[desc] @@RANDOMNAME@@ went to a beach in @@ANIMAL@@ City and decided to call the police on beach-goers who didn't bring a polar bear with them. The police were ready to laugh at the accuser, until searching through the archives discovering a law prohibiting humans from visiting beaches unless accompanied by polar bears, a law created to help @@NAME@@ win the 5 week war. The incident made national headlines and brought the issue of looney laws to your desk
[option] "This is a stupid law!" complains @@RANDOMNAME@@, who was interrogated during the incident "I was interrogated by police for half an hour because I didn't have a polar bear. Where am I supposed to find a polar bear in this climate? Not only that, but right here in @@CAPITAL@@, it's illegal to own a pink watch and purple handbag. These laws are stupid, and you should get rid of them!"
[effect] the government spends more time erasing laws than controlling inflation
[option] "You can't be serious!" suggests @@RANDOMNAME@@, who's wearing goggles because @@HE@@ is within 100 cubits of a fire hose. "We can't go around erasing every law on the books! That's too much paperwork. Instead, we should punish the over-zealous police officers for trying to enforce these stupid laws!"
[effect] police are punished for enforcing the law
[option] "Excuse me, but you seem to be forgetting that these people broke the law." Reminds @@RANDOMNAME@@, who was punished under @@HIS@@ appartment's bylaws for holding an orange in @@HIS@@ left hand on a cloudy day "Put these criminals in prison where they belong. I don't care how "stupid" you think it is, the fact of the matter is that these people didn't bring their polar bears to the beach and thus disobeyed the law! Put them in prison with the others who failed to obey the law!"
[policy reversal] no prison
[effect] half of the nation's prisons are filled with people who had the wrong coloured crayon in the supermarket