Terrorist Prison, For and Against


Against the Prison, Klak Grassman (Sign language translation by Emily Sasso):

Grassmans have lived here in peace since the beginning, before there were Nofurs and before there was Pearlville.  We have lived in balance with the Nofurs.  You have respected us and we have respected you.  We have done our best to be contributors to your community, not detractors.  Now we are asked to tolerate a Nofur prison in our territory, a prison for holding the most dangerous Nofurs.  Why should we agree to this?  Why should we allow this to intrude on our way of life?  Why do you need a prison?  We have no dangerous members in our camp.  If we did, we would not need a prison to take care of the problem.  We understand that the town leaders have given us fair consideration in this question, and that is as it should be.  We do not agree to the prison.

Against the Prison, Mandy Henderson:

A terrorist prison in Pearlville?  No way.  As a Town Council member it is my responsibility to speak up at this critical time.  If the new wave of phony conservativism continues to grow, the Green Pearlville program is in serious jeopardy.  If that is not enough to worry reasonable citizens, now we are talking about a bone-headed project that will bring large numbers of outsiders into our community with all of the related congestion, pollution, and who knows what besides.  Adding insult to injury, the proposed site of the prison lies within the protected territory of the Grassmans, and there will not even be an environmental impact study, all in the name of national security!  Generations ago, the residents of Pearlville agreed that the Grassmans are a protected species.  To some, economic growth is more important today.

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