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by Kaschovia » Sun Oct 22, 2017 4:53 am
by Jutsa » Sun Oct 22, 2017 9:22 am
by Trotterdam » Mon Oct 23, 2017 6:56 am
#846 Use Your Words
The Issue
Shortly after your Finance Minister delivered a rousing speech to shore up support for your latest budget, it was discovered that the majority of the speech was plagiarized from a popular Brancalandian economist.
The Debate
1. "Schools have expelled students for plagiarism; the same rules should apply to the highest offices of the land," notes @@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ Language Professor @@RANDOMNAME@@, looking over a transcript of your latest speech. "Plagiarism is essentially theft, and we ought to take a tougher stance. The Minister should be sacked! Besides, it hardly looks good on you when supposedly expert cabinet ministers are caught stealing content from a second-rate Brancalandian economist." @@HE/SHE@@ finishes reading your speech. "Hmm, this speech seems awfully familiar to the one that leader made in that alien invasion movie."
2. "So what if my speech was similar to what some hack economist wrote?" questions your Finance Minister, who hasn't been seen since the speech. "People enjoyed the speech, and support for the budget had gone up! Of course those polls were taken before this so-called scandal, but that's beside the point! People are making way too big a deal of this when there are way more important things for them to be worried about like, um, so how about them..." He trails off. "Let's just ride this out and people will forget about it. At least until the next scandal."
3. "And what kind of message does that send to children?" scolds your personal assistant while tsking the Finance Minister. "It seems to me that the problem is the lack of competent speechwriters. Why not invest in the administrative budget so we can hire some quality people? It may cost an extra @@CURRENCY@@ or two, but it's better than being embarrassed by discount writers who think that Twilight is the height of literary genius."
4. "You could at least acknowledge me if you're going to use my work," sighs @@RANDOMNAME@@, the Brancalandian economist, after wandering away from a tour group. "Or better yet, you could pay me to use my work. Us economists aren't exactly rolling in the dough, you know!"
Issue by Nation of Quebec
Edited by Candlewhisper Archive
by Drasnia » Mon Oct 23, 2017 8:19 am
#843: Quacking Up [The Free Joy State; ed:Nation of Quebec]
The Issue
A cancer patient has died after taking the advice of Lisa Night, an alternative therapist of dubious qualification. The patient rejected traditional medicine in favor of her ‘secret cure’, which was revealed to be healing crystals, giving up ‘radiation-causing technology’, and living on a diet of raw onions. Questions have been raised about whether restrictions should be put on alternative treatments.
The Debate
1. “Poppycock!” scoffs your physician, Doctor Edwards, raising her eyebrow witheringly. “These so-called alternative therapies do nothing but destroy the integrity of real medicine, where trained doctors with real degrees – not this nutcase who bought her diploma from an alleyway in Maxtopia – use empirical evidence that’s collected over decades. Stop this pillaging of science. Ban these literal snake oil salespeople from peddling false hope and telling the desperate and ill anything for a quick buck!”
2. “Lies and slander!” trills Ms. Night, as she uses a small model of a frowning-face cancer cell as a stress ball. “If this layman is finished, I can explain. All diseases are caused by stress and poor immunity. Even cancer. And all can be cured by removing the stress – those depressing outside influences, that job you never wanted, a nagging family member – and a diet high in immune-boosting antioxidants. Too much stress! That’s all there is to it.”
3. “The problem is not alternative therapy itself, but rather that it is being promoted as a cure for cancer,” declares acupuncturist Ludwig Looney, while pulling needles out of one of your interns’ back. “It is charlatanism on which we must clamp down, including glib peddlers of easy answers such as Ms. Night. The prestigious Medical Association of Brancaland uses acupuncture to relieve the side-effects caused by cancer and its treatments, such as pain and fatigue. We must allow alternative therapists, trained to nationally recognisable standards, to help patients where there is sound evidence that it works.”[/b]
by Jutsa » Mon Oct 23, 2017 11:46 am
by Bears Armed » Tue Oct 24, 2017 5:50 am
Trotterdam wrote:#846 Use Your Words
The Issue
Shortly after your Finance Minister delivered a rousing speech to shore up support for your latest budget, it was discovered that the majority of the speech was plagiarized from a popular Brancalandian economist.
The Debate
1. "Schools have expelled students for plagiarism; the same rules should apply to the highest offices of the land," notes @@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ Language Professor @@RANDOMNAME@@, looking over a transcript of your latest speech. "Plagiarism is essentially theft, and we ought to take a tougher stance. The Minister should be sacked! Besides, it hardly looks good on you when supposedly expert cabinet ministers are caught stealing content from a second-rate Brancalandian economist." @@HE/SHE@@ finishes reading your speech. "Hmm, this speech seems awfully familiar to the one that leader made in that alien invasion movie."
2. "So what if my speech was similar to what some hack economist wrote?" questions your Finance Minister, who hasn't been seen since the speech. "People enjoyed the speech, and support for the budget had gone up! Of course those polls were taken before this so-called scandal, but that's beside the point! People are making way too big a deal of this when there are way more important things for them to be worried about like, um, so how about them..." He trails off. "Let's just ride this out and people will forget about it. At least until the next scandal."
3. "And what kind of message does that send to children?" scolds your personal assistant while tsking the Finance Minister. "It seems to me that the problem is the lack of competent speechwriters. Why not invest in the administrative budget so we can hire some quality people? It may cost an extra @@CURRENCY@@ or two, but it's better than being embarrassed by discount writers who think that Twilight is the height of literary genius."
4. "You could at least acknowledge me if you're going to use my work," sighs @@RANDOMNAME@@, the Brancalandian economist, after wandering away from a tour group. "Or better yet, you could pay me to use my work. Us economists aren't exactly rolling in the dough, you know!"
Issue by Nation of Quebec
Edited by Candlewhisper Archive
Note: I don't know if the Finance Minister's gender (mentioned near the end of option 2) is fixed or random, given that he's never named. Technically I'm not sure the other names are random genders either, but it seems extremely unlikely they're not.
by Jutsa » Tue Oct 24, 2017 10:08 am
by Teh 2nd Soviet Union » Tue Oct 24, 2017 12:19 pm
by Jutsa » Tue Oct 24, 2017 1:14 pm
by Trotterdam » Tue Oct 24, 2017 4:07 pm
by Arceus Domains » Tue Oct 24, 2017 9:33 pm
Trotterdam wrote:According to the draft thread, none of the names are random.
Jutsa wrote:Er - and if anyone can confirm whether or not option 3 is only available to scientifically advanced nations.
by Jutsa » Tue Oct 24, 2017 9:52 pm
by Candlewhisper Archive » Wed Oct 25, 2017 3:37 am
Jutsa wrote:Fortunately I accidentally left it as "He" instead of changing it to @@HE@@. Seems he's always a he.
by Jutsa » Wed Oct 25, 2017 6:28 am
by Candlewhisper Archive » Wed Oct 25, 2017 6:38 am
by Drasnia » Wed Oct 25, 2017 9:51 am
Candlewhisper Archive wrote:Stuff about automating the spoiler thread.
by Jutsa » Wed Oct 25, 2017 11:55 am
by Divine Cervine » Wed Oct 25, 2017 2:32 pm
O Solitude!
O Solitude! If I must with thee dwell, let it not be among the jumbled heap of murky buildings; climb with me the steep,— nature’s observatory—whence the dell, its flowery slopes, its river’s crystal swell, may seem a span; let me thy vigils keep ’mongst boughs pavillion’d, where the deer’s swift leap startles the wild bee from the fox-glove bell. But though I’ll gladly trace these scenes with thee, yet the sweet converse of an innocent mind, whose words are images of thoughts refin’d, is my soul’s pleasure; and it sure must be almost the highest bliss of human-kind, when to thy haunts two kindred spirits flee. — John Keats❤❤❤
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by Divine Cervine » Thu Oct 26, 2017 10:20 pm
O Solitude!
O Solitude! If I must with thee dwell, let it not be among the jumbled heap of murky buildings; climb with me the steep,— nature’s observatory—whence the dell, its flowery slopes, its river’s crystal swell, may seem a span; let me thy vigils keep ’mongst boughs pavillion’d, where the deer’s swift leap startles the wild bee from the fox-glove bell. But though I’ll gladly trace these scenes with thee, yet the sweet converse of an innocent mind, whose words are images of thoughts refin’d, is my soul’s pleasure; and it sure must be almost the highest bliss of human-kind, when to thy haunts two kindred spirits flee. — John Keats❤❤❤
Ⓥ vegan
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