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Post by miokalia on Feb 28, 2007 23:16:48 GMT -5
Dorigan Times-Call
Amendment 20 Amended: and Passes Easily
Amendment 20, which officially bans the (never yet used) death penalty, and also declares the nation 'absolutely intolerant' of mistreatment of nonviolent dissidents abroad, effectively "Expecting foreign governments to not consider free speech a criminal act", has been passed with a vote of 510 to 2 in the lower house on finalization and was very quickly and rigorously signed into the constitution by Secretariat of State Andertol. The 2 outstanding votes were not votes against the amendment, but rather for the addition of another section. In a lighting session, the additional section passed by basic majority. The new section declares that those involved in the enforcement or creation of severe punitive laws regarding control of expression or supression of nonviolent free-speech, who themselves, voluntarily engage in immoral or inhumane acts against those 'accused' will be considered violent criminals themselves, and depending on the severity of the acts, passionate enemy combatants, and if found within the National Territory, or otherwise captured by the armed forces, regardless of geographical location, will be subject to military trial. The new section empowers the military to capture those responsible for voluntarily committing or commanding civil atrocities or inhumane acts of aggression against civilians, and forfeits all extradition rights. There is concern over the possibility of the government being able to use this to commit the very acts in condemns, however, this amendment has gone through so much revision thus far, that much of the 'rights' it grants the government are mostly just symbolic and would yield little policy change.
IIP Receives 15 million-kt donation from Biszlocsun Party
IIP, an NGO composed of journalists, quite similar to UBC received a large donation, in the form of stuff, rather than funds, from Miokalia's Biszlocsun party. The organization is typically not supposed to accept money from governments as it is, by principal, supposed to be independant. However, much of the items donated are not of commodity or typical bribery fare. Armoured vehicles, GPS patches, Body armour and electronic pistols. All of these were self-defence items. Not something typically given as a bribe. Senator Tilje of Harris District explained the 'gift' as a charity act. "IIP is our closest-to-home NGO journalism entity, considering how these people put their lives on the line reporting about the world and defending free speech everyday, it is our resposibility to do something for them. We just passed an amendment which talks about our commitment to that, now this is doing something about it." Several IIP directors were present at the unveiling of the UBC memorial in Cal. "These people suffered far worse than we ever have. We plan to donate some of the items donated to us, to them.", said one spokesperson for IIP.
NCAB Investigation Nears Completion
NCAB director Deuter Dosh has publicly stated that the cause of the drive failure on Hexakka flight 12 was "beyond the shadow of a doubt" caused by the Butterfly Project Experiment. He has stated that "Had we been notified 24 hours before the experiment, we would have been able to delay the flight. But once it's going, there is no way to stop it, and no way to communicate with it, so any less than 12 hours prior we wouldn't have been able to do anything but request that the experiment be put on hold." Findings suggest that the wave has not fully diminished yet, but can no longer affect coaxial aviation at this time. Unlike waves of most other particles or substances, pucon waves are typically standing in nature, that is: they tend to stay in place rather than travel. Scientists have absolutely no idea why this is. However, what it means is that the oscillation will remain in the effected areas for a while, although it's power is now diminished enough to not impact hook charge by any more than 0.08 Dns. ".08 Dns won't hurt travel. But it is detectable.", clarified Dosh.
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Post by miokalia on Mar 5, 2007 13:02:19 GMT -5
Dorigan Times-Call
Non-Federation Detention Center Official Detained
A top director and official of a foreign (non-federation) detention facility was detained when his flight was ordered to land at Hokyldaryon International Airport unexpectedly yesterday. The flight was grounded for reasons not yet confirmed. After a half-hour delay, the plane was cleared to take off once again; minus one passenger. That passenger, who's name is not yet released is a key attourney for and director of a foreign detention center, or so-called 'immigration holding facility' outside of the federation. A spokesperson for Hokyldaryon Law Enforcement Apparat said, "The individual is suspected for unjust institutional abduction. We do not extradite for such a crime, which is a high crime here. He faces life in prison if convicted. However, we are hoping to get some names and leads from him, which if he cooperates will reduce his sentance." The individual is not a Miokalian citizen, but is being detained under the provisions of Amendment 20 as committing 'institutional injustice and inhumanity towards civilians'. According to Civil Law Patrol, the individual attempted to resist arrest after his passport was examined and then withheld. A CLP observer stated that, "He struck the window of the passport check booth twice before an armed guard struck him in the head with a baton. About 5 guards surrounded and subdued him, one of them standing on his back. The aprehending of the subject was more violent than it should have been. Subject was difficult to interview afterwards about possible injury, though the suspect appears to have not been injured by the arrest." The report coincides with the security camera footage (which is public) exactly.
The suspect was flagged as a 'despotic accessory' after reports of children being mistreated and denied civil rights for an indefinate period of time at the detention facility came out. The suspect will not be returned to his nation of origin and an ultimatim has been issued to his government to raise the standards of the facility, expedite the nationalization or deportation process of all the detainees, and to release the families at once. Or else the suspect detained will be considered a high military criminal, and thus his rights would be forfeit and he will be imprisoned indefinately.
At this time, the suspect has claimed that he was subjected to unusual punishment after arrest, including being forced to view gruesome pictures and footage of concentration camps, executions by stoning, quartering and etc..., and letters written by children from the detention facility he was in charge of. All while being screamed at, very demeaningly, in the face by an interrogator.
Secretariat of State Andertol stated that "I would personally shoot him in the face myself for what he has allowed to happen over there, were we any less civilized. The people being imprisoned there have not even harmed another person, or committed any real crimes, and they are being treated like murderers and rapists. I would expect that a person with his position would at least have the decency to order these people to be treated humanely and with some dignity, but he has gone out of his way to make these people's lives, including those of over 100 children in the facility, unjustifiably torturous."
This is the first active invokation of the amendment, and will likely not be the last. Because of the nature of the crime, and that it is a military crime, the suspect has been detained and will stand trial.
Hasegawe Motor Company Signs "Most MPG-Mindfull Driver on Earth" as Human Markets Spokesperson
Wayne Gerdes, world famous for his 'hypermiling' driving, methods for achieving feats of incredible fuel efficiency with sometimes terrifying stunts of driving skill, such as never, ever using the brake and using momentum for everything, has been signed on as Hasegawe's 'human markets' spokesperson who will appear in commercials advertising the opportunistic auto giant's all-electric reportoire in human and mammalian markets.
Malychis Creates National Anthem; After 2053 Years of Consistent Civilization
The inorganic planet has been run by the same civilization for 2053 years, but never established a national anthem, even after hundreds of years of contact with other civilizations which had them. This finally changed 82 hours ago (Last Friday - on-world), when CA - Gamma confirmed that the new anthem was now to be representative of the Republique Artificiale.
"It's a bit Russian sounding, actually", was the response of spokesperson for the Malych Embassy in Zye, "I'm not ruprized by that, but I wish it were a bit less... minor in key. Though be aware: the words to the anthem have actually been around for a very long time. You would be familiar with them especially because they were used in a speech by Tachakita Zagckza in 2152 (M.AC) here in Miokalia."
The Malych diplomatic ambassador described the new song, "It's a lot of minor-key chords... which I've been told actually sound a bit Russian romantic era-ish... although it's purely coincidence".
The anthem is primarily a symbolic act, as the nation rarely partakes in any international activities where anthems may be used.
"The choice to put the anthem, 'Hihoy' or 'Begin Paragraph' in Kohtohkhan was because that is the first organic language we came in contact with.", mentioned the spokesperson when asked why they didn't just 'put the whole thing in binary'.
"I think it's downright... melancholy, actually.", said a linguistics professor at U.Dorigan, "I mean, it's... not the usual glory-glory-victory-yay that's usually found in anthems. It's either very sentimentally lonely, cathartic or stark. I think they are trying really hard to project themselves as more emotive than they are usually preceived as. I'd say they have totally suceeded at this".
"It's not sad", explained the spokesperson, "It is sentimental. We've been around long enough to have the luxury of realizing that there are some things which are inefficient, nonquantitative and technically absurd that make existing worthwhile. We are expressing our awareness of such and making it what represents us uniquely."
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Post by miokalia on Mar 15, 2007 16:39:46 GMT -5
IIP Domestic Service Independent news for the sake of independence
Andertol Admits to Attacks on Foreign (non-fed) Government Office's COmmunications
Secretariat of state Andertol declared yesterday that it was in fact, an Executive order to tie up a foreign (non-fed) government's information bureau office's phone lines for almost a week. The claim is that almost not a single phone call could be placed, causing the bureau to loose contact with it's agents and loose fax service to other offices for a significant period of time. The office is responsible for regulating information and running one of the largest, most powerfully restrictive internet firewalls and policing systems in the world. Andertol said, "I have no regrets about doing that. I will definately order it again." An official from the office stated that, "Our affairs are our own, this action is very immature and childish" To which Andertol has issued an official reply: "Go **** yourself, you ****face." Phong issued a more diplomatically appropriate reply: "As long as you childishly destroy lives and families over stuff posted on the internet, we are going to be at the very least, a nuissance" The phone attack was conducted by international calls, being placed with a MIZCOM satellite were made to the foreign office at a rate of 3 hz. That is, three calls placed per second, which effectively blocked all phone communications coming in and going out of the office, bringing their operations to a stand-still.
Non-cooperation enforcement
This comes at a time when the decision to actually sell the assets of a few major online companies is coming before the Kuakage (Auxillary to Supreme Court). Major companies which cooperate with foreign information-policing regimes are by law, forbidden from operating in Miokalia unless they immediately cease cooperation with the foreign firewalls and policing systems. As you may remember, Yahoo was officially told by the supreme court two years ago to "Go to hell" when they refused to cease cooperation with a few foreign (non-fed) information policing regimes. The bargain met with Yahoo's lawyers was that the company had to pay for the exonoration and extraction of those it had 'betrayed' by ratting out to the info ministries. Their response is "We can't do that", to which the court then ordered Yahoo to sell their Miokalian assets to another unaffiliated company which complies with the laws... at a forced penalty-rate which cost Yahoo approximately 210 million Karats (350 Million USD). The purchaser, Tdeuh! came out on top, allegedly purchasing the real-estate assets of Yahoo for just 2% of what Yahoo paid for them. A spokesperson for Tdeuh! declined to comment or confirm this. There are unconfirmed reports that Miokalia has issued extradition requests to extradite a few key high-up individuals from Yahoo! who made the decisions to cooperate with the foreign info-police to hold a trial. They face more than 20 counts of 'accessory to despotism', 'accessory to the imprisonment of an innocent' and 'third degree abduction', 'second-degree institutional assault'. If aprehended, they will be classified as violent criminals and could receive at least 10 years in prison for each person imprisoned by their cooperation with the foreign government. Currently before the supreme court is Google. Google has already put it's assets up for sale to avoid the penalty rate, and currently the assets are likely to be purchased by HHH which will retain the rights to use the brand in Miokalia for advertising operations and rights. Of course, internet users in Miokalia are still able to access Yahoo's free services and search engine. Google will also remain accessible too. However Yahoo dropped it's Kohtohkhan language support. Google may drop the support as well, but HHH plans on using the RCS.GOOGLE.CO domain to use the same search technology and offer language support in Kohtohkhan, Niyapo and Druatch.
EiD Announces Next-Generation Beam Weapon... And it's not for Sale
NCR-based defense contractor EiD has announced that it is in the testing stages of a next-generation energy weapon. Although it is of note that the weapon is being developed exclusively for Malych use. The Miokalian government owns 70% of the company's stock and has used this to force the company to pursue ONLY a Malych integrated version of the device. The company is currently run by the family of Senator Tilje (Bp Harris), which has been known to be very friendly towards Malych interests. "We cannot allow an energy-weapon gap.", was the statement from Secretary of Defense Zagckza, "We have a lot to defend here".
CA Archive Receives Slap-On-Wrist for Attempting to Keep Historical Document Under Lock And Key
A Large historical document known as the "Recovered Compendum" which contains a great deal of history and encyclopedic natural information on things that happened on Malychis prior to the Malych gaining sentience has been re-declared accesible after an order from the Education Apparat to put the compendum back into the National Public Library of the Legislature and CA Pool. The document contains no security threats or sensitive information, primarily it just seems to be... embarassing if anything.
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Post by Kingdoms of Cal on Mar 16, 2007 23:21:12 GMT -5
Telen Times
The Militia, Tribal and Territorial forces act passed
The act, viewed by many as a paying back of debts from the civil war, that recognizes and provides funds and training for irregular Calie forces has now past royal ascent.
Under the act the army will provide weaponry, training and logistics for the over two hundred and twenty three tribal and militia units in cal. This is in addition to the fifty three territorial units of the army.
The militia and tribal forces will only be required to provide defense against invasion to their natural territory, unlike the territorial forces that can be called over seas. How ever the non-territorial forces will only receive two thirds of the pay of the territorial units when on training and nothing when not (though in many part of the commonwealth this is quiet a good income for a weekend of work).
This move has been viewed widely as an act of thanks from the commonwealth government to the many irregular warriors that joined the loyalist side on the civil war.
But from the size of the budget given to these forces suggests that this will be a quite potent self defense force. The biggest suggestion that perhaps this is a serious action to free the Calie army up is the provision of tanks and other large weapons to the the armories of the units.
Though many would think this full hardy, the actions of the Drewen tribal forces and the militia units from Teu and the baronies has suggested that they are more than capable of using such weapon quite well. As for the Teerie militia, little change is needed there as they do not appear to need trained to hold an enemy.
What has been made clear is that all non-territorial units will be taught defensive, urban and partisan methods of fighting. The act makes it very clear that this force is no more aggressive than it was before, only now it is recognized and, with luck, will be less ad-hawk.
Simply an act of organizing what was already there and giving the people better equipment and training with which to defend their towns and farms.
However the armories will remain under executive control, but the order not to open will be required if the commander of the unit believes there is a threat to prevent it from being opened.
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Post by miokalia on Mar 18, 2007 3:11:06 GMT -5
IIP Domestic Service
What's Under the Beige Curtain? Miokalia operates an overt military for the sake of hiding a much more vast covert one. The same place 8% of the government's annual budget goes. So what is it?
Though the current administration seems to be riding the wave of pacifist response after Pargalo, the defense budget still hasn't decreased since then. The government likes to point out that it is "only 10%" of the annual budget, less than most other nations. However, that 10% is a lot more than it seems. When taking into consideration exchange rates, Miokalia actually spends a vast amount on defense. That money must be going into something... why is it that we never hear about it?
When asked for an interview on the matter, we we're actually quite surprized that a top advisor to the Secretariat of Defense, Sturmm Ian accepted our request.
"The reason you don't hear specifics about what we're doing is because we don't sell our stuff, except for things like the CDP device, which have no purpose other than to prevent catastrophe. We don't give out our 'weapons' to other people and because we haven't had a war where we've needed to use it, nobody has seen them from the media.
We don't announce these things, unless they're stuff like the CDP device which we WANT everyone to have. When we do, it's exceptionally vague, or something mundane. If we announced them to the world, then there will be others developing them too.
Our solution to the arms-race gap problem is to simply NOT inform anyone what we are doing.", he said.
"So what are you doing", I asked.
"I'm not telling.", he said jokingly.
"Could you give us some vague hints?", I asked.
"Well", he said, "The philosophy of what we are trying to accomplish with our weapons is something which has caused us to pursue some areas more than others. He have no intention of ever annihilating a group of people from existence, even though we could do it. Thus most of our work is in the area of precision neutralization."
"Has militarization increased in response to Cal's increased naval presence in the Saeie sea?", I asked.
"What? Not really. Though we have taken into consideration their weapons developments. In the event they have another civil war.", he said.
"Do you have something in response to silver weapons?", I asked.
"Development of a system and tactics for neutralizing silver weapons is of high priority right now.", he said.
"What can you tell me about the 'dust' weapons", I asked.
"... heh. Well, not much really. It's our current development in the area of attack systems... yeah that's all I can tell you.", he said
"Is this similar to Erenmor's industrial nanodust? Just a reapplication?", I asked.
"No. Not even close. This isn't smartdust. This does something else", he said.
"There was an announcement recently about another generation of energy weapons. Is the C-ring HCPC not enough?", I asked
"There is no such thing as enough. C-ring is old, that's why everyone knows about it. We have a more efficient system that does the same thing now.", he said.
"Care to elaborate?"
"Nope.", he finally said.
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Post by miokalia on Mar 24, 2007 16:31:46 GMT -5
IIP Domestic Service
New Naval Equipment Revealed
Two new naval systems were seen off the East coast in the Ruka Gulf recently. The military doesn't like to announce the implementation or development of new equipment very often, but did confirm that this was a shakedown excercize involving two new Konoha-class destroyers, MZS Garobary and MZS Tshurichan and a brand-new Cthulu-class aircraft-carrier platform, the ship which has yet to be officially named. Though a spokesperson for the defense apparat said the name would likely be MZS Ellis.
Jokingly, many bloggers have suggested names like MZS Fhtagn, MZS Lovecraft, or MZS Ryleah.
With two more apparently being finished up right now, chances are someone at the defense apparat will have a sense of humor about the name taken from horror literature which was popularized recently by internet culture.
The new Konoha-class destroyers are designed to integrate with the Cthulu-class carrier in operations. The intent of the new additions is to function as support for other divisions of the armed forces. This is likely a phase-out of the older Cetacion carrier plaform. Though the most the Defense Apparat would tell us about that is that it is a 'repurposing' of the old platform.
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Post by Erenmor on Mar 25, 2007 20:05:24 GMT -5
Reprinted from a number of small-scale, independent media outlets world-wide:
A tyrant in the Federation?
We've all heard it, and most of us probably subscribe to the idea that the Federation we are part of is intended to promote peace and freedom in its nations and beyond. The idea however clashes with certain facts... Many remember, without a doubt, the liberation of Pargalo, but it was hardly as smooth as the governments would have you believe.
While nations such as Tinis and Miokalia did their best to free the people of Pargalo, at the same time they let a sinister force abuse those who had suffered the worst from the war. There are numerous reports that agents of the nation called Erenmor were carrying out experiments on Pargalonian refugees, experiments of questionable nature at best. Yet such uncomfortable facts were hushed up... Is our beloved Federation harboring a tyrant in their midst?
Erenmor itself makes it no secret that it is little more than a vast police state, where the individual has little to no rights, no privacy. Worse yet, they seem to seek to extend that condition wherever they go.
For countless decades now, Erenmor has loomed like a deadly sword over its northern neighbour of Morskoj. Their air and naval blockades have all but severed the barren, inhospitable country from badly needed foreign aid. Worse yet, it is believed that the Erenmor have been recently gathering their forces to expand their territory at Morskoj's cost, prompting Morskoj's People's Council to drastically increase defense spending, further straining their already devastated budget. Tensions are already peaking at the border between the two countries and while Morskaja has entertained the idea of a preemptive strike, they would not wish to be seen as the aggressor in this conflict - they are after all only a battered, bullied country brought to desperation by a hostile neighbour.
And yet, despite all this, several delegates from major Federation nations, among them Tinis, Miokalia and the Calie Commonwealth, continue touring Erenmor, oblivious to the true nature of this bully of the north. Can we truly stand by idly and watch as the innocent are bulldozed over for the sake of comfortable political deals?
-S.
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Post by Kingdoms of Cal on Mar 26, 2007 15:43:16 GMT -5
UBC world service starts broadcasting to Erenmor Telen Times
This morning at six am the UBC world service started broadcasting to Erenmor via several short range transmitters around the Erenmoren boarder. Unlike the UBC's normal service, the world service receives it's funding directly from the foreign office so this can be viewed as an act by the government.
Historically the Calie government has not expanded the UBC world service to Erenmor due to fears of the Erenmoren governments reaction. It would seem that the Calie government is no longer concerned.
Though the transmitters are mostly a symbolic move they also indicate that the UBC will be doing it's up most to ensure that their service will be available to the Erenmoren population uncensored no matter what the government there may try.
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Post by miokalia on Mar 28, 2007 19:15:33 GMT -5
IIP World ServiceLower House Considers Controversial Legislation Increasing Exclusivity of VisasThe bill, which mostly outside of Miokalia has been called, "Excluding, disrespectful of some cultures and generally mean", adds a page to the visa questionaire and profile paperwork that asks questions pertaining to cultural practices of the subject. One of the questions is: "Have you ever participated (witnessing does not count) in a stoning or other inclusive public execution? (If you have, you will be deported immediately and forbidden to come within 100 feet of any Miokalian, Dincotian, Daeronese or Malych territory unless a refugee appeal has been approved.)" The new requirement is not retroactive, thus no current residents or visaholders will be subject to it ex post facto. Other more controversial questions include, "Have you ever forced another individual to endure genital mutilation against their will" Arguments against the new page of personal and shocking question have been that they are "too personal and inappropriate" This appears to be the implementation of a statement made recently by Secretariat Andertol condemning public participatory executions as "something so totally morally reprehensible: that the punishment itself so far outweighs the crime being punished in the first place. To coerce a community into commiting torture and murder and to instill this into children is something that tests the highest limits of our capacities to measure evils." Senator Tilje made a short statement about it when she said, "I don't care what the crime was. If you threw a stone: you commited murder. You are a murderer. Period" The new change has also been called 'unnecessary' and 'using bureaucratic expansion to prove something'. Tinis' Zombie Thiller Does Well In Miokalia: but Much is Lost in TranslationTotally unexpected sucess is what Metofut's recent film Ilagaifer was met with when the film hit the #1 slot for 4 days last week on most major IPTV providers. This translates to a monetary sucess for the Tinisian film as while IPTV movies are cheaper than theatres, they have wider audience and more volume. Attributed to the sucess are a few key observations: 1. The translation was rushed and the subtitles in Kohtohkhan have turned a thriller/action movie into a strange combination of abstract dialgoue bordering on enlightened nonsense at times. 2. The Inxakin story is not common knowledge in Miokalia and thus: The appearence and behaviour of the 'fast zombies' has an entirely different cultural meaning. One reviewer said, "Someone somewhere decided to use the red connotative in the subtitled version when anyone refers to the zombies... which is sort-of accurate, but not in the way they wanted to use it... That changes the meaning of what's being said so that while the zombies are clearly causing havoc, people keep refering to them as 'The vengence monsters' rather than 'Zombies' The meaning is quite different. They are implying that they can be reasoned with, in our zombie mythology: they existed only to atone for something, and didn't seek the flesh of anyone but specific targets. Thus the meaning is completely different. Also how only one auxillary verb is used in place of all of them throughout the whole movie. That's unexpectedly poetic, but no doubt the result of a rush-job... or is it? It's so weird, that people apparently like it. I think it was done that way on purpose." There has been talk about how a Miokalian director should make this into a film fad and produce a zombie movie too. However, the film would likely not make sense in other cultures. "Dincotian zombies are rational, Daeronese zombies are supernatural and actually benevolent and Malych don't really have any mythos around 'the undead'. So we're at a bit of a problem here. Of course we could just emulate the horror zombie model, but then it wouldn't do so well because it would be seen as copying Ilagaifer. So perhaps we should just rely on everyone else to make those kinds of horror movies. They're better at it.", said a film critic for IIP news. Andertol Pushes to Have Niyapo Declared A Secondary National LangaugeNiyapo, a Sino-Edorian language which has been considered De Jure in many places in the NCR, is spoken by most of the feline and mammalian minority population of Miokalia. Andertol recently made a suggestion, after acknowledging some recent protests for the language's recognition, to the Lower House to create a bill that declares the langauge a secondary national language. Since the overwhelming majority of the population is Kohtohkhan-speaking, and only less than 10% speaks Niyapo, the status of an 'official language' is both impractical and not appropriate. Already, many signs feature text in at least Niyapo in addition to Kohtohkhan.
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Post by Kingdoms of Cal on Mar 29, 2007 18:57:02 GMT -5
Miokalia goes further to ban circumcision Teerfur
In a move that none here expected Miokalia has banned anyone involved in circumcision of newborn from entering their nation. This is only from the Calie reading of the law, as a new born can not give consent then it must be viewed as against their consent.
This is unusual as Cal has banned the practice but not those involved in the practice due to the fact that this would ban many leaders of the new age faiths from our nation. Such as the Jewish, Muslims and some Christians.
Though many of us wouldn't view that as much a loss.
The exception being the loss of the Jews who seem to be a nice quiet group, even as microscopic minority. If a little odd, but they don't seem inclined to push things on people.
I suspect a blind eye is being turned to their odd beliefs, providing certain practices they carry out on their young are carried out, out with Cal.
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Post by miokalia on Mar 29, 2007 21:36:36 GMT -5
IIP Domestic Service
Visa Bill Stalls under Foreign Misinterpretation
The bill to increase exclusivity of visas has stalled under foreign media pressure as a result of a misinterpretation. A Teerie-based report stated that the bill would exclude those involved in circumcision from receiving visas. Perhaps due to the way the bill was paraphrased by Miokalian media outlets. While circumcision in Dinosaurian cultures is not only unnecessary, but actually damaging to the body, Male mammalian circumcision is not considered under the umbrella statement of 'genital mutilation'. Specifically, the bill refers to acts of "forcing of youths to undergo unnecessary and biologically damaging alterations to their genitals", and specifically targets the practice of female circumcision. However, it is likely this section will be removed as it has become too controversial and is being seen as too exclusive.
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Post by The Union of Tinis on Mar 29, 2007 23:20:46 GMT -5
The Daily Rox
Half Measures Are Useless
Now before I begin, I don't want people jumping down my throat about hating culture or religion X. I don't. What is to follow is my honest opinion about a specific set of practices and not an attack on any one's faith or heritage. Also, this is my blog, so there's not much you can do about my statements anyway.
As many of you probably read in Greese-Monkey's post earlier, there is a visa bill up for debate in Miokalia that would refuse entry to those involved in biologically harmful genitle mutliation. What I find excessively odd though is the exception for male circumcision. This practice is illegal to perform on anyone in Tinis until they give written consent for a reason. The so called surgery to perform male circumcision is traditionally done on infants and without anesthetics. The process removes, at best, a collection of sensitive nerve bundles that are irreplacable and do not grow back, thus dulling physical sensation in that region for life. On top of that, there are many inherit dangers involved, espeically when done by someone other than a trained medical professional, including permenante damage, development of excessive scar tissue, and abnormal growth if done early in life.
One of the reasons I'm a Socialist as opposed to a Unionist or a leftist Nationalist is because I don't mind calling a barbaric practice a barbaric practice, which this is. There are modernized nations today where this operation is routine for no reason what so ever beyond misconceptions about biology. Misconceptions perpetuated by the very medical community that is supposed to be 'doing no harm'. As for cultural use of it, my question is, why? Why continue this practice in this modern day? Does having a little extra skin make one so unworthy that one can never be embraced by the divine? It boggles my mind that such obserdity exists despite the dangers and the evidence against the procedure of male circumcision. I know its more common in humans than not, but that's no reason to not be outraged. Just like former Governor Norber's cancer wouldn't be something to find pleasure in just because he's a Nationalist. We're all in this togeather folks. If they really wanted to take a stand against dangerous practices and mutilations (of which some claim other forms of mutilation are culturally based as well I might add), then the Miokalians should really stand against it all.
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Post by miokalia on Apr 1, 2007 1:26:02 GMT -5
IIP World Service
OMGWTFBBQ: Malych Begin Planetary Invasion
For years they emulated us with increasingly perfect accuracy, pretending to not have ambitions on total colonization at the expense of the residents of this planet. But today, we see that this is not true.
In an unexpected, totally unforeseen move, a vast force of hundreds of units, loaded with particle cannons began incinerating their way north and are headed towards the bulk of the federation. The Coleotam Ring device has been revealed to really by a much more sinister system as it has fired several beams of mysterious composition towards the planet and have caused it to begin loosing it's gravitational field. The act has only been interpreted as a 'deconstruction of the planet' by Dincotians, who were intitially surprized, but then later somewhat complacent. The reason was later revealed when Hiyike Andertol surrendered the entire species to the Malych in order to hopefully spare them. The Acta, as well as the Erenmoren system have both also declared that they too, were part of the plot all along. All three have had our destruction planned out for a long time as it would seem.
Scientific, Spiritual and Political experts agree: there will be no tomorrow.
Because today... is April Fools' Day!
And nothing here has happened
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Post by The Most Holy Sandwich on Apr 1, 2007 16:07:32 GMT -5
[Test pattern] The following is a special foreign broadcast of the Imperial news network. If you nation is jamming our broadcast, then you may return to your normally scheduled broadcast as you won't be seeing this anyways.. [Scene cuts to News room.] Good evening, I'm your announcer Bob Worcestershire-sourkraut, and this is the evening news. Early this morning, a team of supposed "UN weapons inspectors" was apprehended ands swiftly deported. One of the miscreants went on record as saying "What sort of lunatics put bayonet lugs on meat slicers?!" In response, a Cheddar marine pistol-whipped him with the aforementioned weapon a before tossing the UN apostate back over the border. In other news, a representative of the Ecclesiarchy gave an official statement in regards to the recent upswing in Pastaferian activity. the verdict? "Arr, We be liking thar fried noodle sammichs, matey." And now for something completely different. [scene shifts to a suburban living room where two women are gossiping and having tea.] [doorbell rings] Woman: There’s someone at the door. [doorbell rings again] Woman: Hold on, I’ll be there in jest a moment. [scene shifts again to the front step, where a man wearing business suit, fedora, black face mask taps his foot impatiently. He holds a silenced pistol in one hand.] [the door opens slightly, and the woman peers out] Man: Assassin calling. Woman: Ere? What was that? Man: Assassin calling. Woman: Well I’ve already paid the bills. The money’s in the mail, and I ain’t giving you no more this month. Assassin: I’m not a bill collector, Ma’am. Woman: Well I already gots an hoover and an encyclopedia. I don’t need no more of those. Assassin:*sighs* I’m not a salesman, I’m an assassin. Woman: Well... *hesitates* I suppose it’s a’ight then. Wot is it you want? [door opens, and the woman steps out on the patio] Assassin: Is this the Rochester-Wensleydale residence? Woman: It is. Assassin: And you’re Mrs. Rochester-Wensleydale, I presume? Woman: I am. Wot’ it to you? Assassin: Yes, ma’am, I’ve been hired by your neighbor Mrs. Finklemeyer-Hauptman to kill you. Woman: This won’t take very long, Will it? I gots company waiting. Assassin: I promise this will only take a second. [scene zooms out to show entire neighborhood] [silenced gunshots] [scene switches back to studio] Announcer: And now for the evening weather. Tonight, highs in the upper sixties, lows 55, partly cloudy, with a slight chance for assassins. Tomorrow, Highs in the seventies, low sixty-eight, breezes to the southwest, bright and sunny, thirty percent chance of mimes. On to sports… the Empire has been banned by the International Athletic committee from competing in any and all sporting competitions for the 58th consecutive year in a row. Among the reasons cited are “Improper conduct”, “illegal use of truncheons”, Illegal use of genetically altered Super soldiers”, “manhandling an official”, “woman handling an official”, “assassination of mimes”, “illegal use of Tabasco sauce” and ”not taking the ****ed game seriously enough.” The Ecclesiarchy’s response was, as always, to send the IAC a bottle of wine, a wheel of cheese and a basket of raspberries. [Scene shifts to the same suburban neighborhood. Waiting at the doors of all the houses are masked men in black business suits, sporting fedoras and silenced pistols.] [studio] Announcer: A recent bill passed in Miokalia may have had the unintended effect of banning the entirety of the Most Holy Crusading Empire of the Most Holy Sandwich from ever visiting them. The Empire is expected to inquire on the issue within the next few days. And now for the mime report.. [pause for mime report] In other international news, the UN is still incompetent.
Assassin: Assassin calling. [roll credits]
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Varro
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Post by Varro on Apr 1, 2007 18:07:40 GMT -5
House of Wisdom Special Report
Naraemat InvadesThis Sunday, the largest movement of troops in decades occurred when the Secondary General of the Armed Forces acted in compliance with authority from the Crown. Over one-hundred and fifty thousand troops moved out into Chapelon and Caldarvier to the West of Erenmor, Appennini and Kien-Ohk on the west coast, and Tsunari to the North of Naraemat in order to quell political unrest in those areas. Joint operations also occurred in cooperation with the Kingdoms of Cal to apprehend raiders and pirates around the Southern Gulf area and North of Cal. It is expected that all military operations will be in full swing this Monday at their respective locations. Below is a map of the federation, with current operation areas highlighted in gold.
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