28-02-2004, 12:39
The Issue
A tabloid magazine, The National Incriminator, has revealed the sordid details of an affair between one of your top advisors, Robert Lotsalovin, and his secretary.
The Debate
"They found out I did WHAT!?" Advisor Lotsalovin says in his morning meeting in your office. "This just can't happen! How can government officials do their jobs properly if we have to work under the constant scrutiny of these idiotic supermarket tabloids? I say tabloid newspapers must be banned, and we must not allow newspapers to speak ill of our government officials... for the good of Tyrenburgh, of course.."
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"Unbelievable!" says Reverend Al Rifkin of the local Catholic church. "Our government officials must be held to a higher standard than this! Mr. Lotsalovin must be removed from office and jailed. We cannot allow such disgusting corruption within the halls of justice!"
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"Whoa, whoa, hey, now..." argues Senator Miranda Mombota. "What happened to Mr. Lotsalovin is no different than affairs that happen all over Tyrenburgh every day! Before you know it, they'll be after YOUR sexual history! I think what we need to do is take the public attention off of it somehow, perhaps by... oh, I don't know... giving them a tax cut! That'll divert their attention from this momentary distraction just long enough for Mr. Lotsalovin's divorce process to end!"
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What I'd like to know is what "mr. Lotsalovin" did that was so bad that (a) tabloids are taken seriously, and (b) that the Church - hardly the paragons of social purity they make themselves out to be :P - wants to have him JAILED for?
Specifics!
A tabloid magazine, The National Incriminator, has revealed the sordid details of an affair between one of your top advisors, Robert Lotsalovin, and his secretary.
The Debate
"They found out I did WHAT!?" Advisor Lotsalovin says in his morning meeting in your office. "This just can't happen! How can government officials do their jobs properly if we have to work under the constant scrutiny of these idiotic supermarket tabloids? I say tabloid newspapers must be banned, and we must not allow newspapers to speak ill of our government officials... for the good of Tyrenburgh, of course.."
[Accept]
"Unbelievable!" says Reverend Al Rifkin of the local Catholic church. "Our government officials must be held to a higher standard than this! Mr. Lotsalovin must be removed from office and jailed. We cannot allow such disgusting corruption within the halls of justice!"
[Accept]
"Whoa, whoa, hey, now..." argues Senator Miranda Mombota. "What happened to Mr. Lotsalovin is no different than affairs that happen all over Tyrenburgh every day! Before you know it, they'll be after YOUR sexual history! I think what we need to do is take the public attention off of it somehow, perhaps by... oh, I don't know... giving them a tax cut! That'll divert their attention from this momentary distraction just long enough for Mr. Lotsalovin's divorce process to end!"
[Accept]
What I'd like to know is what "mr. Lotsalovin" did that was so bad that (a) tabloids are taken seriously, and (b) that the Church - hardly the paragons of social purity they make themselves out to be :P - wants to have him JAILED for?
Specifics!