NationStates Jolt Archive

[validity] haven't been banned
[description] The civil rights watchdog group "WeSueAll" has taken the youth organization “Young Man Scouts” to court after the Scouts announced that they support organized religion. They wish to ban all organizations that have a religious affiliation.

[option] “They discriminate,” states @@RANDOMNAME@@, the WeSueAll’s lawyer. “We cannot have outside groups support religions. Never mind the public services that ‘Young Man Scouts’ does, they teach their members to hate minorities and atheists!”
[effect] youth organizations and church groups have recently been banned
[stats] economic freedom down, religiousness down, youth-related crime up

[option] “‘Young Man Scouts’ has helped strengthen @@NAME@@’s moral fiber and community service for over 100 years,” argues @@RANDOMNAME@@, a lawyer for ‘Young Man Scouts.’ “Surely that counts for something. Even if we prefer mainstream religion over cults and minorities, look at all the good that we do. We take young men off of the streets and turn them into hard-working members of the society.”
[effect] scouting groups have won a major lawsuit
[stats] economic freedom up, social inequality up

[option] “You know, there is a third way,” whispers @@RANDOMNAME@@, your military advisor. “These scouts already have uniforms, ranks, and flag ceremonies. Why not turn it into a pre-military officer training program? Just give the military a little more money and let us take over. No one’s going to challenge our military again!”
[effect] boys are trained from age 10 to be military officers
[stats] civil freedom down, military spending up, taxes up slightly

well, I'm in luck. I don't think that this one's been done yet. (reference to "intelligence test for voting" Mods-feel free to delete it)

whaddaya think?

I think there should be an option requring boys to join boy..I mean Young men scouts. It should somthing like this:
"You know what I think were the vicims of civil discrmention" says @@ANIMAL@@ Yong Men scout @@RANDOMNAME@@ "We've been called geeks for joing I think it should be requird for all to join young men scouts"

I think it's a good idea since you have a milltary option for requrieing to join so there can also be a non milltary option for joining.

Give the watchdog group a name.

Option 3 also raises taxes and lowers civil rights, not economic freedom.

Perhaps the effect for option 2 could be "youth groups teach @@NAME@@'s young to be organized religious fanatics" or something similar?

Thanks for all the suggestions. I will implement some of them. Of course, while this issue has heavy religious overtones, in reality, Boy Sc...I mean, Young Man Scouts isn't religiously fanatic or anything. We just like organized religion a little more than the others.

I thought the issue was good although Mods don't won't delete your topic but they will delete your issue.