The 1992 Knocking Bull Incident
The 1992 Knocking Bull Incident, also known as the Steve Reiders Incident of 1992, and the Band of Soft, Mud Eating Trimes Incident was an incident that took place in at The Capitol Building of the United States of Quentin, a governmental building in Mechanicsburg, The Grassland Area, The United States of Quentin. The main belligerent in the incident was 73 year old Steve Reiders, a Representative of the USQ in The Quentinian House of Representatives.
Overview
The incident began when The Quentinian House of Representatives passed a bill, one to increase military spending in the region of the Republic of Megatridimensional Order, which was causing some disruption during that time. So, the House sent it on to The House of Bureaucrats for their approval, however they overwhelmingly rejected the bill, at 95-15. The bill was then sent back to the House of Representatives, along with the required explanation of why they rejected the bill, and any possible revisions. At this time, there was a significant amount of tension between the two Houses, with the Bureaucrats being mainly Mild RePublicans (Part of The Mild RePublican Party), and the Representatives being mainly part of The Fundamentalist Party. The Bureaucrats decided to send back an aggressive and insulting reasoning to the Representatives, similar to what happened in The Frauglin-Rau Incident in earlier decades. The whole reasoning stated, "We have decided to reject this particular version of the bill, simply because we believe the bill is a small piece of mouse dung, and quite frankly smells exactly like a large number of you. We suggest that you cease your attempts to hand our country over to anarchy, and would like you to know that we will pass this bill when any of your number muster the brains to pass a 3rd grade QESA, which is to say, never."
This, understandably, did not come off well to the Representatives, and 73 year old Army veteran and Representative Steve Reiders, also known as "Big Bull Steve," was particularly angry. Since the two chambers for the Houses were directly adjacent to each other at the time, due to repairs being made, Representative Reiders got up, ran over to the wall the two chambers shared, and yelled, "You band of soft, mud eating trimes! You'll insult me without consequences when hell freezes over, which is exactly where you're going...," shouting expletives and banging furiously on the wall the whole time. Then, according to many eyewitnesses, he ran from the chamber, going out and then in to the House of Bureaucrats, grabbing his walking stick and proceeding to furiously assault multiple Bureaucrats, including Jonathan Healtwalker and Myra Rivekklan, before security was able to restrain and arrest him.
Aftermath
After the incident, Representative Reiders was taken to The Supreme Council of the USQ for a decision on consequences. Reiders was present, however did not say a word throughout the entire meeting. His lawyer tried to argue a reduction of his punishment by The Provoked Assault Clause, but did not get a reduced sentence for Reiders. The complete consequences of the incident was that Reiders was stripped of his Representative seat, which remained vacant for the remainder of the term, and was jailed for 5 years. Also, the Head Bureaucrat of the USQ at the time, Jackson Lexjekxvz, was suspended for 6 months without pay.
Even before the incident occurred, there were many calls for the abolition of the requirement that the House of Bureaucrats must send back reasoning and revisions to the House of Representatives. Even some protests occurred, mostly in highly political cities such as Mechanicsburg and Lindin. After the incident, the calls grew ever stronger, with many abolitionists saying it incited violence, and destroyed unity between the two Houses. Supporters of the requirement argued the requirement allowed for more communication, understanding, and teamwork between the two Houses, because it allowed the two Houses to understand better what the other wanted, and either do it, or try to find an alternate route. Despite the outcry, the government never passed any legislation regarding it, and soon there were less protests occurring, and the outcry died down.
