[TITLE] Disposable Knowledge
[DESCRIPTION] Over time, an uncountable amount of books has landed in the garbage cans and the dumpsters of @@NAME@@, a development that hasn't gone unnoticed behind the gates of the many @@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ landfills. A group of appalled garbagemen has now taken it into their gloved hands to secure as many books sent to the landfills as possible, and wrapped up their savings to turn an abandoned warehouse in the suburbs of @@CAPITAL@@ into a crummy, but well functioning library, where poor families and especially their children can get books for free. The case has attracted the attention of local media, and is now brought before you.
[VALIDITY] All nations can receive this issue (unless I'm missing something)
[OPTION 1] "Each and every one of these spirited garbage workers deserves nation-wide recognition! A medal! Or at least a major wage raise", says @@RANDOMNAME@@, a dedicated history teacher known for their regular and active political commitment. "It's a shame how half of @@NAME@@ desperately needs books for their children while the other half doesn't know how to appreciate theirs properly. And, let's be honest: it shouldn't be the responsibility of the city's garbagemen to secure disposed books. We should erect discharge stations for books all over the country, and start a public campaign promoting the significance of our books so they'll finally end in the hands of the needy! One man's trash can be another man's treasure, after all. Oh, and please, someone help these fine people to maintain their library at the edge of @@CAPITAL@@. They have their own jobs to take care of."
[EFFECT] The average @@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ city has more public libraries than takeaway food restaurants.
[OPTION 2] "Well, damn right you are about 'own jobs to take care of'!", bellows @@RANDOMNAME@@, manager of the landfill and superior to the local hero garbagemen. "Last time I checked, I paid these loungers to collect the city's trash instead of playing Robin Hood for the uneducated poor. All the trash ending up on our landfills is either burned for electricity, or searched for valuable scrap. We make actual money of what the townspeople dispose of, so instead of praising my so-called workforce, they should be charged for theft, and prosecuted! We must have lost at least 30 @@CURRENCYS@@s of revenue a week because of this nonsense..."
[EFFECT] Street lamps in @@NAME@@ keep burning while light bulbs above the heads of disadvantaged school schildren are nowhere to be found.
[OPTION 3] As you tilt your head to consider your options, suddenly, your Minister of Education, @@RANDOMNAME@@, taps your shoulder rather unnervingly. "You see, @@LEADER@@, if we had finally brought this education package underway I've been talking about for the last seven months, we wouldn't be in this situation. Make books free, for everyone in @@NAME@@, so nobody will be forced to search the trash just to get their hands on a good read. Sure, a lot more books will and in the trash with that, but we can at least assume they'll have been read by people who actually made use of them." Looking at the landfill manager, the minister leans forward to whisper to your ear: "It would boost the book publishing industry as well, and also provide more electricity generated from burned garbage... all things considered, this should be worth the taxpayers' expense, wouldn't you say?"
[EFFECT] The homeless of @@NAME@@ are regularly seen building houses out of free fantasy novels and dictionaries.
I hope this one will find more appeal than my last issue. Leave me your thoughts if you find some time!
