Subject: [smof-politics] Current affairs and overreactions
From: "Yayoi Fujisawa" (mamabear@stellvia.lib)
Reply-To: smof-politics@smofcon.fen
Date: 3/18/2014, 6:11 AM
Folks, I'm not used to speaking for my faction, so please forgive any mistakes I make here.
I just spoke with Queen Serenity in my capacity as Sailor Stellvia. She's speaking with all the Named Sailors about the proposal that Sailor Atalante put forward yesterday. For those who haven't heard about it yet, it's regarding the possibility of armed conflict over the outcome of the hearings between the United States Congress and the Voenno-Vozdushnye Sily that are scheduled to begin today.
First, as of this posting, the hearings haven't even started yet. Let's not fly off the handle; that will only encourage Congress to think the worst of us.
Second, I have standing instructions from Noah that Stellvia is not to initiate military action against any Earthbound political entity. I've relayed that to Queen Serenity, and am now informing everyone else of this standing policy.
While it would be foolish to ignore the possibility, it's extremely unlikely that the US would stage an attack against any political entity in space because of the large number of Australian citizens Up. I believe that a preemptive US attack against known Australians would put the ANZUS Pact in jeopardy, and they can't afford that right now.
Also, we're all tired from fighting a war against the Boskonians. Are we really ready to take up arms again, and watch as more of our friends and comrades die? Especially if it's only over our pride?
Noah will be back from his honeymoon on the 23rd; if he chooses to change this, he'll do so then, but unless and until that happens, this is official Stellvia policy on this matter: We are not preparing to re-arm.
Yayoi Fujisawa, Vice-President, Stellvia Corporation
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
From: "Yayoi Fujisawa" (mamabear@stellvia.lib)
Reply-To: smof-politics@smofcon.fen
Date: 3/18/2014, 6:11 AM
Folks, I'm not used to speaking for my faction, so please forgive any mistakes I make here.
I just spoke with Queen Serenity in my capacity as Sailor Stellvia. She's speaking with all the Named Sailors about the proposal that Sailor Atalante put forward yesterday. For those who haven't heard about it yet, it's regarding the possibility of armed conflict over the outcome of the hearings between the United States Congress and the Voenno-Vozdushnye Sily that are scheduled to begin today.
First, as of this posting, the hearings haven't even started yet. Let's not fly off the handle; that will only encourage Congress to think the worst of us.
Second, I have standing instructions from Noah that Stellvia is not to initiate military action against any Earthbound political entity. I've relayed that to Queen Serenity, and am now informing everyone else of this standing policy.
While it would be foolish to ignore the possibility, it's extremely unlikely that the US would stage an attack against any political entity in space because of the large number of Australian citizens Up. I believe that a preemptive US attack against known Australians would put the ANZUS Pact in jeopardy, and they can't afford that right now.
Also, we're all tired from fighting a war against the Boskonians. Are we really ready to take up arms again, and watch as more of our friends and comrades die? Especially if it's only over our pride?
Noah will be back from his honeymoon on the 23rd; if he chooses to change this, he'll do so then, but unless and until that happens, this is official Stellvia policy on this matter: We are not preparing to re-arm.
Yayoi Fujisawa, Vice-President, Stellvia Corporation
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012