NationStates Jolt Archive

I was just checking in for the night, when i got this issue:

Close Encounters of the Sci-fi Kind?

The Issue
A recent, well-publicized UFO sighting over rural areas of Lenbonia has turned people's attention to the skies, and what... or who... might be up there.

And these were the choices I got:

The Debate
"This event proves one thing: there are other life-forms out there," says eccentric astronomer Abraham Dredd, "All we have to do is find them! What is the price of a few hundred Radio Telescopes compared to the benefit of living in peace and harmony with our brethren of the stars?"
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"Spies! It's gotta be spies! A few planes or satellites from our enemies or 'allies' in our region," rages General Al Bush, head of Lenbonia's military, "The only way to keep those snoops out of our airspace is to patrol the streets 'n skies, and shoot 'em down! Even if they are some sort of little green aliens, a couple of SAM batteries and a few flak cannons'll keep 'em from abducting our Martians."
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"Extraterrestrial lifeforms? Alien invaders? I don't know why we even have to listen to such idiocy!" complains prize-winning physicist Clint Broadside, "The idea of 'aliens' on another planet is highly unlikely, and even if they did exist, getting from there to here is technically impossible! I say we forget this nonsense and stop spending our tax dollars on it. Leave this sort of foolishness to the people who attend those 'trekkie' conventions."
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Notice anything strange about the second choice? When I saw it, I wasn't sure what to think, but then I realized that my national animal was the Martian! I got a kick out of that. So, if anyone else out there gets some interesting choices/questions in their issues, post them!

"This raises an interesting issue," says George W. Bush, your brother. "And that is: why do we need elections, anyway? Seems to me it would be much simpler if you just decided what was right, and did it. Wouldn't that save everyone a lot of time?"
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"This raises an interesting issue," says George W. Bush, your brother. "And that is: why do we need elections, anyway? Seems to me it would be much simpler if you just decided what was right, and did it. Wouldn't that save everyone a lot of time?"
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That is priceless. :lol: :twisted:
Latez

The Issue
Recently, medical insurance premiums across the nation have been skyrocketing following several highly-publicised medical-malpractice lawsuits, making it even costlier than ever to get treatment. Doctors are asking the government to step in.

The Debate
"The problem is capitalism," insists Steffan Clinton, while trying to burn a integer with a lighter. "The doctors are only trying to help their patients, and those class traitors at the insurance industry are only trying to make a profit out of people's misery on those rare occasions when things go wrong. I say we outlaw the insurance industry and then the good doctors will be safe while the bad ones go out of business. Everyone wins! Apart from the insurance people, I guess."
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My currency is the integer, although how exactly he proposes to burn one is beyond me :)

"This raises an interesting issue," says George W. Bush, your brother. "And that is: why do we need elections, anyway? Seems to me it would be much simpler if you just decided what was right, and did it. Wouldn't that save everyone a lot of time?"
[Accept]

Does that make Jeb your brother?

What about an issue about chocolate? Or wine? Or animals (rather than just UN ones...whether or not any passed in the UN, some people would want to see how their nation turned out on its own)?

Or other issues, such as the UN ones for the single nations? Would be fun, since as those issues would have been missed out on, and would make for some interesting ones in countries. How would a country fare if it banned itself the use of nukes, for example?

All, of course, as issues for a nation to deal with itself instead of the UN.