreme.

If it isn't immediately considered abuse/abandonment, why is that the case?

I didn’t think of that, but I’ll add it
Thank you!

[Kiddian States]

Edited

[Outer Sparta]

This is basically #374

Ehh, no.
I don’t discount that there are similarities, but my issue is different. For one, it’s not about parenting, it’s more of a governmental thing

I think your problem is that you identify key issues, but your drafts have usually overlapped with present issues. If you wish to do something with a different angle, then make sure it's distinct enough. I don't see this being the case.

[Australian rePublic]

What exactly are this town doing? Giving all babies the same survival test or weeding out those specifically who they think are weak? If the former, you need "Meet the Fockers" references, if the later, what happens if they cared for a child who ends up being weak?