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"Less"? The core foundation of our society is the karass, which is based partially on mafia-type "families" of association by common interest rather than blood.

(OOC: Thanks for the clarification - however, Alexandra's stance wouldn't change because she's extremely stubborn. As for the war with Sadakoyama... let's just say I - or should I say the Queen? - have plans.) Just be sure to include me! :) Also... we fight dirty. :p

- The Grim Reaper [hr] (OOC: We like her already. :) )

Sadakoyama has the finest educational system in the North Pacific, if not the world, and is a leader in biotech and medical research. We do not, however, have any schools segregated by sex or gender. Additionally, as an enthusiastically egalitarian society, Sadakoyama does not, in general...

Watched "Straight Outta Compton" with my son last night, this morning I'm trying to remind myself that it is the uniform that makes cops racist thug assholes, not an inherent quality in the men themselves. (see: The Stanford Prison Experiment)

They don't have to be: https://vimeo.com/147365861

You two are talking about a democratic, capitalist society; in a fascist state the Kannexians' companies would be nationalized (usually with the pretext of their products being necessary to the security of the state) and their company officers' assets would be confiscated or forfeited long...

"Criminalization of poverty" is a term that refers to using punitive fines, fees, and penalties to increase the financial burden of minor offenses on those that cannot pay legal judgements right away. Combined with unequal prosecution, it is a way to further marginalize the underclasses; in your...

"Accidentally" gassing a neighborhood wasn't good enough? :) The fascists could do all kinds of things: deportations and racist border controls are usually the first step. Then there are wage and employment restrictions, travel restrictions, and limiting social services for the "undesirables"...

@Syrixia: Re: your last post. No. Just... no. Not only is that post in monumentally bad taste, the methods used to exterminate people are not the same as methods used for testing chemical weapons. For example, if the lethality of a chemical agent needed surreptitious human testing, it is easy...

Sanya was trying, futilely, to finish up the lesson plan she was working on for the online course she was teaching next month. Little Olya, the principle difficulty, was sitting in her lap, making a game of trying to stick her chubby little fingers in Sanya's mouth every time she began dictating...

Sadakoyama's national calendar starts with the landing of the Engralius. I contemplated basing our calendars on the base 20 Mesoamerican 260/365 calendars, but I didn't want to do that kind of math.

arrow-circle-right Sender: Wrenolly Taverner check arrow-circle-right Recipient: Martin Groznyk check arrow-circle-right Subject: Re: Flu Shots! If my roommate/girlfriend's ex-boyfriend is still the drummer in her band and has lived with us for the last five years, and he's FWB for both of us...

I never made it to the halfway mark. I got to 20k words and life intervened. I did get two short stories out of it that I am going to polish and put on Amazon, though.

Sadakoyama is the shining jewel of the planet Eras, the eastern-most country in TNP and the world leader in both scientific thought and noodle consumption. Our cultural emphasis on personal mental, physical, and emotional wellness instead of getting rich means that we are just better people than...

The fifth thing is always "Sadakoyama is awesome".

To: Office of the Secretariat Treaty of Non-Aligned Peoples From: Sciencemaster Svetlana Abbiati Director, Dept. of International Studies I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Myrorian people for graciously hosting our representatives at the recent conference that gave birth to...

What a weird accent. NAH-SHUN-UHL SOH-NUH-CYST Color guide: Ideas we agree with. ideas that are based on premises which are incorrect. Ideas that are not entirely contradictory, but still problematic. Ideas we disagree with. Economy: -Nationalization of key industries and essential services...

I already got what I needed to say on the show said, so SDKY doesn't need to be there anymore.

I would love for someone to visit Sadakoyama; just be aware we are very egalitarian; a lot of people are going to treat even visiting royalty as "just folks".

I don't see Sadakoyama setting up embassies; for one thing we don't have a government structured the way most countries are and we don't have career politicians; diplomacy would be handled by the person most qualified to do the job, and that might rotate between departments, depending on the...

I am completely fine with that. It's possible, even probable, that dissidents would leave for a life not so focused about the time the colony was forming into a nation (say, early 1900s-ish, I'm flexible), and so the dialect that would become Kagaku could evolve into something closer to Earth...

Well, I did say "Nearly". :) That said, it wouldn't be beyond us to try and sneak a high-resolution multi-spectrum micro camera into a fancy hat or other item of clerical vestment. And someone has to go in sometimes to change the light bulbs or to see to the cleaning. :)

Kagaku is a branch of the Sadakh language group, which would include Wen and Zou, but it would be unique to Sadakoyama because we brought it with us in the mid 19th century; "Japanese" native to Eras would have to come from a different root. If other nations wanted to adopt Kagaku for their...

Haven't gotten that far. :)

The primary language of Sadakoyama is called "Kagaku", which is the same as the word for science. It is similar to Japanese and is spoke throughout the country. It forms the backbone of Sadakhan communication because of the nation's emphasis on science and education. Everyone in Sadakoyama is...

This sounds cool and I can't wait to read what you guys come up with, but I'm out because I'm in the middle of writing my own fantasy novel.

I'm sorry, I wanted to do something where Sanya and Oliver came back with their baby, but I've been busy.

I was concerned by the lot of them. When I referred to "the defense" I meant the defendant and his team.