Robbeneiland Parliamentary Elections

by **Globexanter** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 3:00 pm

" Anyway, enough talk. Let's see if this is still as good as it was those years ago. Cups out. " said Williams as he took the lid off and started pouring the whiskey.

by **Free Tristania** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 3:01 pm

"Cups out." The men held their cups ready while the whiskey got poured in.

by **Globexanter** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 3:03 pm

Williams poured everyone a drink then did himself, then put the half full bottle back in the bag.

" Cheers. " he said out loud, lifting his glass up a bit.

by **Free Tristania** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 3:05 pm

'Cheers. To peace and to the new colony !" Cole said out loud. "Cheers !" the others responded.

by **Globexanter** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 3:06 pm

" Barely peaceful. " grinned the MP after he had said cheers, and drank a bit of the whiskey.

by **Free Tristania** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 3:08 pm

The gentlemen sipped some of the whiskey. "Excellent stuff ! Makes me wonder where my old man got it back in the day." Cole said.
"It has a warm taste." Baan said. "it warms you from top to bottom."

by **Globexanter** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 3:10 pm

" Isn't cheap anymore, cost me 100 Enigmas for a bottle. " Williams commented.

by **Free Tristania** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 3:12 pm

"100 Emigma's ?" Cole began to count.

by **Globexanter** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 3:15 pm

" That's about 173 U.S.D. " said Williams as he drank a bit more.

by **Free Tristania** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 3:17 pm

"Around 153 pounds for a bottle. Probably even more when I buy it at home since it is import." Cole grinned and sipped a bit. "There goes my salary.."

by **Globexanter** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 3:20 pm

" Got it from a present actually, P.M.'s wife's father, we knew each over in school. " said Williams.

by **Free Tristania** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 3:25 pm

"You've got yourself in interesting circles. Military Academy ?"

by **Globexanter** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 3:26 pm

" Nothing posh, public school. Then a public College and a private University. " he said.

by **Free Tristania** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 3:30 pm

"My father seems to have known Mr. van Oosten's father. He was a Captain in the Navy that fought in the colonial wars here on Robbeneiland. After the war he resigned from the service and never wanted to talk about it. According to my father he never wanted a single word about not even to his son. "

by **Globexanter** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 3:31 pm

" War is complicated, some men show off while others hide. " said Calvin, drinking the last of his whiskey.

by **Free Tristania** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 3:33 pm

"I don't think he hid. I think he just saw some stuff here that he couldn't cope with. It is said that Mr. van Oosten is a lot like his father and he himself surely is not a coward." Cole finished his whiskey.

by **Globexanter** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 3:34 pm

" Whatever you say, nobody is a coward. I would prefer retreat then face absolute and assured death. " said Williams.

by **Free Tristania** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 3:37 pm

"In those days they thought differently. Luckily I know a bit about this subject as I had an uncle that was a military historian. Just down the road from where we are now 17 men were executed in 1940 for "cowardice in the face of the enemy." Which is, as you realise, not something that was taken light-heartedly.
We don't have that law anymore though."

by **Globexanter** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 3:39 pm

" Well, it's always instinct to run in the face of great danger, except when really needed. " said Louis, looking out of the window.

by **Free Tristania** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 3:45 pm

"In those days, of course, people knew less about psychology and blamed it on a weak character.. thinking that it somehow could affect the morale of the entire regiment.. of an entire army even. So they were quick to set examples. They called it "Shot at dawn" as those condemned were always shot in the early morning and they made the entire regiment watch. It's still quite something that it took them three years and over a 10.000 deaths to subdue the islands here."

by **Globexanter** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 3:46 pm

" Things always turn out better in the end, which should be soon. " said Williams.

by **Free Tristania** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 3:47 pm

"As long as it doesn't get as bad as it used to be back then." Cole looked outside for a moment to the men "Still to think about.. that we still use the same punishments as we did back then... Military law never changes, I suppose."

by **Globexanter** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 3:50 pm

" Indeed, we have something similar as that but in a way different. It involves wearing a tropical kit and route marching for a good hundred kilometers. Normally, 90 % lives. " Calvin said.

by **Free Tristania** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 3:57 pm

"In the cold that you have in your country ? I thought we were brutal..." Cole grinned.

by **Globexanter** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 4:17 am

" I'm sure there has been worse, some books at the Military Academy are disgusting. " he added.

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