Name
A Murderous Agenda
Description
After the 7th time a murder has been in the headline of the newspaper this week, people are urging the government to do something about the high rate of murder in the nation.
Validity
High crime/murder rate
[option]"Disgraceful," states an old man with a pub hat sitting on a nearby bench, looking over his newspaper. "Someone ought to teach those... animals some human respect and decency. What they need is a good ol' decapitation! That'll set the right standard."
[effect] murder is solved by murder.
[stats] increase in law enforcement, authoritarianism and deaths by execution, decrease in crime rate and civil rights
[option]"Solving murder by KILLING? Are you nuts?" counters civil rights activist @@RANDOMNAME@@ as the front of a one-man rally. "What we need is rehabilitation programmes for all offenders! If they don't know that killing is wrong, we have to teach them that it is, no matter what it takes!"
[effect] convicted murderers spend the rest of their lives watching children's shows.
[stats] increase in civil rights and compassion, decrease in crime rate, authoritarianism and law enforcement
[option]"Mm, yes, but you're not going far enough!" exclaims your minister of interior, @@RANDOMNAME@@, with a glimmer in the eye. "Imagine if we 'rehabilitated' ALL our citizens from young age! We could teach them that killing is wrong, amongst other things, like stealing, spitting, disagreeing with you... Mm, yes, imagine such an obedient people! Crime would be no more. It'll be perfect, trust me."
[effect] citizens are educated into being mindless zombies.
[stats]heavy increase in authoritarianism, heavy decrease in civil rights and youth rebelliousness, increase in niceness, decrease in crime rate and compassion
[option]"You're all looking at this the wrong way," notes a shady man, wearing a trench coat and dark sun glasses, from the shadows in the corner of your office. "What if you simply legalized murder? That way, you could save jail space and resources as well as court fees. Besides, if you can't defend your life, you don't deserve it," he finishes, before disappearing into the shadows.
[effect] murder is a popular past time activity.
[stats]massive increase in crime rate and deaths by murder, heavy decrease in compassion, lifespan, authoritarianism, niceness and happiness
Well, it's my first issue. I've looked through existing issues and didn't see something quite like it, especially not with the last option, which I simply have always wanted to see. I hope I've been able to make it feel NS-y.
