EDIT: Brought this back from the dead. Mwahahaha! (Halloween vibes)
[Name] Watch Where You’re Going!
[Desc] Tragedy, and also a car, struck @@RANDOMNAME(1)@@ yesterday while @@HE(1)@@ was attending a rally in downtown @@ANIMAL@@ City. The rally was intentionally blocking traffic, and a driver accidentally rammed into only @@RANDOMFIRSTNAME(1)@@. The resulting aftermath has been grinding the gears of many across @@NAME@@.
[Validity] allows cars, allows public protest
[option] "Heh, looks like they finally got what’s coming to 'em," notes an overworked taxi-driver from @@CAPITAL@@, who's overheard the issue at hand. "All of 'em protestors that block the street are real annoying, ya know? The only folks at fault here are those who are dumb enough to stand in the street when a car comes barreling towards. Stupid choices get even stupider results."
[effect] citizens know that the roads are lawless wastelands
[option] "What kind of sick and twisted world are you living in?" rebuts @@RANDOMNAME@@, one of the organizers of the protest which caused the entire controversy. "Drivers have always had the obligation to make sure they don’t run into people, why should they stop now? The only way to deter this is to enact steep fines against those who do harm protestors and remove their licenses for good."
[effect] roads within a five mile radius of protests are shut down
[option] "Like everything else in the world, protests are only good in moderation," remarks your Minister of Machiavellian Politics, who's always two steps ahead of whoever @@HE@@ distrusts. "We can't just let people demonstrate where ever they want, can we? Mandate that all protests first need a license and must be under strict supervision. Nothing will ever blindside us again."
[effect] those who participate in anti-government protests usually disappear
- Fixed grammatical errors
- Released draft two: added doppleganger for option one
- Changed effect lines for option one a&b
- Released draft three: changed description to reflect only one person getting hit
- Released draft four: three months later, I believe my writing skills have improved