Subject: Re: [smof-politics] Current affairs and overreactions
From: Jeph Antilles (lordandmaster@jmc.fen)
Reply-To: smof-politics@smofcon.fen
Date: 3/18/2014 11:44 AM
>You know I'm just a bit confused on one thing -- witch hunt or not,
>what does Kellerman think he can *do*? I mean, as has been pointed
>out,
we've just
come out of a war footing. We have what amounts to
>a full
gods-be-damned *space navy*. Our main 'Daneside port of call
>is in
Australia. And hell,
aren't we technically a sovereign nation
>(or federation of same,
depending on who you ask)? To the best of
>my knowledge -- although I
will gladly bow to
the better-informed --
>the US government has managed to field at best a
handful of
>wavecraft. So what if we end up with bad press in the US
because
>Kellerman's grandstanding for purposes of self-aggrandizement?
I expect, Bob, that it's the idea of getting enough evidence together that we're Up To No Good that can be used to pressure the United Nations into issuing sanctions and things, and otherwise trying to make our existence difficult.
Obviously, we're not that dumb.
--
"You know how parents tell you everything's going to fine, but you know they're lying to make you feel better? Everything's going to be fine." - The Doctor
From: Jeph Antilles (lordandmaster@jmc.fen)
Reply-To: smof-politics@smofcon.fen
Date: 3/18/2014 11:44 AM
>You know I'm just a bit confused on one thing -- witch hunt or not,
>what does Kellerman think he can *do*? I mean, as has been pointed
>out,
we've just
come out of a war footing. We have what amounts to
>a full
gods-be-damned *space navy*. Our main 'Daneside port of call
>is in
Australia. And hell,
aren't we technically a sovereign nation
>(or federation of same,
depending on who you ask)? To the best of
>my knowledge -- although I
will gladly bow to
the better-informed --
>the US government has managed to field at best a
handful of
>wavecraft. So what if we end up with bad press in the US
because
>Kellerman's grandstanding for purposes of self-aggrandizement?
I expect, Bob, that it's the idea of getting enough evidence together that we're Up To No Good that can be used to pressure the United Nations into issuing sanctions and things, and otherwise trying to make our existence difficult.
Obviously, we're not that dumb.
--
"You know how parents tell you everything's going to fine, but you know they're lying to make you feel better? Everything's going to be fine." - The Doctor