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− | '''Going Postal''' is a national [[issue]] that deals with the ethics related to genetically cloning previously extinct species. This issue also makes a reference to God and humans implying that nations are human and have a religion similar to several [[real | + | '''Going Postal''' is a national [[issue]] that deals with the ethics related to genetically cloning previously extinct species. This issue also makes a reference to God and humans implying that nations are human and have a religion similar to several [[real life]] religions. However, the reference to God can easily be interpreted many ways. This issue also makes a reference to dinosaurs in the past tense, implying that they too are extinct, though one of the options easily opens the door to suggest that through genetic cloning that a wide range of previously extinct creatures can be recreated to roam [[NationStates]]. |
==Issue== | ==Issue== |
Revision as of 01:05, 24 April 2007
Author | lozzate |
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Editor | |
Date added | |
Subject | wildlife |
Main category (?) | genetics |
Number of options | 3 |
Going Postal is a national issue that deals with the ethics related to genetically cloning previously extinct species. This issue also makes a reference to God and humans implying that nations are human and have a religion similar to several real life religions. However, the reference to God can easily be interpreted many ways. This issue also makes a reference to dinosaurs in the past tense, implying that they too are extinct, though one of the options easily opens the door to suggest that through genetic cloning that a wide range of previously extinct creatures can be recreated to roam NationStates.
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Issue
Scientists have announced they are close to a breakthrough in their quest to revive the feather-bellied @@ANIMAL@@, a species related to @@NAME@@'s national animal that has been extinct for more than a century.
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- "I, for one, applaud their work," says scientist @@RANDOMNAME@@. "And not just because I'm the project leader. This is an example of how @@NAME@@'s brains can mix it with the world's best. Can you imagine how wonderful it will be to have feather-bellied @@ANIMAL@@ frolicking in the meadows again? I say full steam ahead, and more government funding!"
- "This is a sacrilege!", says religious leader @@RANDOMNAME@@. "These animals are extinct because God wants them dead. Cloning them would merely incur his wrath! If we proceed down this path, it'll be humans, not the feather-bellied @@ANIMAL@@, who will be extinct."
- "Now, come on," says @@RANDOMNAME@@, well-known philosopher. "You don't need to be religious to be unnerved by the top of this particular slippery slope. Today it's @@ANIMAL@@, tomorrow it's dinosaurs, and we all know how that turns out. This research shouldn't be banned, but there must be strict government controls over its use."
Domestic impacts
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United Nations impact
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