Golgothastan
31-03-2006, 14:57
Totally completely 100% absolutely not based off anything from real life. Honest.
Name:Tbc
Description: Former Head of State Colin Farch recently passed away, and there are calls for the present government to lay on a state funeral in his memory.
Validity: All
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[option]"He was elegant, graceful, the model of a modern diplomat," sniffs his former press secretary, @@RANDONNAME@@. "And I think it's only fair we honour that memory - with a full procession, a twenty-one-gun salute, and fireworks! No expense must be spared if we are to truly recognise what this great man did for @@NAME@@."
[effect]millions of @@CURRENCY@@s are blown on state funerals for every former leader
[option]"Well excuse me, but why should he be getting some fancy parade, while the rest of us are left to die alone and sad?" sneers renowned miser and numismatist @@RANDONNAME@@. "I don't want my tax money wasted on all that sort of thing. We pay far too much tax anyway, if you ask me."
[effect]government spending is being reigned in
[option]"I agree that we shouldn't spend too much," advises government publicity officer @@RANDONNAME@@. "But, Farch was a popular leader, and it certainly wouldn't do any harm for the current administration to associate itself with his memory. A few speeches, a prominent presence at the funeral, and maybe even a prayer in his memory, and I guarantee the public will lap it up."
[effect]the government attempts to draw tenuous links between its policies and those of every popular past leader
[option]"Prayers!? This is an outrage!" screams avowed secularist, @@RANDONNAME@@, whilst carefully arranging a non-denominational holiday card. "This funeral should maintain the strongest and clearest of divisions between church and state: if ever there was a time to show the public how committed we are to religious freedom, this is it. We should be banning all religious associations from anything the state's involved in, actually."
[effect]any form of religious symbolism is banned from all state functions
[option]"Colin Farch may have been popular amongst the majority of voters, but that's forgetting how damaging they proved in the long run," complains newspaper columnist @@RANDONNAME@@. "Excessive military spending, environmental destruction, illegal hand-outs to the @@MAJORINDUSTRY@@ industry, and of course the atrocious handling of the VODAIS crisis. Enough with this talk of 'honouring' him: the government should be issuing a condemnation. And it's about time we got to work fixing the problems he caused, too."
[effect]the government is attempting to tackle pollution and disease
I think the [effect]s could be snappier - I'm terrible at thinking up those. And no, I haven't done stats yet.
Name:Tbc
Description: Former Head of State Colin Farch recently passed away, and there are calls for the present government to lay on a state funeral in his memory.
Validity: All
Options:
[option]"He was elegant, graceful, the model of a modern diplomat," sniffs his former press secretary, @@RANDONNAME@@. "And I think it's only fair we honour that memory - with a full procession, a twenty-one-gun salute, and fireworks! No expense must be spared if we are to truly recognise what this great man did for @@NAME@@."
[effect]millions of @@CURRENCY@@s are blown on state funerals for every former leader
[option]"Well excuse me, but why should he be getting some fancy parade, while the rest of us are left to die alone and sad?" sneers renowned miser and numismatist @@RANDONNAME@@. "I don't want my tax money wasted on all that sort of thing. We pay far too much tax anyway, if you ask me."
[effect]government spending is being reigned in
[option]"I agree that we shouldn't spend too much," advises government publicity officer @@RANDONNAME@@. "But, Farch was a popular leader, and it certainly wouldn't do any harm for the current administration to associate itself with his memory. A few speeches, a prominent presence at the funeral, and maybe even a prayer in his memory, and I guarantee the public will lap it up."
[effect]the government attempts to draw tenuous links between its policies and those of every popular past leader
[option]"Prayers!? This is an outrage!" screams avowed secularist, @@RANDONNAME@@, whilst carefully arranging a non-denominational holiday card. "This funeral should maintain the strongest and clearest of divisions between church and state: if ever there was a time to show the public how committed we are to religious freedom, this is it. We should be banning all religious associations from anything the state's involved in, actually."
[effect]any form of religious symbolism is banned from all state functions
[option]"Colin Farch may have been popular amongst the majority of voters, but that's forgetting how damaging they proved in the long run," complains newspaper columnist @@RANDONNAME@@. "Excessive military spending, environmental destruction, illegal hand-outs to the @@MAJORINDUSTRY@@ industry, and of course the atrocious handling of the VODAIS crisis. Enough with this talk of 'honouring' him: the government should be issuing a condemnation. And it's about time we got to work fixing the problems he caused, too."
[effect]the government is attempting to tackle pollution and disease
I think the [effect]s could be snappier - I'm terrible at thinking up those. And no, I haven't done stats yet.