--Neo-America--
04-05-2005, 01:28
Since I never got an acceptance notice for my issue, I've decided to add a 4th, more moderate option to it. Here it is.
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The Xerxes Broadcasting Corporation (XBC), the nation’s largest television broadcasting company, has demanded that the government allow it to begin recording its controversial new show "The Trials of Grievance", which allows criminals to fight for their freedom in a series of grueling obstacles, whilst trying to avoid or eliminate all other criminals vying for the same goal.
[option] "It’s not as crazy as it sounds." Says producer of the show, @@randomname@@. "If we give criminals the choice to take part in this show we can give them a lighter sentence or even grant them freedom, depending on how popular they are with viewers. Or they could stay and make a little money for themselves. That way we can lower crime, decrease the amount of criminals crowding out our jails and make a lot of money in doing so. Sure, the other criminals might die, but hey… our streets will be that much safer with them gone."
[effect] criminals can now fight for their freedom on TV while the losers end up seriously injured or even dead
[stats] civil rights decrease, economy increases, crime decreases, size of government decreases
[option] "Great idea, but it’s not going far enough!" Declares NRA Representative @@randomname@@. "We should make it compulsory for criminals to enter AND have our soldiers fight them in order for them to give them a more realistic feel of the battlefield! We could even use this as an opportunity to test the new XR-27 Grenade Launcher! Never mind the fact that our soldiers already have enough training for them to win every time!"
[effect] the new TV show where criminals try to win their freedom while trained soldiers easily massacre most of them is a hit
[stats] civil rights decrease significantly, crime decreases significantly, military spending increases, size of government increases,
[option] "You’re not honestly going to listen to these lunatics, are you!?" Argues criminal psychologist @@randomname@@. "This is a blatant violation of the rights of criminals! If you really want to lower crime, do it by rehabilitation and create companies that give jobs only to criminals and send their products to the government only. That way once they have done their time they will already have a trade and private companies won’t be harmed by more competition either. All we need to do is increase taxes to pay for it."
[effect] a new string of companies that employ criminals as a way to rehabilitate them have sprung up
[stats] civil rights increase, size of government increases a bit, taxes increases, social welfare spending increases
[option] "Hey I'm crazy, but I'm not stupid." Says five time felony offender @@randonname@@. "I like the idea of freedom but if there's that much of a risk of dying, then forget it. Instead, we should implement safety measures that will allow competitors to get terminally injured, but have them removed from the field before they become critical. And just so that the production company doesn't complain we should have the government pay for the care of our injuries. Just allow us to get lower sentences for it. The sooner we get out of prison the sooner we can get back to stea-uhh SEEing our families so we don’t make the taxpayers suffer so much."
[effect] criminals often go free after getting their "lighter sentences" for their participation in the show "Trials of Grievance"
[stats] economy increases slightly, crime increases, size of government increase a bit, taxes increase slightly, spending in healthcare increases
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The Xerxes Broadcasting Corporation (XBC), the nation’s largest television broadcasting company, has demanded that the government allow it to begin recording its controversial new show "The Trials of Grievance", which allows criminals to fight for their freedom in a series of grueling obstacles, whilst trying to avoid or eliminate all other criminals vying for the same goal.
[option] "It’s not as crazy as it sounds." Says producer of the show, @@randomname@@. "If we give criminals the choice to take part in this show we can give them a lighter sentence or even grant them freedom, depending on how popular they are with viewers. Or they could stay and make a little money for themselves. That way we can lower crime, decrease the amount of criminals crowding out our jails and make a lot of money in doing so. Sure, the other criminals might die, but hey… our streets will be that much safer with them gone."
[effect] criminals can now fight for their freedom on TV while the losers end up seriously injured or even dead
[stats] civil rights decrease, economy increases, crime decreases, size of government decreases
[option] "Great idea, but it’s not going far enough!" Declares NRA Representative @@randomname@@. "We should make it compulsory for criminals to enter AND have our soldiers fight them in order for them to give them a more realistic feel of the battlefield! We could even use this as an opportunity to test the new XR-27 Grenade Launcher! Never mind the fact that our soldiers already have enough training for them to win every time!"
[effect] the new TV show where criminals try to win their freedom while trained soldiers easily massacre most of them is a hit
[stats] civil rights decrease significantly, crime decreases significantly, military spending increases, size of government increases,
[option] "You’re not honestly going to listen to these lunatics, are you!?" Argues criminal psychologist @@randomname@@. "This is a blatant violation of the rights of criminals! If you really want to lower crime, do it by rehabilitation and create companies that give jobs only to criminals and send their products to the government only. That way once they have done their time they will already have a trade and private companies won’t be harmed by more competition either. All we need to do is increase taxes to pay for it."
[effect] a new string of companies that employ criminals as a way to rehabilitate them have sprung up
[stats] civil rights increase, size of government increases a bit, taxes increases, social welfare spending increases
[option] "Hey I'm crazy, but I'm not stupid." Says five time felony offender @@randonname@@. "I like the idea of freedom but if there's that much of a risk of dying, then forget it. Instead, we should implement safety measures that will allow competitors to get terminally injured, but have them removed from the field before they become critical. And just so that the production company doesn't complain we should have the government pay for the care of our injuries. Just allow us to get lower sentences for it. The sooner we get out of prison the sooner we can get back to stea-uhh SEEing our families so we don’t make the taxpayers suffer so much."
[effect] criminals often go free after getting their "lighter sentences" for their participation in the show "Trials of Grievance"
[stats] economy increases slightly, crime increases, size of government increase a bit, taxes increase slightly, spending in healthcare increases