NationStates Jolt Archive

Washington-Jefferson social scientists have conducted experiments in child development and come to the conclusion that families should be encouraged not to let children play outside and instead be enticed with the alternative of enrolling children into many privatized social programs for the development of youth.

When children play outside they are subject to all types of dangers and accidents. In a supervised environment, children are better protected, watched and there can be applied a form of control over their development resulting in future necessary skills. A well brought up citizenry is the foundation of a strong society that can never doubt its destiny.

Imagine being able to slowly direct and mold a child's aptitudes to pragmatic fixed sciences and away from creative arts.

Washington-Jefferson is building a new generation skilled in practical sciences. If you live in comfort but fear complacency and want your children to dream of being accountants, financial advisors, engineers, chemists, economists, biologists or any other worthwhile careers, then allow us to bestow our recently developed program onto you!

Somewhere within the halls of the Imperial palace...

"Not let their kids play outside?" a man scoffed. "Why not? Pollution?"

"No," a woman replied, shaking her head. "They seem to want to enroll them in social programs and develop them into professionals from an early age."

"So why don't they just increase education funding...and let them play outside?" the man asked. The woman shrugged.

"Why are you asking me?" she questioned.

"I just figured since you knew the story..." the man said. "Oh hell...they're just asking to be conquered. Someone is going to roll into their nation of pale, unathletic, dentists and have a field day."

"Some people," the woman muttered. The man nodded his head in agreement.

The Washington-Jefferson nation is very adamant about maintaining a healthy mind for a healthy body.

The Sports Ministry is welcoming bids for foreign clubs that have achieved elite status in the world's top leagues to build soccer and baseball academies.

"We are all about investment and science. We will allow laboratories to conduct sport research. We also hope that these academies will make our athletes popular abroad which is good for both commercialism at home and abroad. Other clubs investing and putting up the infrastructure will have their own benefit and talented athletes coming through the pipeline." explained the Minister of Sports, Colton Hayden Jayden.

"This nation is not by any means un-athletic. The nation's founder was a two-sport athlete in college. You can say everyone is encouraged to eat healthy, spend time in the gym or develop hobbies involving the outdoors and excercise." explained professor emeritus, Logan Taylor Jordan at the Academy of Technology, while donning an Aggie hat.

So while humanities are not as sponsored by the state, companies and legislation due to national mores and homogenous thinking, sports, science and finance are very much the opposite.

"We are basically trying to eliminate the weak, the people who doubt, the people who are sensitive, compassionate and feel. We are promoting the strong-minded, strong-willed and strong-bodied instead. It certainly isn't illegal to be a thespian, but it also isn't very easy." explained

Laughter filled the cubicle farm of the Kirkenes Courier as one of the news-gatherers found the item.

"Some psychotic daycare conglomerate must've funded it!"

"Are you sure it's not an old April Fool's piece?" someone else asked.

"Nah, it's dated yesterday."

"We could run it in the 'bizzarre news' section..."

"Sounds like some eugenics-crazed fascist... listen, '"We are basically trying to eliminate the weak, the people who doubt, the people who are sensitive, compassionate and feel.'"

"Whoa. Genocide material. Watch out for the art-eliminating bombs and the emotion neutralisers..."

Archon, Rex Tanaara, Robert Ryan Fortier- Hexx (http://www.atddm.com/prr2.jpg) had to sit down abruptly, he was laughing so hard

"come to the conclusion that families should be encouraged not to let children play outside and instead be enticed with the alternative of enrolling children into many privatized social programs for the development of youth"

"You can say everyone is encouraged to eat healthy, spend time in the gym or develop hobbies involving the outdoors and excercise." explained professor emeritus, Logan Taylor Jordan at the Academy of Technology

"We are basically trying to eliminate the weak, the people who doubt, the people who are sensitive, compassionate and feel. We are promoting the strong-minded, strong-willed and strong-bodied instead. It certainly isn't illegal to be a thespian, but it also isn't very easy."

"to be later followed with...irony of irony... can't play outside but you're supposed to develop hobbies involving the outdoors...yes I know, I know but still..." The Archon exclaimed between chuckles...But that last part had him stopped stone cold sober...

His entire staff was scrabbling to get a look at the material that had him laughing so then turning cold.

"Ewww someone has been watching too much Equilibrium and completely missing the point." One commented, wrinkling her nose in disgust at what the incredibly short sighted people of Washington-Jefferson were proposing.

"Remind me never to visit and send them a message we'll galdly offer refuge to all their sensitive, feeling compassionate people..and in a few years we'll ...whats the term..ah yes ''p'own' them. Lock, stock, and accounting degree."

And as it was ordered so it was done...

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From the Desk of the Archon
Rex Tanaara
Robert Ryan Fortier - Hexx

To: the Washington-Jefferson Minister of State

Sir, or Madame,

We wish to extend to the sensitive, feeling, compassionate people of Washington- Jefferson a refuge from the eugenics-crazed fascist state that your nation seems set on becoming. We will offer them transport, and reasonable recompense, as well as a new life in Tanaara - where creativity is rightfully valued, and compassionate, feeling people are strength not weakness.

By this my hand,

Archon
Rex Tanaara
Robert Ryan Fortier - Hexx

Austarian organizations were less judgemental in their response.

" The Scientific Development Community will always welcome new areas of exploration on the subject of social engineering- " commented a spokesperson from the Institute of Science and Technology, a U.C.S. government body. " If our counterparts from Washington-Jefferson are interested, we will be happy to share our own findings and discoveries with them in return for some mutual concessions. "

Other groups were outspoken against what seemed to be criticism of the social engineering process.

" Social Engineering is a necessary evil, " replied Dr. Sharon Heston from the University of Anatoba. " Any government that does not participate in the development of their own social evolution is not only ignorant, but irresponsible. It is the government's duty to encourage the development of people who will take forward the state and its people. "

" And to criticize those who are only still learning is just arrogant. Governments must be free to consider and choose their own priorities. "

I usually stay out of this kind of thing but I'm surprised no one has mentioned this.... if everyone is a lawyer/accountant/etc of well paying careers then:

-- who's gonna bag groceries at the store? Better yet, who's even going to go into the grocery business?

-- who's gonna transport good from market to store? (i.e. truck drivers)

-- who's going to pick up garbarge off the street?

-- who's going to build these great new office buildings?

(Don't give me a "we'll put criminals to work" answer because then there becomes all kinds of credibly/safety/security issues).

-- also if everyone has these positions, then won't there then become far more supply then demand? with so many "accountants" out there for one to choose from, then each individual accountant isn't going to be making much money.
Guess that means he'll need to maybe, bag groceries.

It all comes full circle, there is no perfect society. Let the kids play outside.