Right to Life News: Statement on LCN Relations

[Kylia Quilor]

Putting something in quotes doesn't make it not a thing.

[RiderSyl]

Oh good, more Lazarus. Just what we needed.

[Christian Democrats]

Putting something in quotes doesn't make it not a thing.

They're called scare quotes or sneer quotes:

Quotation marks used to emphasize a word or phrase or to indicate its special status, especially to express doubt about its validity or to criticize its use. (American Heritage Dictionary, underline added)

[McMasterdonia]

It's only been a few weeks so there is still time for this whole thing to be aborted and avoid disaster. Right to Life should be helping Funkadelia not judging his decisions or mistakes. If he is too young or if his Delegacy is as you suggest illegitimate, he must either abort it or give the Delegacy to a loving home who can give it a normal life.

[Ever-Wandering Souls]

It's only been a few weeks so there is still time for this whole thing to be aborted and avoid disaster. Right to Life should be helping Funkadelia not judging his decisions or mistakes. If he is too young or if his Delegacy is as you suggest illegitimate, he must either abort it or give the Delegacy to a loving home who can give it a normal life.

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I see what you did there.

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CD, to put my original comment more eloquently, what exactly is RTL going to do here? Send good vibes? Actually get it's endorsements involved?

[Kylia Quilor]

Putting something in quotes doesn't make it not a thing.

They're called scare quotes or sneer quotes:

Quotation marks used to emphasize a word or phrase or to indicate its special status, especially to express doubt about its validity or to criticize its use. (American Heritage Dictionary, underline added)

Yes, let's patronize me instead of understanding the point I was making.

And you wonder why I don't like you, CD.

[Phydios]

They're called scare quotes or sneer quotes:

Quotation marks used to emphasize a word or phrase or to indicate its special status, especially to express doubt about its validity or to criticize its use. (American Heritage Dictionary, underline added)

Yes, let's patronize me instead of understanding the point I was making.

And you wonder why I don't like you, CD.

That's an explanation, not patronizing. CD understood your point quite well, I think, and underlined part of the given definition as an indirect explanation. By using quotes around the title of "King", the authors are expressing doubt about the title's validity or criticizing its application to Funk.

[Killer Kitty]

By using quotes around the title of "King", the authors are expressing doubt about the title's validity or criticizing its application to Funk.

The title of "King" and "Queen" are historic to Lazarus and have been part of the region's history since at least 2004. I myself was elected King of Lazarus back in 2006, and Harm served her first term as Lazarus delegate after being elected as Queen right after my term.

Phydios, you seem to be very fixated on this term for some reason, when it's meaning isn't anything close to a traditional monarchy at all when applied to Lazarus.

[Kanglia]

It's only been a few weeks so there is still time for this whole thing to be aborted and avoid disaster. Right to Life should be helping Funkadelia not judging his decisions or mistakes. If he is too young or if his Delegacy is as you suggest illegitimate, he must either abort it or give the Delegacy to a loving home who can give it a normal life.

... Clever

[Phydios]

By using quotes around the title of "King", the authors are expressing doubt about the title's validity or criticizing its application to Funk.

The title of "King" and "Queen" are historic to Lazarus and have been part of the region's history since at least 2004. I myself was elected King of Lazarus back in 2006, and Harm served her first term as Lazarus delegate after being elected as Queen right after my term.

Phydios, you seem to be very fixated on this term for some reason, when it's meaning isn't anything close to a traditional monarchy at all when applied to Lazarus.

Don't come to me with criticisms of the wording. I did not contribute to this article in any way. I'm just explaining it as best I know how.

[Christian Democrats]

CD, to put my original comment more eloquently, what exactly is RTL going to do here? Send good vibes? Actually get it's endorsements involved?

According to the statement: "Funkadelia was legitimately elected to be the delegate of Lazarus and continues to serve in that position." The statement does not recognize the resistance government, and it does not call on Funkadelia to step down. The position of the Right to Life government, at this time, is rather simple: Funkadelia is the legitimate delegate, but he's acting illegally, so he should "reverse course."

[Ever-Wandering Souls]

CD, to put my original comment more eloquently, what exactly is RTL going to do here? Send good vibes? Actually get it's endorsements involved?

According to the statement: "Funkadelia was legitimately elected to be the delegate of Lazarus and continues to serve in that position." The statement does not recognize the resistance government, and it does not call on Funkadelia to step down. The position of the Right to Life government, at this time, is rather simple: Funkadelia is the legitimate delegate, but he's acting illegally, so he should "reverse course."

Send *bad* vibes, got it.

[United Massachusetts]

By using quotes around the title of "King", the authors are expressing doubt about the title's validity or criticizing its application to Funk.

The title of "King" and "Queen" are historic to Lazarus and have been part of the region's history since at least 2004. I myself was elected King of Lazarus back in 2006, and Harm served her first term as Lazarus delegate after being elected as Queen right after my term.

Phydios, you seem to be very fixated on this term for some reason, when it's meaning isn't anything close to a traditional monarchy at all when applied to Lazarus.

You know, I wrote the original draft to this (before Christian Democrats edited it), so I feel kind of obligated to defend my usage of the term. The Celestial Mandate, which we still recognize as the legitimate Constitution of Lazarus, as opposed to your hammering through of an anti-democratic monarchy, does not have a monarchy. As such, we reject the monarchy as illegitimate.

[Solorni]

Does the Lazarene resistance welcome the support from the far/alternative right wing Right to Life?

[United Massachusetts]

Does the Lazarene resistance welcome the support from the far/alternative right wing Right to Life?

The "far right", yeah--where we have a whole political party of liberals, the second largest in our region. Where the Director of News and the Justice of the Peace are open left-wingers. Where a member of our region participated in AntiFa and our army helped fight against Nazi Europe. Where discrimination is banned on account of race, sex, gender, politics, age, and religion. Where an open atheist and Bernie Sanders volunteer can be elected to the Senate.

Seriously, stop it. These accusations are getting old.

[Solorni]

Not sure if token liberals outweigh official embassies with Nazi regions. So, in the immortal words of James Riley "when I see a bird that walks like a duck and swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, I call that bird a duck".

My question was if the resistance welcomed support from regions like yours.

[Aclion]

Not sure if token liberals outweigh official embassies with Nazi regions. So, in the immortal words of James Riley "when I see a bird that walks like a duck and swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, I call that bird a duck".

My question was if the resistance welcomed support from regions like yours.

Read the statement very carefully. Nowhere does it express RtL intention to support the resistance. It is purely a condemnation of Funk's government.

[United Massachusetts]

Not sure if token liberals outweigh official embassies with Nazi regions. So, in the immortal words of James Riley "when I see a bird that walks like a duck and swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, I call that bird a duck".

My question was if the resistance welcomed support from regions like yours.

Name me a Nazi region that we have embassies with, considering that we have a law banning the formation of Nazi parties in our region.

[Guy]

Alternative topic title: "Is KAISERREICH a Nazi region, round 423"

[Ikania]

Does the Lazarene resistance welcome the support from the far/alternative right wing Right to Life?

What we certainly do is reject the ridiculous conclusion that an active anti-abortion region is part of the far right wing and some kind of beacon of alt-right extremism.

We appreciate this statement, is the least I can say.

[Solorni]

In any case, why is a region dedicated to getting rid of women's rights getting involved in Lazarus? Most political regions are staying out of it beyond defender and raider ones.

[United Massachusetts]

In any case, why is a region dedicated to getting rid of women's rights getting involved in Lazarus? Most political regions are staying out of it beyond defender and raider ones.

Have you not read the dispatch?

[Solorni]

Yes, but still. Don't you guys worry that your condemnation does more harm than good?

[Cresenthia]

Does the Lazarene resistance welcome the support from the far/alternative right wing Right to Life?

What we certainly do is reject the ridiculous conclusion that an active anti-abortion region is part of the far right wing and some kind of beacon of alt-right extremism.

We appreciate this statement, is the least I can say.

This seems to be one of the few sane things being said in the whole Lazarus fiasco.

[United Massachusetts]

Yes, but still. Don't you guys worry that your condemnation does more harm than good?

You're the only one who appears to be unjustifiably angry about our involvement in gameplay. It seems you just want RTL to, I don't know, cease-to-exist?