[DRAFT] Anyone For Baps?

[Baggieland]

Title:

Anyone For Baps?

Description:

Belinda Baps, the famous porn star from Bigtopia has been invited to @@NAME@@ for a meet 'n' greet with her fans. Some citizens are concerned about the message her invitation will send to the youth of @@NAME@@, while others are keen on her arrival. They have all come to your office to see what stand the government will take.

Validity:

All

Options:

Option 1: ''Belinda Baps? She's my idol!'' Says your younger, sleazy brother. ''I have all her movies at home, she truly is a fine Thespian and mistress of her art! You aren't seriously thinking of banning her, are you? I'm going to book my ticket to meet her right now, shall I get a ticket for you, too?''

Effect: Fan meet 'n' greets are in high demand

Option 2: ''You cannot allow this slut into the country.'' Says @@RANDOMFEMALENAME@@, a concerned mother. ''The publicity she will get will encourage young boys to search for her movies, and probably my husband too. The type of things that go on in her movies are not the way that a man and a woman should love each other. You must deny her entry into @@NAME@@ and promote good, healthy relationships instead.''

Effect: The raunchiest movie this year is 'How to give a great massage'

Option 3: ''Banning her from coming here doesn't go anywhere near enough.'' Says Abbot @@RANDOMMALENAME@@, from the Holier-Than-Thou Temple in down-town @@CAPITAL@@. ''Ban her from coming and ban all porn as well. It is the most vile form of so called entertainment there is. Last night, I had to force myself to watch six hours, non-stop of that filth, so that I would be well-informed of the true nature of this despicable evil and believe me, it is evil. Anyone who watches and participates in this kind of wretched production must know that the only place for them is Hell.

Effect: Kite-flying has a new-found popularity

Option 4: ''You're missing a great opportunity here.'' Says Dick Longfellow, the promoter who has arranged for Miss Baps' publicity stunt in @@NAME@@. ''Allow Belinda in, it will help show the rest of @@REGION@@ what a free and open society we are, where everyone can choose for themselves whether or not to watch her performances. And while you're at it, you should allow @@NAME@@ to host the annual porn awards each year; make it glitzy and glamorous and the whole world will tune in. It will be a major boost to our economy.''

Effect: This year's Best Actress Award is the hottest topic of conversation

[Trotterdam]

...Is this a government concern?

We already have issues for banning or legalizing pornography. If pornography is legal (and the nation's borders aren't completely closed), petty details like an actress's visit would be handled like any other visiting celebrity and would not be worthy of government concern. If pornography is illegal, her having fans in the nation at all is a problem.

[Australian rePublic]

I agree with Trott, if people are allowed to visit @@NAME@@ AND to view pornography, then this doesn't warrant concern

[Baggieland]

Title:

Anyone For Baps?

Description:

Yesterday police stopped a woman who was walking down @@CAPITAL@@ High Street, they felt she was the spitting image of Belinda Baps, the famous porn star from Bigtopia. After questioning her, it turned out she was Belinda Baps and she confessed to being in @@NAME@@ to have a secret meet 'n' greet with her fans here and then to shoot one of her movies clandestinely at famous landmarks around @@NAME@@. Outraged by her audacious flaunting of the anti-pornography laws, affected agencies want to know what you think should be done about her.

Validity:

Only for nations that have banned pornography

Options:

Option 1: ''Return our beloved Belinda right away!'' Says the Bigtopian Ambassador. ''Belinda is one of our national icons and our people adore her. She is a fine thespian and true mistress of her art. If any harm comes to her, Bigtopia will make you wish you had never been born!''

Effect: Foreigners routinely break the laws of @@NAME@@ without fear of retribution

Option 2: ''@@LEADER@@, we have already started the deportation process against Ms. Baps.'' Says @@RANDOMNAME@@, the Chief Officer of @@NAME@@ Customs and Immigration. ''She can go back to Bigtopia and stay there where she belongs. However, I deplore you to increase funding to our department, so that no more of those filthy movies and magazines get past us. It will be hard work viewing the masses of materials that we seize to make sure whether or not they comply to our anti-pornography laws, but my men have already volunteered for the extra work. You should be very proud of them @@LEADER@@.''

Effect: Wives of customs officers are surprised by their husbands' new found prowess between the sheets

Option 3: ''Deport her? No way!'' Yells @@RANDOMNAME@@, Chief Inspector of New @@CAPITAL@@ Yard. ''She flaunted our laws in the most loathsome way, we should lock her up for a very long time. We've already arrested many of her sick fans that attended that covert meet 'n' greet. They can all rot in jail as far as I'm concerned. Just give us sweeping powers to search businesses and homes for this vile content and we will soon have all the sickos in @@NAME@@ locked up.''

Effect: The jails of @@NAME@@ are full of single men

Option 4: ''Whilst I agree with most things the Chief Inspector said, jail is too good for them.'' Says @@RANDOMNAME@@, the Abbot at the Holier-Than-Thou Temple in down-town @@CAPITAL@@. ''She came her to produce one of her despicable movies, knowing full-well about our laws, and those fans of hers actively supported this insidious plan. They should all be burned at the stake, then see if anyone else wants to come over here and try the same thing!''

Effect: No one dares to take a photograph unless everyone in the picture is fully covered-up

Option 5: ''You know, there could be another way.'' Says your sleazy, younger brother, who has just volunteered at the Customs department. ''Do we really need this ban on pornography? I mean, it's a healthy way for single people to 'let off steam' in the privacy of their own homes. It doesn't really harm anyone and the old saying is so true; if you don't like it, don't watch it. Come now, let's release Ms. Baps and her fans and change the law.''

Effect: The ban on pornography has been reversed

[Baggieland]

Any comments on the revision?

[Tinhampton]

The correct form is "I like tacos," says Jim, not "I like tacos." Says Jim. Note the small but subtle difference - the first "s" in "says" is not, and should not be, capitalised; and opener sentences should end with commas and not full stops. Even if it does end with another punctuation mark, the first "s" is still lower-case (i.e. "I like tacos!" says Jim).

[Fauxia]

Title:

Anyone For Baps?

Description:

Yesterday police stopped a woman who was walking down @@CAPITAL@@ High Street, they felt she was the spitting image of Belinda Baps, the famous porn star from Bigtopia. After questioning her, it turned out she was Belinda Baps and she confessed to being in @@NAME@@ to have a secret meet 'n' greet with her fans here and then to shoot one of her movies clandestinely at famous landmarks around @@NAME@@. Outraged by her audacious flaunting of the anti-pornography laws, affected agencies want to know what you think should be done about her.

Validity:

Only for nations that have banned pornography

Options:

Option 1: ''Return our beloved Belinda right away!'' Says the Bigtopian Ambassador. ''Belinda is one of our national icons and our people adore her. She is a fine thespian and true mistress of her art. If any harm comes to her, Bigtopia will make you wish you had never been born!''

Effect: Foreigners routinely break the laws of @@NAME@@ without fear of retribution

Option 2: ''@@LEADER@@, we have already started the deportation process against Ms. Baps.'' Says @@RANDOMNAME@@, the Chief Officer of @@NAME@@ Customs and Immigration. ''She can go back to Bigtopia and stay there where she belongs. However, I deplore you to increase funding to our department, so that no more of those filthy movies and magazines get past us. It will be hard work viewing the masses of materials that we seize to make sure whether or not they comply to our anti-pornography laws, but my men have already volunteered for the extra work. You should be very proud of them @@LEADER@@.''

Effect: Wives of customs officers are surprised by their husbands' new found prowess between the sheets

Option 3: ''Deport her? No way!'' Yells @@RANDOMNAME@@, Chief Inspector of New @@CAPITAL@@ Yard. ''She flaunted our laws in the most loathsome way, we should lock her up for a very long time. We've already arrested many of her sick fans that attended that covert meet 'n' greet. They can all rot in jail as far as I'm concerned. Just give us sweeping powers to search businesses and homes for this vile content and we will soon have all the sickos in @@NAME@@ locked up.''

Effect: The jails of @@NAME@@ are full of single men

Option 4: ''Whilst I agree with most things the Chief Inspector said, jail is too good for them.'' Says @@RANDOMNAME@@, the Abbot at the Holier-Than-Thou Temple in down-town @@CAPITAL@@. ''She came her to produce one of her despicable movies, knowing full-well about our laws, and those fans of hers actively supported this insidious plan. They should all be burned at the stake, then see if anyone else wants to come over here and try the same thing!''

Effect: No one dares to take a photograph unless everyone in the picture is fully covered-up

Option 5: ''You know, there could be another way.'' Says your sleazy, younger brother, who has just volunteered at the Customs department. ''Do we really need this ban on pornography? I mean, it's a healthy way for single people to 'let off steam' in the privacy of their own homes. It doesn't really harm anyone and the old saying is so true; if you don't like it, don't watch it. Come now, let's release Ms. Baps and her fans and change the law.''

Effect: The ban on pornography has been reversed

I'll comment on this in a sec, but please put the new drafts at the top in the future

Customs and Immigration shouldn't be responsible for filtering porn.

[Baggieland]

Title:

Anyone For Baps?

Description:

Yesterday police stopped a woman who was walking down @@CAPITAL@@ High Street, they felt she was the spitting image of Belinda Baps, the famous porn star from Bigtopia. After questioning her, it turned out she was Belinda Baps and she confessed to being in @@NAME@@ to have a secret meet 'n' greet with her fans here and then to shoot one of her movies clandestinely at famous landmarks around @@NAME@@. Outraged by her audacious flaunting of the anti-pornography laws, affected agencies want to know what you think should be done about her.

Validity:

Only for nations that have banned pornography

Options:

Option 1: ''Return our beloved Belinda right away!'' demands the Bigtopian Ambassador. ''Belinda is one of our national icons and our people adore her. She is a fine thespian and true mistress of her art. If any harm comes to her, Bigtopia will make you wish you had never been born!''

Effect: Foreigners routinely break the laws of @@NAME@@ without fear of retribution

Option 2: ''@@LEADER@@, we have already started the deportation process against Ms. Baps,'' announces @@RANDOMNAME@@, the Chief Officer of @@NAME@@ Customs and Immigration. ''She can go back to Bigtopia and stay there where she belongs. However, I implore you to increase funding to our department, so that no more of those filthy movies and magazines get past us. It will be hard work viewing the masses of materials that we seize to make sure whether or not they comply to our anti-pornography laws, but my men have already volunteered for the extra work. You should be very proud of them @@LEADER@@.''

Effect: Wives of customs officers are surprised by their husbands' new found prowess between the sheets

Option 3: ''Deport her? No way!'' yells @@RANDOMNAME@@, Chief Inspector of New @@CAPITAL@@ Yard. ''She flaunted our laws in the most loathsome way, we should lock her up for a very long time. We've already arrested many of her sick fans that attended that covert meet 'n' greet. They can all rot in jail as far as I'm concerned. Just give us sweeping powers to search businesses and homes for this vile content and we will soon have all the sickos in @@NAME@@ locked up.''

Effect: The jails of @@NAME@@ are over-flowing with single men

Option 4: ''Whilst I agree with most things the Chief Inspector said, jail is too good for them,'' says @@RANDOMNAME@@, the Abbot at the Holier-Than-Thou Temple in down-town @@CAPITAL@@. ''She came her to produce one of her despicable movies, knowing full-well about our laws, and those fans of hers actively supported this insidious plan. They should all be burned at the stake, then see if anyone else wants to come over here and try the same thing!''

Effect: No one dares to take a photograph unless everyone in the picture is fully covered-up

Option 5: ''You know, there could be another way,'' opines your sleazy, younger brother, who has just volunteered at the Customs department. ''Do we really need this ban on pornography? I mean, it's a healthy way for single people to 'let off steam' in the privacy of their own homes. It doesn't really harm anyone and the old saying is so true; if you don't like it, don't watch it. Come now, let's release Ms. Baps and her fans and change the law.''

Effect: The ban on pornography has been reversed

[Baggieland]

Customs and Immigration shouldn't be responsible for filtering porn.

If pornography is banned, it is Custom's responsibility to stop materials coming into the country, just like it is with drugs, guns, etc.

[Fauxia]

Customs and Immigration shouldn't be responsible for filtering porn.

If pornography is banned, it is Custom's responsibility to stop materials coming into the country, just like it is with drugs, guns, etc.

Eh, whatever

[Candlewhisper Archive]

So basically, porn star tries to sneak in to a nation where porn is banned to film a film.

Doesn't seem like a government issue here - the player has already made it clear what the law is, and enforcement of those laws is then delegated to the police.

A more interesting premise for a porn-banned nation would be to look at more morally grey areas. For example:

- Somebody records something that could be construed as pornography, with a strict enough interpretation. E.g.: a wedding video where the couple kiss passionately for over thirty seconds, and *omg* his hand goes onto her bare thigh. Becomes an issue when distributed as "sexy kissing".
- Belinda Baps says she is leaving porn behind and wants to be taken seriously as a drama actress, and so is recording a Shakespeare film. Censors are asking if her new film should be banned based on the fact she is a porn actress, or whether each work should be judged on its own content.
- Someone finds a loophole by realising that the current laws only ban live-action recordings, and imports a load of hentai into the country.

Not saying any of these would automatically work, but they'd be (in my opinion) premises more likely to need a government decision on.

[Trotterdam]

I think that #052 - our first porn issue, incidentally - already covers non-live-action porn, since it's specifically about artists (though it does imply, but not establish unambiguously, they were probably using live models).

Actually, now that I look at it, that seems to be the only issue that's specifically about porn. #303, for example, addresses both "sex and violence" on TV and doesn't bother distinguishing them (#119 is similar but without even banning anything, just moving it to certain hours), while a couple of other issues are about banning the internet or MyFace or whatever (in part) because it has some porn on it, but not actually singling out the porn specifically. Huh.

Other than that, I agree with the above post's sentiment, in that you should try to come up with new situations to judge, not just enforce existing laws.

[Baggieland]

Thanks for all the comments. I think I will put this one on the back burner for now.