Today I’ve got this Issue on my Nationstates (nationstates.net)
Monumental Melodrama
Angry Bigtopian protesters have called for the removal of a statue of Cyril James Carthage, a controversial historic imperialist and mining magnate from two centuries ago, who was once instrumental in perpetuating the Bigtopian slave trade.
I’ve encountered with 4 choice
1.“Carthage must fall!” bellows Bigtopian protest leader Miles van Dyke, hurling a bucket of paint at the statue. “He was a racist profiteer who forced my ancestors off their land to work in his mines.” The paint overshoots and hits another protester as he continues. “Leaving up this monument glorifies the monster, and is an insult to all Bigtopians! A culturally sensitive government should have constant reviews of the message that their statues send, and remove monuments and other artworks that don’t fit modern sensibilities. Carthage must be destroyed!
2. “Preposterous!” blusters Tourism tycoon Cedric Jacob Carthage, who just so happens to be the slaver’s direct descendant and inheritor of generations of old money, gently placing a well-manicured hand on your shoulder for emphasis. “Removing my ancestor’s monument would be a massive blow to my public image… I mean, our national heritage. Keep these vandals away!”
3. “There is a compromise here,” muses performance artist Rodent Fantastic, while jamming a boot onto the statue’s head, a tutu round its waist, and sparkly glitter glue on its face. “What if we leave the offending works in place, but allow protesters to deface them if they want to express dissent? What could go wrong?”
4. “Carthage had it right, we ought to put them damned Bigtopians back in their place,” asserts a figure with a silly-looking white hood over his head, hefting a can of petrol and a toolbox. “You get the police to hang back; me and the boys will settle this.”
5. Dismiss the issue
Option 2. sounds nice so I choose it.
The result saids ‘Statue-sitting has replaced the stake-out as the dullest form of police duty.’
In result, my nation get a boost of this qualities.
Authoritarianism
milliStalins 1.6%
Law Enforcement
Orwell Orderliness Index 1.3%
Social Conservatism
Bush-Santorum Dawning Terror Index 0.92%
Culture
Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale 0.92%
Safety
Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating 0.1%
Tourism
Tourists Per Hour 0.08%
Pacifism
Cheeks Turned Per Day 0.07%
Government Size
Bureaucratic Comprehensiveness Rating Scale Index 0.06%
And decline in this qualities
Intelligence
Quips Per Hour 0.17%
Civil Rights
Martin Luther King, Jr. Units 0.35%
Inclusiveness
Mandela-Wollstonecraft Non-Discrimination Index 0.47%
Crime
Crimes Per Hour 0.52%
Weather
Meters Of Sunlight 0.58%
Political Freedom
Diebold Election Inking Scale 0.66%
Ideological Radicality
Paul-Nader Subjective Decentrality Index 2.5%
This choice is nice.
