I'm gonna get in trouble...or, it's better to die on your feet.
Ranger Bob
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Ok
I'm off the fence for a while on the following issue. I sincerely apologise to the people who I respect that disagree with me, but I'm not naming names, and I am more than happy for you to have your view. But please. Let me have mine.
THAT SAID....
I have learned that the eAus Senate is considering a "deal" over renting the Northern Territory to eIndonesia, in return for their cessation of PTO hostilities. Sure, one region, in return for our possibly keeping the remainder. Sure, a popular move to many, and one which would at least mean next month, if the deal held, you could fly the union jack and southern cross proudly.
But, _proudly_?
Look guys, I was involved in Government for quite a whiles (look me up sometime). I would like to think I have proven my loyalties are to eAus in the end, without prejudice to any foreign alliances, be they EDEN or other. I know some disagree, but at all times all I have care about is the community we keep, and the people I know and love in this game.
BUT - I am very concerned about this deal. I will explain why.
1> I am concerned it would not be kept. From what I have seen, eIndo is out to hurt us. I like a lot of the people from eIndo individually - heck, look me up on facebook and I know a lot of them. But, they were pissed off at how we got our nation back, and heck, were you in PHEONIX, would _you_ like us on their doorstep? Or more to the point, the pathway for their allies? While I trust some key players from their side, I am concerned that were you to do this deal, you would not end up with it honoured. They do NOT trust US. We do NOT trust THEM. This is a temp fix folks, and at what cost? This leads to my second point...
2> What does that make _us_ as a nation? Look, for good or ill, we picked a side. We did the deals we did, and EDEN helped when it counted. Do you really think if we do this deal we will be considered a moral player anymore? If we do this deal, we are in effect going to have to rely totally on eIndo returning the region if/when they are ready, no matter how much we deal. AND, the worst part of all, it will be _very_ hard to convince another alliance down the track (even PHEONIX or it's successor) that we are honestly on their (or anyone else's) side.
Look - I love this nation. But I have said in other articles, we are more than just 6 regions. We are a community. And, though it pains me terribly to say it, sometimes you have to let go of something you love, even temporarily, to maintain WHO YOU ARE. I don't think this is the right course for us to take, and I guess that is the true point of my article.
We can sacrifice an awful lot - but we need to mindful of who we are, and not lose that which makes us that.
This is my 0.02 cents in the matter. I know I will get flamed terribly for it, but please respect I am speaking nothing else but my view on this matter. We may go down in the view of pixels on a screen, but as a community we are far from dead - and as long as there are people in #ausrep, we never will.
🙂
Ranger
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to all eAustralian, Please Move to eUSA n call for help
remember last time ya did a deal/peace treaty with Indonesia..........They invaded you.
Hopefully you learned your lesson from that experience.
I agree Cozza, we cannot rent out a piece of land, they will take it.
28 V and 4 C
where's Aussies?
downunder have like 20m people and 4 showed up here??
knp saya bisa nyasar ke koran-koran oz? :facepalm
Well said, Ranger Bob! I couldn't agree more. We should never ever trust eIndo PTO'ers. Hopefully there will be more and more eIndo's who are on our side in the future and they'll put an end to this whole PTO madness. Until then we must keep fighting with all our strength!
All of the objections you have I brought (by myself) and ignored. Certain people have been talking with the eIndo's for a while and influencing our own government in the process.
It's a deal that is five levels past dumb, designed to keep wannabe powerplayers in the game.
This is why I love ranger.
RANGER YOU BEASTTTTTTTTTTT
Zaney is proud 😃
100% true - if eIndo had any morality, then fine. But I hope people aren't so forgetful and remember, it was only a couple of months ago that they convinced XG to propose peace, then invaded eAustralia while to proposal was at a vote.
They have proven time and time again to be untrustworthy.
why we want to rent NT when we can get all of your teritory? 😃
lol
Voted, because Ranger who wrote it
I endorse this.
give us your last stand plox
Agreed, this is kinda gay.. I want a public referendum.
I endorse this Message x2
It's way better to die on your feet, than to slowly fade away as an indonesian puppet, do you really think they will let go of their citizenship?
If we bow to eIndo and give them what they want, we might as well just bow our heads in shame. This is our land and we will take it back from these cheating cowards.
I endorse this Message, and so do my multies.
Wadooo..
Nyasar nih saya...
wkwk
Agreed.
I agree and support this message...
This is exactly what was needed to be said.