Kyott
10-06-2005, 16:02
This is my first attempt at an issue, and I'd welcome any input and ideas you can give me, especially on stats and effects.
DO VOTERS NEED TO BE PROTECTED AGAINST THEMSELVES?
The issue
The assassination of @@RANDOMNAME@@, leader of the extremist Revolutionary Environmentalist Party, two days before general elections, has caused political turmoil. Many people are considering to vote for the REP as a protest against the assassination.
The debate
[option]”The latest polls show these tree-hugging hippies might even get the absolute majority in Congress,” stammers Home Secretary @@RANDOMNAME@@. “Do you know what that would mean for @@NAME@@? Heck, they’d turn your lawn into a nature reserve! Clearly the people of @@NAME@@ are not thinking straight at this moment, so the government must protect them against themselves. I say we postpone these elections for a short time. Or a longer time. At least until people have forgotten about this dreadful event completely.”
[option]”The REP getting an absolute majority?”, says your neighbour @@RANDOMNAME@@, while reluctantly mowing his lawn. “Come on, the good people of @@NAME@@ are smarter than that. Everybody is in shock now, and I’m sure they will gain some seats, but I can’t believe that everybody is going to vote RIP massively in two days. Just let the elections go on. What if they do gain majority? Well, nature reserves need not be mown, do they?”
[option]”If we win these elections something good will come out of this terrible event,” says @@RANDOMNAME@@, the REP’s acting party leader. “The first thing we’ll do is to make sure the stain of the @@MAJORINDUSTRY@@ industry disappears from @@NAME@@. That would make a good tribute to our deceased leader. Although a nature reserve around each house is also an excellent idea.”
[option]”I can’t believe what’s happening in @@NAME@@,” says your cousin @@RANDOMNAME@@. “Postponing elections? Making nature reserves out of lawns? Wake up people! SOMEBODY WAS SHOT!, We need to crack down on these murderers, these terrorists. Smoke them out of their holes! Elections? Bah, if it was up to me I’d do away with them, and focus on the real issues.”
DO VOTERS NEED TO BE PROTECTED AGAINST THEMSELVES?
The issue
The assassination of @@RANDOMNAME@@, leader of the extremist Revolutionary Environmentalist Party, two days before general elections, has caused political turmoil. Many people are considering to vote for the REP as a protest against the assassination.
The debate
[option]”The latest polls show these tree-hugging hippies might even get the absolute majority in Congress,” stammers Home Secretary @@RANDOMNAME@@. “Do you know what that would mean for @@NAME@@? Heck, they’d turn your lawn into a nature reserve! Clearly the people of @@NAME@@ are not thinking straight at this moment, so the government must protect them against themselves. I say we postpone these elections for a short time. Or a longer time. At least until people have forgotten about this dreadful event completely.”
[option]”The REP getting an absolute majority?”, says your neighbour @@RANDOMNAME@@, while reluctantly mowing his lawn. “Come on, the good people of @@NAME@@ are smarter than that. Everybody is in shock now, and I’m sure they will gain some seats, but I can’t believe that everybody is going to vote RIP massively in two days. Just let the elections go on. What if they do gain majority? Well, nature reserves need not be mown, do they?”
[option]”If we win these elections something good will come out of this terrible event,” says @@RANDOMNAME@@, the REP’s acting party leader. “The first thing we’ll do is to make sure the stain of the @@MAJORINDUSTRY@@ industry disappears from @@NAME@@. That would make a good tribute to our deceased leader. Although a nature reserve around each house is also an excellent idea.”
[option]”I can’t believe what’s happening in @@NAME@@,” says your cousin @@RANDOMNAME@@. “Postponing elections? Making nature reserves out of lawns? Wake up people! SOMEBODY WAS SHOT!, We need to crack down on these murderers, these terrorists. Smoke them out of their holes! Elections? Bah, if it was up to me I’d do away with them, and focus on the real issues.”