It's a date, Dalimbar.
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Darkesia takes a deep cleansing breath...
Flemingovia has threatened to permanently IP ban any NPO member who utters words he can possibly construe as disrespectful. This is the equivalent of shutting the door on all diplomatic relations. So, because things have fallen completely apart and seem to be only getting worse, I am going to speak the complete truth. There is no disrespect or insult intended. All that is said is
my honest opinion.
What we have here is a failure to communicate.
People of all ranks from TNP have spoken to me or Gaspo with different proposals for finding a solution to this problem.
None of them have spoken to the one person who could help, the Emperor. For some reason you all find Moo unapproachable. If you wish to get past this diplomatic problem, you will have to bring yourselves to speak directly to him.
When you do finally speak with him, please observe a few basic protocols. Do not refer to him by a title other than the one he has. Diminuitive names (the cow, little king, etc) and snide comments are viewed by Pacificans as an insult to the entire region. Please try to remember that The Pacific views it's Emperor as it's
sole true representative. To insult him is to insult us all.
That being said, I would also like to address the apology that those of us in the NPO view as mythical at this point. As MO has stated in another thread, TNP has been telling us for days and days that it is "formulating an apology." Come on! It takes five minutes, possibly ten if you want to be really eloquent, to formulate an apology and post it. It does not take days. We honestly don't believe you're going to do it. What else are we supposed to think? We have no evidence to the contrary.
Following in that pattern of privately doing something (or at least claiming to be doing it) and publicly behaving the opposite we have several examples:
Your PM has had at least two
excellent ideas to help ease tensions and set things right. The first idea may or may not have been presented to you in your secret areas. But as far as I can tell, once mentioned to me, it vanished. It was never communicated to the Emperor. The second idea he put into action
unannounced or unexplained and when he failed to arrive in our forum with what he felt was proper fanfare, he became insulted. But not once... not one single word did he post publically concerning his plan. Not in public or in private with the one person who counts, Moo. If you arrive at our doors to negotiate something, it's generally expected that you will announce your intentions at one point or another. We are a lot of things, but we cannot read minds. Especially when these private plans are faced with public ridicule and disrespect.
You have thoroughly confused us, Prime Minister Kirby.
Lord Valentine has presented me with another
excellent option. I advised him to speak with Moo. He may yet do that. But he has not posted publically his ideas, so until he does, no one will know about that idea either.
Beginning to see the pattern here?
You're a secretive lot here in TNP. We can understand that. But please try to understand that we have no way of knowing which is your "true" face.
Your forum administrator has basically told us to get out.
Does
anyone have the authority or clarity to make a statement of any kind for your government? Please. We're floundering in mixed messages here...