"Banning lion-eating penguin hunting would be the end for centuries of tradition!" wails esteemed aristocrat Max Thiesen from atop his steed. "The thrill of the chase, the baying of the hounds, the lion-eating penguin scooting through the undergrowth - it would be a travesty! We provide much needed stimulus to the local tourism, and you can't deny that lion-eating penguins are pests - killing farmers' livestock for example! I propose that lion-eating penguin hunting be encouraged, for the cultural - and economic - benefit of the nation!"
"Well, you know what I think?" asks Buy Steele, while helping to assemble a small trebuchet. "I reckon that the real issue about this sport is the cruelty aspect, and no-one can deny that sending a pack of dogs to tear apart a poor, innocent lion-eating penguin is cruel. I reckon we should just ban hunting with hounds and only allow kinder and more instantly lethal methods like guns, tranquillisers, and cruise missiles."
"I'm firmly against the slaughter of dumb animals," says Klaus Dodinas, while feeding an infant lion-eating penguin with a milk bottle. "It would be best if the animals didn't die, and hunters could still do what they love to do - how about instead of shooting them or sending vicious canines after them, the hunter runs up to his quarry and gives it a symbolic 'tap' with his hand? Now isn't that much nicer for everyone?"
# "This has got me thinkin'," says General Hack Wu, thumbing through a big folder marked 'X'. "If this technology lets us reduce genetic defects, then couldn't it work the other way? We could create ourselves an army of genetically superior soldiers! With our army of Super Soldiers, no nation would dare stand in our way!"
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Spare The Rod, Demand Welfare Activists
Government Acts
The Issue
The Gullikyn S.P.C.C. has launched a fresh campaign to stop parents from smacking their children. They demand that the government introduce laws to ban this form of 'corporal punishment'.
The Debate
- Child Psychiatrist, Dr. Clint Longfellow, speaks at a press conference on the matter: "Parents and teachers must realise that smacking children increases aggressiveness, lowers their self-esteem, and can cause long-term emotional trauma! How can anybody think that it is anything but child abuse? Parents who resort to smacking their children are obviously unfit to be parents at all! We must ban this horrible practice at once!"
This is the position your government is preparing to adopt.- "What are these lunatics on about?!" yells Johann Rubin, a concerned parent. "Smacking children has been an effective form of punishment since the dawn of mankind! Outlaw it and I guarantee you the next generation will be a disorderly disaster! Children need, nay CRAVE discipline! Sometimes the only language they understand is the cane, and the government has to respect that!"
Anomian hofft auf eine rege Teilnahme aller Nationen auf Sui Generis.Enthusiastic sports fans have been petitioning the government all week to apply for the much-coveted honour of hosting the next Regional Olympics. While most citizens are excited at the prospect of a World of Sui Generis-wide competition in their own country, some have expressed reservations about the enormous expense hosting would incur.
The Debate
"WAHAAAAY!" screams Steffan Clinton, captain of Anomian City's premier division ballroom dancing team. "Finally, a chance to show the world exactly how great I am! Everybody's always complaining that Anomian never does well in sports and you know why? It's because we're never in front of the home crowd, that's why! We're going to need a great big stadium! No! TWO stadiums! WHOOP! OL-YM-PICS! OL-YM-PICS!"
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