NationStates Jolt Archive

Name

Censorship Controversy in @@NAME@@.

Description

After a spate of crimes and misdemeanours believed to be copying the latest action blockbuster ‘Expire Rigid with a Reprisal’, the issue of censorship once again looms over @@NAME@@.

Validity

Those who haven't banned violent games or films, as is an option in 'Gunman Kills Three'.

Options

[option]”This is an OUTRAGE!” cries parent of 7 @@RANDOMNAME@@, leader of Parents Who Actually Give A Hoot, atop a wooden box in a street corner. “If it weren’t for these advocates of destruction, my little Johnny would never have burnt down his own school. Get a stranglehold on these fiends, set up a committee that monitors all media and decides what can and can be brought into the nation. If it isn’t wholesome family entertainment, send it back to the heathen country from whence it came!”
[effect]a powerful group of appointed people decide what can and can’t be brought into the country
[stats]tax increases, civil rights decrease, government size increases

[option]”Hey, now, whoa man, that’s insane,” Comments veteran hippie @@RANDOMNAME@@, while studying the beauty of his hands. “Let’s not let a few wackos undermine our personal integrity. We’re all human and all capable of making our own decisions, who says we need a bunch of fundamentalists to make our minds up for them? No to censorship!”
[effect]all kinds of media and material flows through the border
[stats]economy increases, crime increases

[option]”Now, we don’t need this to be an either-or,” comments your Minister of Information @@RANDOMNAME@@. “Perhaps we could implement a classification system, where an age rating is given to a film based on its content and then the public can make an informed decision on what they want to watch. They can’t all be that foolish, can they?”
[effect]the public wonder why their favourite film has been given a number by the government
[stats]tax increases, civil rights increase, government size increase

[option]”I TOLD you this would happen!” screeches hyper-nationalist @@RANDOMNAME@@ whilst being held back by bodyguards. “We let all this foreign junk into @@NAME@@ and our children turn to murder, drugs, anarchy! Instead of relying on other’s rubbish, let’s make our own films, our own TV shows, our own videogames, our own toys and ban every other piece of overseas garbage! Just imagine what it could do to our economy! Remember, it’s always best to buy @@NAME@@!”
[effect]every piece of media is made for @@NAME@@ians by @@NAME@@ians
[stats]economy increases, tax increases

What I'll probably need considering is the stats, but any input into this issue would be a great help.

Your @@NAME@@ should be replaced with @@RANDOMNAME@@, and @@NATIONNAME@@ should be replaced with just @@NAME@@.

This is a good issue. What makes you think the bad stuff is coming from over the border? I think "[effect]all kinds of media and material flows through the border" should be tweaked.

also there should be some bad effects too. like option 2 by the hippie vetran might push more children into crime.

I believe the issue's already been tackled, perhaps in the Gunman Kills Three issue. I think there's an option to ban all violent content. Try finding a new angle on the issue and it's more likely to get accepted.

Your @@NAME@@ should be replaced with @@RANDOMNAME@@, and @@NATIONNAME@@ should be replaced with just @@NAME@@.

This is a good issue. What makes you think the bad stuff is coming from over the border? I think "[effect]all kinds of media and material flows through the border" should be tweaked.

also there should be some bad effects too. like option 2 by the hippie vetran might push more children into crime.

Yes, I did get a bit confused on the name aspect. I'll sort that out.

I believe the issue's already been tackled, perhaps in the Gunman Kills Three issue. I think there's an option to ban all violent content. Try finding a new angle on the issue and it's more likely to get accepted.

I've just looked at that issue, and it's options are basically 'ban guns', 'register guns' and 'ban all violent games and films'. Whilst this issue doesn't conflict with that one, it means that it isn't valid to all as nations that have already banned violent films won't get this one. I'll change that part.

Re Option 3: I think the point would be made better if you made it more specific. I'm guessing that you expect people to assume that this would bring in a G, M, M15+, R sort of system. But you sneakily don't actually say that.

So a possible effect might be that grandparents can no longer take their grandchildren to kids' movies, because they're too old to see a "10 years and under" classification.

Or that teenagers develop a new, illegal craze: "Nostalgia Parties" where they gather to watch the Disney videos that are now forbidden to them because they're too old.

Or that there's a series of sudden spikes in the death rate that coincides exactly with the release dates of material so horrible that it can be viewed only by the over-85s (many of whom succumb to heart attacks on seeing it).

Hope this is going where you're heading.