but it since sort-of evolved into more of a "who should be sacrificed" draft in general.
Also, I am very aware of my frightening amount of titles that are also song references...
It was originally called "Only the Old Die Young?"
Draft 1.21
Title: Only the Who Die Young?
The Issue: With the working population becoming more difficult to sustain, and loved ones being wrenched away for sacrifice, the question of who should be targeted has come into question.
Validity: Must have ritual sacrifice; Sex is legal; Adult
Validity: Must not have geronticide
Option 1: "Only the elderly must be sacrificed," says @@RANDOMNAME@@, preparing for @@HIS@@ grandfather's untimely death. "Our elders have lived full lives, and know the path to righteousness. Why not end their lives in a religious way? They could rest in grace, and we'd no longer have to kill the working folk. It's an efficient and humane compromise."
[effect] people on the brink of death are put through unwanted and stressful ceremonies
[Flag Change] Applies Geronticide
Validity: Must have geronticide
Option 2: "Only the elderly must be sacrificed," says @@RANDOMNAME@@, preparing for @@HIS@@ grandfather's timely geronticidal death. "Our elders have lived full lives, and know the path to righteousness. Why not end their lives in a religious way? They could rest in grace, and we'd no longer have to kill the working folk. It's an efficient and humane compromise."
[effect] people on the brink of death are put through unwanted and stressful ceremonies
Option 3: "The elderly are far too important to society, and frankly not worth sacrificing," argues 55-year-old Professor @@RANDOMNAME@@. "You should instead encourage parents to give their fatally sick or otherwise unwanted children to our cause. You should also let hospitals perform ritual abortions, while you're at it."
[effect] unwanted impregnation is shrugged off as appeasing the gods
[Flag Change] Abortion is legal; Euthanasia is legal
Option 4: "We don't need to sacrifice any @@DEMONYMPLURAL@@ when we could use people from those nameless neighbors of ours," schemes Dr. Leo Cortisol, your underhanded Minister of Underhanded Solutions, which you don't recall hiring. "No one cares about them anyway. Everyone's gotta go some time!"
[effect] @@NAME@@ is suspiciously populated compared to its neighbors
Option 5: "It should not be our place to say when a person must be killed," says @@RANDOMNAME@@, whose ancestoral bloodline is from the highly religious nation of Savoiia. "If our children, or our elders, were truly meant to die for a deity, then let the deity kill them; not us. This inhumane and unholy bloodshed must end, and all ritual sacrifice should be outlawed."
[effect] uprooting flowers for religious ceremonies is a felony
[Flag Changes] Removes Ritual Sacrifice