Fundamentalists Demand Regional Autonomy

Tensions in the nation between the religious fundamentalists and government authorities have finally come to a head with the fundamentalists demanding regional authority and the power to govern by their own laws. This is a tremendous escalation from a conflict that has mostly subsisted of peaceful protests and toothless rhetoric. It is true that the situation in the nation has gradually spiralled out of our control. Painful as it is to contemplate, if we were to provide the autonomy demanded of us it would at least strike the rabble of the nation from our list of current problems. Then again, even contemplating such an action could be seen as some as high treason...