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Author Topic: Oh the Humanity!  (Read 2069 times)

Offline Gulliver

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Oh the Humanity!
« on: April 26, 2012, 03:15:31 AM »
Quote from: Oh the Humanity!
During a recent severe storm, the airship TFAS-Hiddenburg caught fire and ended up making a crash landing in Taijitu Founder City. Everyone on board as well as several hundred people on the ground were killed in the resulting inferno. Reporter Herb Morris' incredible live coverage of the disaster and the media circus surrounding the safety of such vessels has people looking to the government for solutions.

1. Sophie Licorish, apparent spokesperson for the families of the victims gasps out between sobs, "The only reason this happened is the government has turned a blind eye to the dangers of these vehicles! The solution is obvious, pass and rigidly enforce safety regulations on dangerous industries! Oh, and make the owners of these companies financially liable to the families. I mean, I lost my dad after all, I deserve a little bit of compensation."

2. "Really now, airships safely make these trips on a routine basis! These people are looking at a tiny mishap and not the bigger picture!" claims Renee Malik, owner of Airship Enterprises, the company that operates airships like the crashed TFAS-Hiddenburg. "If anything, the government should be supporting the industry through this tragedy! You know, 'encouraging' people to use airships so that they learn just how safe they really are!"

3. "Tiny mishap? TINY MISHAP?" screams Roger Jones, author of the controversial bestseller 'Corporations Are Bad, Really Really Bad.' "Hundreds of people dead, millions if not billions of tais in damage to buildings downtown, and these industry goons are trying to just shrug and tell the rest of us 'Oopsie,' and buy their way out of trouble?! They have a huge debt to the society they've harmed, make them work in the trauma centers and see first-hand what they've done!"

Offline Gulliver

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Re: Oh the Humanity!
« Reply #1 on: April 26, 2012, 04:31:09 AM »
I'm kinda on the fence about this one right now. I'd like higher safety standard, but I don't like where our economic rating is right now. It might be better to just dismiss it.

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Re: Oh the Humanity!
« Reply #2 on: April 26, 2012, 05:59:14 AM »
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Re: Oh the Humanity!
« Reply #3 on: April 26, 2012, 04:14:10 PM »
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Re: Oh the Humanity!
« Reply #4 on: April 26, 2012, 10:46:59 PM »
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Offline Gulliver

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Re: Oh the Humanity!
« Reply #5 on: April 27, 2012, 12:30:42 AM »
Well I'm convinced.