[eUK] - For our return to Democracy and healing our society
Huey George
Introduction
It's been a while since I published an article via the Daily eWorker. Erep and my real-life has recently got me thinking about real life values such as inclusion, equality, diversity, tolerance and respect in our e-society.
This article won't be about the current Dictatorship (as there are a few well written about) however perhaps the future we can look forward to beyond it. (Already! I know however the eUK is at the best when we are in a democracy and this is just a bump in the road as a return to democracy is inevitable)
Recently lots of opposing viewpoints have been debated with vigour, intensity and heat which can be accepted as we can’t be expected to agree on everything, all the time. However, when conflict is mismanaged, it can cause harm. Perhaps as far as some hurt feelings in a browser game. I think we can all agree that we've witnessed some inability from all involved to recognise and respond to the things that matter to the others
In real-life the House of Commons aims to provide a positive, inclusive working environment where people are valued for the skills and experience that they bring to work. Its aim is to be representative of the society we serve. This means making parliament more accessible, diverse and free from discrimination.
It'd serve our community well if we had similar aims and perhaps encourage healthy responses to conflict.
Some brief research
As words like inclusion, equality, diversity, tolerance and respect hold different meanings for people. However, I've attempted to outline each below;
Inclusion should be seen as a universal e-citizen right. The aim of inclusion is to embrace all people irrespective of race, gender, disability, medical or other need. It is about giving equal access and opportunities and getting rid of discrimination and intolerance (removal of barriers).
Equality is not always about treating everyone the same – it is about treating people in such a way that the outcome for each person can be the same. This means putting things in place to support people to achieve similar outcomes.
Diversity - Real-life British politicians of all persuasions used to promote diversity as one of the jewels in the crown of our society. Diversity was viewed as a visible indication of the vibrancy of an inclusive, multicultural society, something to be celebrated and reflected throughout all levels of society. We should embrace this in our e-society as it'll encourage us to see others viewpoints more clearly.
Tolerance - is the ability or willingness to tolerate the existence of opinions or behaviour that one dislikes or disagrees with. I feel tolerance should also enable a capacity to empathize with the other person’s viewpoint.
Respect is when you feel admiration and deep regard for an individual. You believe that the person is worthy of your regard and admiration because of the good qualities and capabilities that they hold.
It can take the form of treating people with courtesy, politeness, and kindness. Encourage others to express opinions and ideas. Never insulting people, use name calling, disparage or put down people or their ideas. You do not constantly criticize little things, belittle, judge, demean or patronise. (A series of seemingly trivial actions added up over time, constitutes bullying). You can give praise much more frequently than you criticize. Respect can be shown in many other forms
Time to heal
Whilst our community in the eUK does demonstrate a lot of the above often. We need these values to be at our core once again and celebrated.
From now on I call for all sides of the argument to remain calm, non-defensive, and respectful with their reactions
We need a readiness to forgive and forget and to move past conflicts without holding resentments or anger
We all need the ability to seek compromise and avoid punishing.
We all need to be positive, inclusive and tolerate.
We all need to value all citizens for the skills and experience that they bring.
We need to follow the eRepublik Laws and act within the Terms of Service that we all entered into when we signed up. It help defines what we should expect when we are here and perfectly fair to expect all citizens to honour eRepublik Laws and act within the Terms of Service.
In Practice
We can start this today. We are at the start of a new Congressional term and we are building towards a return to democracy. If all member of Congress come together, forgive the past and take counsel from what I've written, we could have an energic positive and productive Congress and wider society where we work past differences and achieve great success for the eUK.
Please show your support in the comments below.
TLDR - Let's turn over a new leaf today so when democracy returns it will be in a positive, inclusive community where all citizens are valued for the skills and experience that they bring.
I may be a dreamer on this one, however, wouldn't it be a wonderful thing for the eUK.
Thanks for reading
Author
Huey George
Owner, Press Director and Editor of The Daily eWorker
Founder and Party President of The Workers' Rights Party
Owner of 462-477 Engineering, Industrial, Manufacturing and Agricultural Concerns
Founding member of the Co-Operative of Equitable Pioneers
Founder of the Free British Irregulars Military Unit
Former Minister of Finance / Governor of the United Kingdom
Former Member of Congress(Parliament)
Former Speaker of the House
Former Minister of Home Affairs (Minister of Education)
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs
Former Country President/Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Comments
>In real-life the House of Commons aims to provide a positive, inclusive working environment
perhaps the Canadian one...
Haha - No it is ours. That is taken from their Diversity Strategy 2015 – 2018
I encourage you to watch some 'yes, minister' if you believe in the meaningfulness of the title...
well right now I have most or all the actual powah so there's no reason for fighting and division as there's nothing to argue over.
You may or may not be surprised that the last Congress was still exchanging messages containing division and argument after the success of your MTO...
I imagine that they were limited to the event of the coup itself and were amplified by the loss of buttahn privilege rather then arguments over policy
I recall egomania as a major topic
Typical Leftie buzzwords. Shame no one was spouting this when Spite implemented his apartheid...
Then again us Pirates are the N***ers of the eUK!
I do regret that I didn't speak up sooner...there were potentially some other options that could have been explored by Congress ourselves rather than leaving the decision to the executive. I actually quite like and respect a large proportion of the Pirates Congressional Members and party membership. However, I underestimated how hard the Pirates were hurt by the decision and felt Spite tried his best to avoid making it.
naggers?
i read that wrong 🙁
Racist
tl:dr
Let's all sit in a circle, sing kumbaya, and play at being "Mr. Nice Guy"
I agree in general with you, but at the moment I personally think the Dictatorship is a better option.
And generally there weren't any problems, jamesw had a good few term, I don't think any party attacked him or sabotaged his work, I for one supported him. With Spite we had problems and when you attack us, we hit back 100 times more harder at you, using any means necessary... But there is no Spite now, UKsF does a better job of running the country than him, with the Dictatorship he hasn't got the obstacle called Congress, which tbh hasn't been effective for a long time. We will see what will the future bring...
You guys were littering the Parliament chat message with racism, homophobia, and disgust and then you got angry when the rest didn't want to play with you. So your solution was to shit in the sandbox and wallow in it.
And all of that was also because of Spite.
No regrets for my actions.
He FORCED US to be RACIST!
He just brought the spam on himself, you people just happened to be there...
Btw, there was also racism and insult posts during jamesw's term, but that was out internal game who can get away with not getting a ff point and what is the most ff points one can get before getting a content block or a ban and stuff like that (be use there was not much happening and we were bored), but during Spite's term it was more personal.
What racism was this? I believe this was quite a massive point of contention at the time, nobody really said anything particularly abhorrent.
And I don't like the "forced to be racist", I am racist because I want to be, sue me for liking Israel more than the sand n*****...
Yeah, actual racist comments were on the national feed during jamesw's term, no one actually said anything racist in the Congress message during Spite's term, ok, today everything is racism, thank you pc
Ffs, this guy, whoever he is, actually made me believe that I was racist and homophobic in Congress, actually the only thing I did was constantly asking the question would we support ePalestine or eIsrael...valid question.
accidentally getting convinced you were racist again, happened at the time as well lmao
My God this guys a right snowflake!
What was said that was racist? The biggest point of contention was myself asking who Spite would want to win in a fight between a Muslim and a Jew, that in and off itself is not a racist statement. Seeing as Islam does not distinguish between race, in their view you are either a believer or your not. That white ginger (they always seem to be ginger) Muslim is not seen as being any less of a Muslim due to the hue of his skin colour. Many Jews consider themselves to be white. If anyone is showing racist tendencies it’s you by thinking all Muslims are brown people!
Racism is the belief that certain races are superior to others, you have never seen me utter such nonsense. Using certain words does not imply racism, context is important and should be taken into consideration when dishing out such accusations. Simply uttering the word Nigel does not make one a racist. Saying I hate Nigel’s due to their low IQs and tendency for criminal activities is a racist statement. Simply saying the word Nigel is not.
Just because you wish to use the racist label as a weapon does not give you the right to change the definition.
"sand n*****"
Yes, your point?
I'd say the term would generally be regarded as highly offensive to the vast majority. Although you did apply some self-censorship I'd suggest you consider a non-offensive term in the future. This isn't a directive, it is a suggestion to you as free to speak as you like however you are highly likely to cause offence using the term and most likely in breach of the eRepublik Laws / terms of service even with the self-censorship imposed.
Offence is subjective...
Yes, true hence why we must all consider our use of words and terms in public wisely to minimise to offence others may take (plus be ready to say sorry if offence caused unintentionally). It costs nothing to do so and in fact should give the person doing so a nice feeling.
Unless you, yourself, are a Sand Nigel, I don’t see why you should be offended. I find people taking offence on behalf of others to be a major reason why we have the issues we do. People can take offence to pretty much anything nowadays. How about we grow thicker skin and stop virtue signaling in order to appear righteous.
Targeting an individual due to their race, ethnicity or social class is wrong and should be called out, I agree. But I don’t see PN targeting individuals, only making generalisations.
"People can take offence to pretty much anything nowadays. How about we grow thicker skin and stop virtue signaling in order to appear righteous."
Or you could just not be trash . ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
"Targeting an individual due to their race, ethnicity or social class is wrong and should be called out, I agree. But I don’t see PN targeting individuals, only making generalisations."
Calling a person "n******" is bad
Calling an entire group of people "n******" is fine.
Gotcha
You are learning...
Correction, not "n******", but "sand n******".
And my aim was to offend that group of people, if other people are offended, they should feel free to report my posts. I'll continue using that term, which I mainly aim at a certain group of Palestinians, from the ones that throw rocks at the army to the worst kind which are actually terrorists. I have a few Israeli friends and a cousin who lives there, I plan to go to Tel Aviv and Jerusalem this winter (if they don't go to war there 😁), I can express myself about the other side however I want, take appropriate action against my posts.
You are a sad, strange little man, and you have my pity. Farewell .
So I am wrong if I call terrorists or even simple rock throwers "sand n*****"? (I'm not talking about all Palestinians) Maybe I should apologize to them?
They deserve to be called even worse...
I have your pity, you can have my **** up your *** 😘
I kinda miss jamesw tbh
James and Dave 🙁
jimmyw understood... he was also man enough to not feel threatened and feel the need to use accusations as a political weapon.
God bless that raging homosexual!
Wise words, Huey.