NationStates 'dilemma' of the day

[rowyn]

Tragedy struck Akiruerta today, as a gunman killed three people in a suburban shooting rampage. The community is united in grief, but divided in opinion as to what should be done.

The Debate
1) The strongest voices demand tighter gun controls. "The only way to prevent further atrocities is to take the guns out of the hands of the murderers," says anti-gun campaigner Chastity Summers. "There's no justification for them in today's society. We need tighter regulations on who can hold guns, so only our police and military have them."

2) "That's not all we need," says radical left-wing activist Al Thiesen. "The government should ban all guns outright--even in the police force. This is an opportunity to make Akiruerta a totally gun-free state."

3) "Guns don't kill people, people kill people," says NRA head honcho Faith Trax. "If you outlaw guns, only outlaws will have guns. Is that what we want? Think, people. The answer isn't to ban guns. It's to crack down on those Hollywood movies and computer games that glamorize violence. They're the real criminals."

What I want to know is: does anyone out there like ANY of these three options?

Comments

[prester-scott.livejournal.com]

Every one of the 38683924570867 times NationStates has given me this issue, I've dismissed it.

[rowyn]

I think this is only the second or third time I've dismissed it.

[koogrr.livejournal.com]

If anything, watching my friends play Nation States has turned me off getting the author's book. The obvious wild extremist slants to absurd ends, with effortless execution of even the most contradictory policies and the utter irrelevance of prior conditions makes it seem like a bad LJ quiz. A really bad LJ quiz. It gives me the impression his novel will be full of equally bizarre premises, except that each one will come in a headpounding manner where "They must obviously be true and not simply because I'm the author and arranged it so".

Y'know, that feeling you get when you are force-fed propaganda so harshy your jaw cracks?

[prester-scott.livejournal.com]

Oh, goodness, yes. If the game is any indication, the book is going to be like reading one of Terry Pratchett's everything-in-the-world-is-mockery novels. Wahoo, sign ME up. :P

[rowyn]

Oh, I'm curious about the novel, actually. The writing style on the questions is entertaining, and the game clearly doesn't take itself seriously. I doubt the book would, either.

Besides, expecting very much of a free web-based game written by one guy with no intention of ever making a profit at it ... well, that'd be a little unfair on my part. :)