Supreme Court Rules Against LGBTQ [MT; Open]

by **Inyourfaceistan** » Sun Oct 07, 2018 10:32 am

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Le Court Suprème D'Inyursta règlas contré LBGTQHV!
Inyurstan Supreme Court rules against LGBTQ+!

Hello everyone, I'm Micheléna Valéro, and this is Télécoup News!

We have breaking updates on the Supreme Court case Pólèrmo et Iglesias vs Departément D'Éducaçion (2018). The justices have finished deliberation and made their final verdict - ruling against Pólèrmo & Iglesias and in favor of the Departément D'Éducaçion under Président Jean-Baptiste Calderone and Secretarie D'Éducaçion Martina Sant-Florence. The court ruling was 12 - 7, finding that purportedly anti-LGBTQ materials in the curriculum of publically-funded higher education institutions did not violate the 7th Amendment.

Palaçia dul Court Suprème D'Inyursta.

Eva-Marie Pólèrmo (22) and Pablo "Xymander" Iglesias (26), both students at Univeristé National de Jacques Duvalier in Fjorda DeRivèra, sued the school for discrimination based on the curriculum taught in an undergraduate-level course on human reproduction. The case was taken to an appeals court, and later dropped in favor of a case directly against the national education department. Pólèrmo and Iglesias claimed that by teaching 1) that homosexuality was "abnormal" and "natural selection indefinitely favors heterosexuality in any sexual organism" and 2) that gender-theory is quote "western late 20th-century social construct" and gender being "made up by people with no basis in biology"; the school was effectively violating their 7th Amendment rights and subjecting them to second-class citizenry and discrimation based on their identity.

Officials of UNJD and later DDÉ argued that no students are inherently forced to take the course on human reproduction save nursing, pre-med, and some biology tracks (of which neither individual was). They also claimed that their cirrculum is merely "stating the facts" and not making any kind of school policy or targeting any student for any means. DDÉ also stated they have never, nor have any plans to push discriminatory practices, but that "certain facts are valuable and necessary for developing professionals in certain fields, and we cannot risk the integrity of our future professional workforce due to the subjective opinions and emotions of an minuscule yet vocal minority."

Jùstice Claudio de la Renné delivered the majority opinion:
We find that in this case where personal comfort is challenged by matter-of-fact statement and instruction, that no violation of the 7th Amendment has occurred. The status of a public university, through public funding and direction by an extension of the national government, is effectively an asset of the state; however, this status does not imply nor assume any instance of de-jure discrimination or improper treatment. Evidence presented in this case produces no further proof discriminatory practices or denial of any individual equal access to services and protections based on their identity.

Jùstice Bernard Ramirez-Cheveu delivered the dissenting minority opinion:
We believe that in this case a functional and de-facto violation of the 7th Amendment has occurred. By teaching and directing to teach such controversial statements in a public education institution the university, in question and by extension the Departément D'Éducaçion, have created an environment where invalidation and devaluing of an entire sub-community, regardless of how small, is legitimized by a public institution. This sets a dangerous precedent wherein public institutions may endorse an attitude of disrespect amongst the general population and effectively result in the treatment of various minorities as second-class citizens.

So far we have heard no new statements from the accusatory parties nor the DDÉ following the ruling. Univeristé National de Jacques Duvalier has stated prior to the ruling that it will allow both students to continue their degrees as normal. Eva-Marie Pólèrmo, a lesbian, has stated she plans on continuing her degree regardless of the ruling; while Pablo "Xymander" Iglesias has hinted he ~~she~~ it "they" may look at leaving the country dependent on ruling, although nothing has been confirmed at this time.

As usual, the international reaction of this landmark case has yet to be seen.

This is Micheléna Valéro with Télécoup News, tune in next time...

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by **Knessniet** » Sun Oct 07, 2018 11:35 am

The Grand Duchy of Knessniet

Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Dept. of International Communications
PRESS RELEASE

The Government of Knessniet commends the Supreme Court on their ruling against the sodomites. We stand committed to crushing them like the other heathens.

The Grand Duchy would advise that a constitution can get in the way sometimes, however this application is one of the few good things to come out of it. The Grand Duchy encourages all nations to abandon their current governments and adopt Christian feudal lords instead.

Patriarch Frederick I has stated that his prayers have been answered, and encourages the government to refer any sodomites to the Holy Inquisition for trial and disposal. We reaffirm our commitment to combating sin worldwide.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

by **The Shrailleeni Empire** » Tue Oct 09, 2018 5:32 pm

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What Role Should Shrailleeni Play?

Drellis Kennatel - The place of LGBT people in society certainly seems to have come to the fore of political discussions around the world in recent years. Headlines such as "Inyurstan Supreme Court rules agains LGBTQ+!" and the establishment of "correctional facilities" by the Allied States (or is it Empire?) of New Edom, the activities of the terrorist organization known as Homofront, and the predominant place of LGBT rights in the programs of self-proclaimed liberal and democratic states are unavoidable. And yet from Shrailleen, almost total silence. How do we explain this silence? And should we fix it?

To start with, Shrailleen's relationship with LGBT individuals is steeped heavily in our culture and traditions. Many Shrailleeni who are openly homosexual or transgender have no familiarity with the term 'LGBT' or the controversies surrounding it. In fact, for the benefit of my fellow citizens I feel obligated to explain the term itself: LGBT is a catch-all acronym for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender. Lately a 'Q' is often added to represent the word 'Queer' meaning strange or odd.

And this is the fundamental problem for Shrailleeni, as there is nothing strange or odd about homosexual attraction, pairing, or gender self-expression in our culture. For us it is a natural part of life, and an enshrined principle of our religion. There is no "LGBT culture" in Shrailleen that defines itself as a distinct entity. The majority of Shrailleeni on the street will readily admit to having at least one partner of the same sex in their lifetimes. Marriage between same-sex couples has been enshrined in the Ancient Temple for nearly as long as the empire has existed, and our feminine, matriarchal outlook has long blurred what other cultures view as the line between the masculine and the feminine.

But is this cultural comfort making us blind to the plight of others in the world? Certainly no Shrailleeni organization is making the effort to reach out to other countries regarding the issue, let along our government. "Our ways are not their ways" is the mantra. And yet we do not hesitate to advocate for the rights of the poor, or of women, or of fellow matriarchal cultures abroad. Why does this not extend to the LGBT, who after all are only as the Goddess made them and only attempting to live their lives as they were created to live them? Perhaps it would be embarrassing for our New Edomite allies, but it would hardly be the first ideological issue upon which our cultures have clashed.

Fortunately, a few of those running as representatives in the current election are less shy about taking up this cause. For the Radical Republicans, freedom to marry is seen as an essential right and a vital part of society. Several Republican candidates have mentioned that they wish to advocate more strongly for political and civil rights in other countries, including rights of worship and LGBT. The religious also have stake in this, as LGBT issues are an acknowledged tradition in the Ancient Temple and an important part of Mother Goddess Worship. To deny LGBT would be to deny Mother Goddess Worshippers a divine right. And finally, the Nine Feathers, those headdress-wearing crate top preachers you've probably seen in the markets in recent days, have perhaps most strongly advocated for the defense of LGBT people in foreign countries, stating that is is a moral duty of all Shrailleeni to uphold and enforce the will of the Goddess.

Whether or not this will change things is uncertain. The Imperial Republicans, who seem to be leading in the polls, are as silent as the Mother Empress on these issues, preferring as we always have to let foreigners have their foreign ways. The Imperial Palace has made no statement to Inyurstan, nor is it likely to. But if we wish to decide who we Shrailleeni are as Children of the Mother Goddess, and what our morals are, eventually we will have to make a stand.

by **The State of Monavia** » Fri Oct 12, 2018 1:25 am

JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Inyurstan Supreme Court Rules Against Student Challenge

Controversy over sexuality continues roiling Inyurstan society

By Jacob Howell | 08 Oct 2018

CASTILLE DE TERRO—Yesterday morning the Supreme Court of Inyursta ruled 12–7 against a pair of students in a case where they challenged the right of their university to teach certain materials in its curriculum. The case, titled Pólèrmo et Iglesias v. Departément D’Éducaçion, represents the latest chapter in a decades-long political struggle over sexuality and its role in civil society.

The students in question, Eva-Marie Pólèrmo and Pablo Iglesias, filed their suit after taking a course on human reproduction at the Univeristé National de Jacques Duvalier in Fjorda DeRivèra. The pair claimed that some of the material taught in the course had a discriminatory impact on them and therefore violated the Inyurstan Constitution, but the Court did not uphold their challenge. The majority opinion concluded “no violation of the 7th Amendment has occurred” and “Evidence presented in this case produces no further proof discriminatory practices or denial of any individual equal access to services and protections based on their identity.”

In spite of the finality with which this ruling was handed down, the reasoning underpinning it is not universally accepted. Seven justices signed onto a dissenting minority opinion concluding that the university “created an environment where invalidation and devaluing of an entire sub-community, regardless of how small, is legitimized by a public institution.”

Although Monavian officials at the Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Foreign Affairs have yet to make any comments on this matter, a number of domestic legal organizations have paid attention to this case and issued statements. Civil Liberties Alliance spokeswoman Naomi Ward concurred with the dissenting opinion’s author, Bernard Ramirez-Cheveu. “Calling homosexuality ‘abnormal’ implies it is some sort of disease that needs to be treated,” Ward explained in a public statement. “We all know how such ‘diseases’ are treated in many countries—patients usually end up being ‘quarantined’ in treatment facilities if they’re lucky, or worse, culled to prevent further ‘outbreaks’ and the like.”

Despite the passion with which critics like Ward have levied accusations of bias against the decision, the mainstream of domestic opinion remains largely apathetic. A snap poll conducted online revealed that nearly two-thirds of Monavians surveyed thought the decision was fair but lacked strong feelings about it. “It’s just business as usual over there,” explained one anonymous respondent.

The decision does have some domestic champions, however. Dr. Zlata Shastovich, a physician at Motru General Hospital and niece of Science Minister Milutin Shastovich, made a number of remarks on social media that have drawn the ire of leftist critics. “Sex and gender are not technically the same—the former is physical while the latter is mental—but the two generally fit together as if they are two sides of the same coin. The students claim that gender has no basis in biology, but psychology is just applied biology so their argument falls flat. Also, their claim that gender is a social construct is bogus because the mental concept of gender originates internally with the individual, not externally with society. It’s a mental framework we use to make sense of who we are.”

Although the decision has provoked few official responses from foreign governments, nonstate actors are likely to respond in the days ahead. “Homofront will not lose a second putting out propaganda citing this decision as just another ‘grievance’ they can use to justify further attacks,” explained Major Amanda Antonov, an RBG counterterrorism expert. “It plays right into their narrative that Inyurstans are intolerant because they will not accept the sort of postmodern scientific and social logic that Homofront members base their worldview on and use to justify their actions.”

Whatever the political ramifications of this case might be, it is unlikely that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will release any statements. In a recent interview with MBC anchor Kristine Smith, the Ministry’s External Information Center Deputy Superintendent Kyla Larkin nonchalantly dismissed the entire controversy as immaterial. “This entire episode is legally consequential for the Inyurstans, but in the grand geopolitical scheme of things, it’s about as impactful as the controversy that erupted over that Nifonese kaiju movie series last month—much ado about nothing.”

Jacob Howell is a senior reporter with the Journal’s Greater Nifon Bureau. Mokastana Bureau Chief Sharon Pratt contributed to this article.

by **Inyourfaceistan** » Sat Oct 20, 2018 10:37 pm

Rio Mercado, Southwestern Mirasousse; Inyurstan - Cuscatlani Border

Slow moving and muddy water, likely brown or dark-olive in the day but currently black reflecting the night sky above it crept through the lowland border at the northernmost edge of Cuscatlan and Inyursta. Pachira, Tupelo and a semi-aquatic variety of Chelyocarpus fan palms lined the river banks of the Rio Mercado on either shore, obscuring anyone or anything standing knee-deep in water or shallower. Across the dark, murky waters was the domain of Carlos Gutierrez and his trafficking network made from defected and rogue Cuscatlani special forces; here on the Inyurstan shore was the domain of the Black Skulls Cartel, a murderous alliance of gangs responsible for cocaine production and human trafficking.

Lado pulled his truck up beneath the dark canopy, light dulled to nothing more than a weak red that was just enough to see the tire tracks five meters in front of the vehicle but hopefully not enough to be seen from the air or river. The vehicle came to a halt in an understory-clearing maybe two dozen meters above the waterline in a round-about left by old tire tracks. A second truck crawled in behind him. Lado stayed in the drivers seat while one of the cartel foot soldiers walked out and briefly flashed a strobe light across the river. A light on the other shore flashed back, and the man in black with a skull mask got out a burner phone and made a call. The whole lot waited and suddenly the sound of helicopter rotors raced by overhead, followed by two motorboats moving north towards the more populated crossing points. Once the noise had died down the plan went into motion - Lado stepped out and helped the masked grunts load their cargo into a pair of narrow skiffs at the water's edge. Several large, square shaped packages of refined cocaine and four shaking young women with bags over their heads and their hands tied behind their backs were grabbed and/or forced out of the trucks and into the boats. Wet and sticky, yet course and grainy mud accompanied with particles of decaying leaves and broken riff-raff stuck to both the sturdy jungle boots of the cartel gajos and the feminine plimsoles and ballet flats of the kidnapped women as they made their way down to the river. One of the gajos pulled a chain from the river, and a nice layer of tropical warm-water biofilm came with it. Both boats set out across the river, one man pulling along the chain while one watched the cargo on each skiff.

"Illos envoian bautas ausi..." One of the full gajos one the shore said to Lado as they watched the cross-river transaction. Usually if anything was coming from the Cuscatlani side it was arms running south from Sao Escobar and North Guerroca, occasionally black market organs, but this time it seemed there were more bodies in the skiffs coming from the other side of the river.
"Que le fout..." Lado remarked.

Before long the men in the boat had exited and came up to the dark jungle excuse for a traffic roundabout. One of the skull-masked gajos motioned with his AKI-2 (AK-74 clone) to get in the back of Lado's truck, to which each of the nine figures did. He started up the truck with the nine mysterious men in back, and headed off into the darkness of the tropical night beyond.
A few hours into the drive east and Lado could hear their hushed conversation in the back, broken and almost indiscernible over the grumble of the engine.
"English?" He asked, initially with no response.
"We didn't pay your boss to make conversation. We paid for a ride. Now shut up and drive." A voice finally aggressively whispered from the back. The voice made even Lado Morello, a man who had driven dozens of prisoners do their deaths via machete & buzz saw and at least three times the amount of young women kidnapped at gunpoint off into lives of exploitation and white slavery abroad suddenly feel his blood run cold and the hairs on the back of his neck stand up straight...

Rue de Sauvarde, Cordoba; Inyursta - Four days later

Bright yet gentle and warm rays of mountain sunshine glistened down onto the bustling city. Cordoba was a model of Inyurstan economic and security progress, having gone from a bombed-out ghost town following the 1959-1968 Civil War to a hotbed of violence and cartel killings in the late 80's & 90's under notorious drug lord Pedro Petain, to what was now effectively the stock & trade powerhouse of La America Libre.

On a pleasant Domingai (Sunday) afternoon such as this the city was rife with the smell of street cooking while semi-feral parakeets and and songbirds squawked and hummed in the trees and uncut greenways. A number of people were out and about in the city center following the releases of most the church services, men dressed in embroidered vests & guyabera shirts with leather brogues while the ladies donned their summer dresses, neckties and promenade heels.

Mayor Fabio Delevin was known for his tendency to join the public on such days. Like many city mayors, Delevin was an independent, pandering to both sides of the aisle to keep his seat in the positive spotlight. Now, Fabio and his family were out enjoying lunch in a tan-brick plaza near a fountain in one of the many squares. Once the trio of the mayor, his wife and daughter were finished with their meal and the little girl had tossed her fair share of pennies into the fountain, they loaded up and prepared to get back into a waiting limousine. A discreet security detail moved through the square to cover the mayoral family on the minuscule off-chance anything should go wrong.
Minuscule of course...

Gunfire.
A fully automatic burst raked the curbside as Fabio dove on his daughter, one security guard diving on him and the other shoving his wife behind a stone garden planter. Subsequent barrages came down from the window of a second story building. At the moment the mayor and his family were unharmed, and the security team had already radioed for police back-up.
However, the real assassination attempt had only just been set in. Through the chaos of the gunfire and the directional distraction provided a window for a perceived bystander to slip in from the back. Crawling on all fours the fellow perpetrator had managed to get within 15m of the mayor, and was still closing slowly. The mayor's daughter looked him straight in the eye and the co-conspirator froze momentarily.

"Death to the cis-hets." he murmured in a calm tone and pressed a detonator, triggering roughly 3.4kg of high-explosives lodged up his rectum. The blast was roughly 40m in diameter, blowing out windows across the whole block and outright splitting a nearby palm tree. Sounds of sirens rang out in the distance, approaching the square as the window shooter relocated and prepared to ambush the incoming responders.

Plaza de la Gallo; Cordoba

A few dozen blocks away the sound of the explosion and the subsequent police sirens echoed downhill. Shoppers and street-goers paused and looked up in the direction of the sounds, some got out their phones to call or text friends and see what was going on while others went back about their business. Running at consistent intervals to the popular and heavily trafficked market row was a city bus. Today it stopped at 1:00pm sharp, and unloaded over a dozen people, tourists and locals alike. As the bus drove a way, a small-time bag snatcher and pick-pocketing thief had already eyed the jackpot - a backpack left behind by one of the departing bus riders. With a quick sliding motion it was as if the bag was already his - and the victorious street-bandit checked his prize:
One ticking pipe bomb.

As the bus exploded in the background, sending shockwaves and shrapnel through the street and causing people to duck all over, one of the recently unloaded passengers remained standing, and drew an MP7A1 and proceeded to open fire on the crowd before him. Meanwhile a woman on the exact opposite side of the plaza drew her own submachine gun and unleashed an automatic burst on the crowd - catching their victims in a two-way cross fire. The terrified and shocked people were forced laterally into the buildings with the inability to directly escape the plaza, as both major entrances were blocked by shooters moving inward on the crowd.

Through the walls and down the corridors of a large clothing store in the market-mall, the sounds of the outside were hardly audible from the very back section of the fitting rooms. A woman, one of several, was in the back getting changed, oblivious to the carnage unfolding outside, or to the twisted angel of death closing in her corner of the urban maze.

"C'est occupade!" The woman in the fitting room stall said as someone knocked on the door, pulling off her overshirt to try on another article of clothing, revealing her warm grey bra.
"Jo tradito que c'est occupade!" She said again, looking down at the feet of another woman in beige stiletto boots knocking on the stall door. Suddenly, the outsider pushed their way through the door, breaking the hinge and revealing themselves not to be a woman but a man in woman's clothing with a horrenous blue & red make up job around his eyes and lips. In one arm he carried a machete, the other resting on the edge of the stall.
"Es-tu una criminale sexualiste?" The terrified woman asked, cowering back in the corner and covering her panties with her arms.
"No, pute. Jo ses un homicido solo." He said, raising the machete and bringing it down on his screaming victim. Blood splattered everywhere, and the stabbing perpetrator the exited the stall, machete in one hand and the severed head of the young woman in the other. He then tossed his decapitation trophy over the side of another stall, eliciting a scream from two women who were taking cover in there. He didn't bother breaking in and killing those two, opting instead to run down and stab a girl trying to escape - taking her leg as a prize before making his way towards a bathroom where people were running to take cover; both from the inside and the outside. The machete murderer then went about picking his victims in a semi-randomized pattern, killing some, skipping others.
It wasn't about numbers, it was about terror.
It was about fear.
It was about shock.
It was about power.

Many terrorists got too lost in the symbolism or strategic value of their targets. They got lost in the optics of the operation, of justifying their goals, of trying to win their struggle that they forgot the name of the game was terror.
Without terror the average middle-class Inyurstan could never empathize or understand the fear the LGBTQ+ community experienced. They needed a shock to wake them up, to shatter their desensitized and insulated world view. To make them understand the lack of power they were forced to dwell and live their lives in.

The image of a woman's severed head flying over the fitting room stall into your lap was worth umpteen many times a few additional bodies on the final kill count report...

Cops were quick to arrive on the scene of the shooting/stabbing attack at Plaza de Sant-Cristophe. Closing in on the marketplace from all sides, they took down one of the shooters in a quick volley of fire. The other took cover, and managed to kill one policeman and wound another before being gunned down herself. As law enforcement moved through the marketplace and into the various stores they found that the cross-dressing slasher had been dispatched by a woman cowering in the bathroom, crying hysterically, splashed with blood holding a Bersa Thunder 22 in her shaky hands...

Basilica de Sant-Cristophe, Cordoba

The large, ornate and wholly impressive church known as the Basilica de Sant-Cristophe located at the upper-westernmost reaches of the city run services throughout the day. Inside the church was quiet and tranquil as the organ played low, echoing beats and the choir hummed in a soft and holy tune. Candle flames stood steady as worshippers bowed their heads - when suddenly they blew inward from the door.

Walking into the church was a man wearing black short shorts, heart-shaped sunglasses drapped in a rainbow flag. At first the clergyman ignored him, carrying on the service. He trounced defiantly to the podium and shoved the preacher out of the way. Three men in the front row stood up, poised to remove the intruder if need be.
"For to long Abrahamic religions have oppressed my people! You bastards sit in your self-righteous judgement while we are beaten on the streets and queer teens kill themselves because of your social teachings! You preach forgiveness and love yet you choose leaders who pander only to the "normal" crowd and pass laws that oppress us!"

"My child, you bear hatred in your heart! Allow us to pray for you!"

"Fuck you old creep!" The man said, dropping his pants to expose his self-mutilated genitals to the service. At this point the men in the front row stepped up to remove him; had they been aware of what was unfolding around the city they would have grabbed their families and run the moment he walked in...

It would be awhile before emergency services made it to the church - partially because they had over-deployed active assets to the scenes of the first two attack scenes - and partially because when they took the fastest route up to La Basilica de Sant-Cristophe they drove right into an ambush.
The first vehicle hit was an ambulance, taking a rocket straight from the side of the road and blowing leftward as its charred frame rolled off the side of the road. Two gunmen began firing on the EMS and police from both sides and a fire fight ensued. Lasting roughly fourteen minutes, the shoot-out left at least six responders dead, at least seven more wounded, and all three terrorists dead.

As for the whole city, the death toll was just being counted...

by **New Aeyariss** » Sun Oct 21, 2018 7:49 am

Posted on Setsuzoku social Network:

Maki Kojiro (@makikojiro)
Just now from Ishikawa, Nifon

Oh behalf of people of the Empire of Greater Nifon and by confirmation of will of Her Augustness, I would like to offer my direct condolences to the Inyurstan nation due to recent Homofront terrorist attack. May the Lord of Heaven bless souls of the departed.

We are no stranger to the okama terrorism, nor do we expect it to cease. The attack had only shown to the entire world that the okama are not peaceful, oppressed minority but a group of highly aggressive thugs with goal of establishing social domination and silencing any opposition against their actions. Let it be known that any okama that rises his hand against the Empire of Greater Nifon or it's allies, or attempts to harm any innocent person will receive a just sentence in form of bullet in the head.

Namu Iesu Krishtou, Tenno Heika Banzai!
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by **Knessniet** » Sun Oct 21, 2018 8:00 am

The Grand Duchy of Knessniet

Ministry of Defense
Dept. of Special Services
To: The Government of Inyurstan
CLASSIFIED - RECIPIENT'S EYES ONLY
ENCRYPTED

Good sirs,

We have noticed you have been having some issues with the sodomites. We despise them as well, so we kindly offer you our aid. Give us the go ahead, and we'll send our undercover agents here in the Department of Special Services to make your problems disappear. Literally.

We donate this service, just give us the go ahead.

Signed,
Jacob Neuwitz
Director of the Dept. of Special Services

by **Jolthig** » Mon Oct 22, 2018 2:01 pm

OOC: Good to see you again Inyourfaceistan, this is Aperonia/Asian Confederation/Syrusia if you remember me. Consider this a tag. I am returning to RPing in II.

by **Old Beringia** » Mon Oct 22, 2018 10:45 pm

Photo: Palaçia dul Court Suprème D'Inyursta
Story from News/Opinion >
October 23, 2018

Homosexuals in Beringia don’t go on homicidal rampages. They just don’t. I’ll be the first to say that we don’t do everything right in Beringia. But where we do things right, they’re as right as can be. We’ve yet to see these problems on the scale we’ve seen in foreign countries. Like the recent attacks in Cordoba, Inyurstan which The Happening reported on here. Back to the point, Homofront isn’t here hacking people to death in hot pink wedges and rainbow infinity scarves. Before I further jinx a 2006 YKM styled Homofront attack on our offices, let me preface this article by saying that I don’t claim to know the motivations of terrorists. Maybe the shade of red in the Beringian flag is offensive and they’re planning to blow up the Pyramid. I don’t know. But what I do know is that Beringia isn’t engaged in a tit-for-tat game of Connect Four where four of your opponent’s pieces lining up means you end up with multiple casualty terrorist attacks. We’ll come back to this handy metaphor for violent terrorism later.

But first, a refresher. As reported earlier by The Happening, two students in Inyurstan, Eva-Marie Pólèrmo (aged 22) and Pablo "Xymander" Iglesias (aged 26), filed suit against Univeristé National de Jacques Duvalier in Fjorda DeRivèra, alleging that the curriculum in an undergraduate human biology course contributed to discrimination on the basis of their sexual identity. This so called discrimination occurred in two ways: one, teaching "natural selection indefinitely favors heterosexuality in any sexual organism" and was thus “abnormal” and two, teaching that gender was a pure fiction created by “people with no basis in biology” and that gender theory was “western late 20th-century social construct”. The latter of which likely means pure fiction as well. Together, Eva-Marie and Mr. Xymannder, claim these factors constituted a violation of their 7th Amendment rights under the Inyurstan Constitution. Fast forward to early October and Inyurstan’s Supreme Court rules 12-7 against the students in Pólèrmo et Iglesias v. Departément D’Éducaçion. In the words of Justice Claudio de la Renné, the majority concluded that “Evidence presented in this case produces no further proof discriminatory practices or denial of any individual equal access to services and protections based on their identity”.

On the opposite side of the aisle, officials from the university and national education department argued that the relevant course was completely involuntary, depending on a student’s major. To say that this prompted some extreme reactions would be putting it lightly. Would you believe me if there was a country that took the ruling as a chance to give their sales pitch on “Christian feudal lords” to the rest of the world? Which leads us to this week’s atrocity, a highly coordinated and multi faceted terrorist attack perpetrated by none other than Homofront, which I probably don’t need to explain. Like the ruling before it, responses were heated to say the least. Except for here in Beringia, where the official response was—you guessed it— complete radio silence on the ruling and attack. That’s why Beringia is the unlikely target, and why Inyurstan was in Homofront’s crosshairs. So why is that exactly?

First, what is the Beringian policy on homosexuality? As the Times of Emerald City put it:
Beringian views on homosexuality are more or less in line with that of other right wing countries. However, Beringia differs from other states in that affairs of the home are seen as separate and distinct from affairs of the state, right up until one interferes with the other.

More simply, the official position is that there is no position. More on why that silence is golden; as per our good friend and 20th century Beringian philosopher, Alexandre Teulet, previously rational actors forced to the margins of society, then beyond that, become irrational and antisocial in one way or another. That’s the point where their behaviors become a problem, at least in the eyes of the Imperial Government. Maligning certain populations pressures them accordingly.

Like a house, the pressures acting on a properly maintained society must be in a Goldilocks zone. Not too much, not too little, because both applying both unnecessary and insufficient pressure is destabilizing. The ruling in Pólèrmo et Iglesias v. Departément D’Éducaçion applied pressure. Pressure that I can only assume contributed something to the motivation for the Cordoba attacks. Did the students have grounds for filing suit. Irrelevant, because the ruling of 12-7 was, and will remain, a perceived slight against LGBT individuals. Minuscule pressure but pressure nonetheless. And I’m sure that’s all the motivation they needed.

People, even sensible ones, need some sort of release in the form of certain behaviors. Being an upstanding Beringian subject, I have no idea what those are. It’s not the government’s place to allow or condone these things, but deciding when is best to turn a blind eye is for everyone’s benefit. The Imperial Government, and the U.P.B. before it, has long maintained that, as long as you’re respectful of others you’re free to do whatever you like within the confines of the rules. And they’ve created rules accordingly, turning a blind eye to certain behaviors to avoid applying certain pressures that could force disatertastrophe. I don’t pretend to know how homosexuals are treated in Inyurstan, maybe it’s better than here. But I do know that the Imperial Government picks and chooses what pressures it exerts, and they will turn a blind eye right up until they can’t.

Am I an apologist? No. Am I rationalizing the actions of irrational individuals? No. Am I saying that the victims deserved this? If that’s your takeaway this is probably your first time reading The Happening, and in that case: Hi my name is Eddie, please leave my website and delete yourself. What I am doing is trying to establish what happened and why. Looking at the conditions that led to bombs going off and people being gunned down. Establishing why, not establishing blame, is what we do. And I believe just enough pressure applied at the wrong place and wrong time is why this happened.

We’ll have to wait and see what trauma Inyurstan inflicts on its populace in response. Will they and the foreign governments of the world continue down this path? Homofront still hasn’t made a statement or claimed responsibility for the Cordoba attacks. We’ll continue reporting on the aftermath of the terrorist attack and Inyurstan Supreme Court decision as it happens.

My ramblings have gone on for long enough, so I’ll stop revealing too much about what goes on behind the curtain, lest I be black-bagged and disappeared. I kid, but this is informed by my time in the Military Police and extremely short tenure at the Bureau of Party Discipline. I leave you with a quote from Sun Tzu’s Art of War, which I believe sums up Beringian Fascist social theory as it pertains to —in the words of Univeristé National de Jacques Duvalier’s human biology course— certain “abnormal” behaviors: “leave opening for a surrounded enemy army, never pressure a desperate enemy army”. Once you leave the enemy with no other option but to resist you or be consigned to their fate, they’ll resist. This is why others have Homofront and groups of similar “abnormal” inclinations. Trying to lock their opponent out of a win with every move they lost sight of the game and allowed their enemy to get four in a row.

Why Can’t People Just Keep To Themselves Or; How the Recent Inyurstan Supreme Court Ruling Led To A Homofront Terrorist Attack
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by **Jolthig** » Tue Oct 23, 2018 12:27 am

OOC: First II post in over two years

Official Communique of the National Federalist State of Jolthig

"Religion, Prosperity, Peace, and Protection"

To: The leader of the country of Inyursta
From: Amazekar Zakkama Pavari Zhelezkin
Subject: Banning of LGBTQ
Encryption: None

To whom may it concern,

The National Federalist State of Jolthig fully supports the decision of the Supreme Court of Inyursta to uphold the rights of the publishers to state their case against homosexuality. We believe that homosexuality is a dangerous disease that needs to be cured. It is dangerous to believe in this false notion that one can be attracted and meet with those of the same sex. For this is not how God made us. We hope that the Supreme Court of Inyursta continues to uphold the natural laws of the Divine, and to help those who believe homosexuality is not wrong.

Regards,

Amazekar Zakkama Pavari Zhelezkin,

The Federalist State of Jolthig

by **Flardania** » Fri Nov 02, 2018 5:00 pm

Terror in Cordoba!
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News Intro

Bonjour, Kon'nichiwa, et Annyeonghaseyo! Welcome to Newsroom Today on KBC World, I'm Woo Hae-Yun here in Heiwa. We have developing news coming out of Cordoba, Inyursta. Yesterday afternoon at 1pm Inyurstan time, 3 am this morning Kirishinan time gunfire and explosions occurred setting off a series of terrorist activity in the Inyurstan city. At this time we are looking at 40+ dead and about half of that wounded according to early reports. We turn to our foreign corespondent Henri Pak who is in Fjorda De'Rivera with the report.

Henri:Lying to the west of Fjorda is the city of Cordoba, a once hotbed of violence and crime in the late 80's & 90's which today is a stock & trade powerhouse. Hours ago was a typical Sunday, with beautiful tropical climate and it's caressing golden rays of sunlight, classy dressed Inyurstans many of which were released from a typical Sunday services. It was the kind of picturesque scene you would see in a tourism ad but it was sadly not meant to be on this occasion. At around 1pm local time Mayor Fabio Delevin and his family were finished with lunch when gunfire erupted until in the confusion a suicide bomber managed to get close to the mayor and his family. Neither the mayor nor his immediate family managed to survive the attack.

This alone would be a tragedy but several believed to be related attacks would follow suit. Shortly after the explosion, a second explosion occurred about a dozen blocks away this time being a city bus before more gunfire broke out at nearby Plaza de Sant-Cristophe. It also seem from eyewitness testimony that a machete was used by one of the perpetrators who killed indiscriminately without pattern including beheading a victim in a barbaric fashion. Police arrived on that scene neutralizing two terrorist while losing an officer with another one wounded meanwhile a civilian neutralized the last attacker with their firearm.

Finally a third attack took place at Basilica de Sant-Cristophe during a Sunday service. Emergency Services were ambushed as they tried to respond to that scene in what culminated in a truly horrific day. At this time we are aware of eight terrorist killed and one captured but local authorities are unsure as to whether there are more terrorist unaccounted for at this time. Henri Pak, KBC World, Fjorda De'Rivera, Inyursta.

Hae-Yun: Thank you for that report...Henri Pak will be heading out for Cordoba later today are thoughts and prayers go out to him as we wish him luck. The KBC would also like to offer condolences to all affected.

Homofront has claimed responsibility for the attacks in Cordoba and this seems to be in relation to a recent Supreme Court ruling in Inyursta. In the case Pólèrmo et Iglesias vs Département D'Éducation the ruling was the teaching of scientific fact relevant to a course did not qualify as discrimination. If it turns out to be true, that the Inyurstan Supreme Court ruling was the motive for the attack this may point to a dangerous escalation in Homofront activity.

As of right now we have no official word from Inyurstan President Jean-Baptiste Calderone however a photo has leaked of President Calderone punching a wall in a clear sign of anger. It is not clear whether the leak was intentional or not. Meanwhile back here in Heiwa, Federal Palace Press Secretary Omotayo Taiwo had a little bit to say during the morning briefings.

Omotayo Taiwo: "Our thoughts and prayers are with the people of Cordoba and the nation of Inyursta. We know that whether they are in Paradise with the God of Abraham or with the Goddess Kamiya, the victims who lost their lives will be taken care of and those who lost their lives as attackers have thankfully only begun their eternal punishment. As for right now l'Dirigeant is currently being briefed by intelligence and plans to personally reach out to his Inyurstan counterpart during this difficult time. We will keep the press updated throughout the week with anything we can..."

Hae-Yun: The KBC will keep you up to date with any developments as they come in.

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The Taisuist Republic of Kirishima

Origin: Office of Arata Kasuga
Sender: Arata Kasuga, Dirigeant of Kirishima
Recipient: Jean-Baptiste Calderone, Président of Inyursta
Subject:Cordoba

Encryption: High

Bonjour, Kon'nichiwa et Annyeonghaseyo,

Calderone-san, I would like to start by issuing my deepest condolences to you and the entire nation of Inyursta. May your Lord and my Goddess bless the souls of the victims. I will not insult your intelligence by pretending that we have been personally close solely for the aesthetic of consolation. We have our differences in faiths, culture, politics and so on but I like many Kirishinans have been increasing drawn to and fond of Inyursta. A beautiful nation with hardworking people, a nation that takes great care in conservation, committed to true democracy to the levels that the IFC can't or refuses to understand and sharing francophonic roots. However after looking past our differences,similarities, and admirations, we are all human. The most common aspect, and innocent people lost their lives.

I pray for your success in whatever your response to Homofront entails. If there is anyway Kirishima can be of use please let me know, while we have LGBTQ restrictions of our own, we tend to be a lot more tolerant and accepting of certain kinds. As such If there is any lead that leads you to a suspect or connection within the Taisuist Republic, we will be happy to help. Furthermore we are currently doing a roll call of Kirishinans who flew into Inyursta recently and have no idea if any Kirishinan ended up in Cordoba potentially killed or hurt. We are unable to confirm some statuses so a search would be appreciated. Once again you have my condolences and I offer my support.

Kamiya Bless.

Regards,

Mr. Arata Kasuga
Dirigeant De La République Taisuist De Kirishima

by **Cosmopolitan borovan** » Fri Nov 02, 2018 6:54 pm

Statement of Cosmopolitan Borovan

We respect the authority made by the Supreme Court Decision by the nation inyourfaceistan. High court decisions made by other countries shall be respected unless we believe that they are acting corrupt by political motives but we will add our views in the manner presented. We believe that undergraduate college students should have the necessary thought making process necessary to already form opinions and question things, which renders discrimination by formed opinions by educators and indoctrination less effective. Further into account, they do not needless need to accept it. So in effect, we concur with your views. Had this been presented in a primary or secondary school, the results would have look different but we won't argue against anyone's views in believing that homosexuality is inferior or immoral nor that homosexuality should be accepted but rather that different cultures have their own views on the matter. We as a nation are more moral, and believe homosexuality is bad as it violates biological nature and the consumation of marriage and natural law.

Sincerely,
Alexa Chung,
Leader

Posts · by **Yohannes** » Sat Nov 03, 2018 5:17 am

Scenes of jubilation could be seen outside Parliament House. The Realm News aired again and again the currency intervention announcement by the Christian Democratic government, and every home and shop was decorated in royal blue and pastoral green. No one could distinguish the sound of the shouts of joy from the sound of weeping—every citizen proud that the nation had proven itself more capable than the days of 2012. The King of Burmecia Freya the Ninth, one of nineteen prince-electors in the realm; his daughter, Princess Sansa; and their royal counsel sat at the round table. Rumour had it that the eighteenth Yohannesian Emperor would go ahead with her World Assembly proposal to condemn the historically menacing Lords of Gholgoth, just one week after an economic agreement was signed with the military state Greater Nifon.

“I think it’s time we recommend for the federal government to be more active with regard to its presence beyond the International Incidents once again,” the oldest of the king’s advisers seated closest to him said. “The Nineteen Countries is now in a much stronger position than where it was in 2012 at the height of the financial crisis, or the aftermath days of 2014.” He stood to address his peers. “We have since then gained so much knowledge and material wealth, and the currency intervention move by the federal government together with the World Assembly condemnation of Gholgoth—they would be the ideal catalyst for us to once again expand and revisit the Crown Commonwealth in days of yore.”

Everyone seated at the round table shifted uneasily. They knew he was stretching the truth. The Kingdom of Burmecia had prospered over the years since 2012, and the January election of Marion Maréchal-Le Men had seen greater attention paid to the Heartland country’s infrastructure development. There was no need to risk all that prosperity for a quick fix at the high-risk, high-reward spinning wheel.

“Your Excellency,” a much younger adviser seated directly opposite him interjected his call. “I must sadly say that I will disagree.” He stood to challenge his elder. “Everyone here will remember the dark days of 2012, when we were outstretched, caught playing with things we could not back nor defend with our knowledge and material wealth. Our neutrality since then has helped the citizens prosper, as we continue to learn and grow to become stronger in future.” Everyone seated at the round table tapped their side of the table and nodded contentedly to his call.

“The Nineteen Countries must maintain its neutrality and ensure it is committed to a policy of active diplomacy based on trade and trade alone. UNOG; the Triumvirate of Yut; NATO; the Sovereign League; ODECON; the Conglomerate and Incursus; CAPINTERN; IFA; ACA; and now, IFC and SACTO—since 2004, they come and go.”

“Your Majesty, we have to encourage the federal government to maintain its policy of neutrality, no matter what—not the opposite. Propel our commerce and trade forward as positive fuel and conserve our strength for the days and years ahead.”

“Winter is coming.”

“You’ll disagree with me,” King Freya raised his hand. “But I agree with the lad. He said that the realm’s policy of splendid isolation since 2016 has brought great benefit for our people and suggested we keep it.”

“And International Incidents will be all rainbow and there will not be a single nation to endanger our trade, I dare say!” the older adviser said, and those seated next to him laughed. He seated himself. “Your Majesty, I meant no disrespect to Sir Robert, of course—it’s just that I had always felt that fascists and communists, free traders and mercantilism, Santiago Anti-Communist Treaty Organisation member states and the communists, or any expansionist nation-state really, would not respect the boundaries of neutral players who try to put themselves between the ground of mortals and heavenly sky.”

The king indicated for his still standing adviser to sit and tapped his pen on the table. “My loyal and faithful counsel,” King Freya stood and began the concluding call of the standing committee, drawing a piece of paper, “as we all know, today is a special day of celebration for not just the prosperity of our realm, but also to mark the second anniversary of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality amendment to the constitution of the Burmecian people and this kingdom.”

Outside, they could hear the intensifying applause of the rainbow festival-goers. It was around this time that the serjeant-at-arms would hoist the Rainbow Flag over Parliament House. Despite the reservation of his more conservative ministers, the king had not opposed his Parliament’s decision to adopt the spirit of the LGBT Act 2016 in Burmecia. And public opinion among many religious leaders had slowly shifted from one of opposition to indifference since the election of Marion Maréchal-Le Men. Even the GOP now has a leader who is indifferent—if not slightly sympathetic—towards LGBT rights. Fancy that.

With a sigh, King Freya put up the front page of the paper to reveal one of that day’s news headlines: Inyurstan Supreme Court rules against LGBTQ+!

Princess Sansa rolled her eyes, and said as loudly as she could, “Why are we even surprised anymore?” She’d read the Encyclopædia Maxtopia article on Inyursta dozens of times. “As you might imagine, the Inyurstans are very happy to continue the suffering of their LGBT populace.”

“Stigma and discrimination against LGBT people; strategies of political harassment; unlawful overseas military interventions in the name of SACTO and its ideology—you name it, they’ve got it!” the activist princess said, and there was a murmur of agreement from the seated advisers.

The king waved at them calmly and took his seat. “What I want to know is,” he continued, “will the federal government and Parliament have what it takes to handle the expanding powers of SACTO. So far we have benefited from trade with Greater Nifon, but even that relationship has been maintained at great cost.”

None of his advisers spoke. The king knew what they were thinking. We do not have any other choice but to ignore this latest unpalatable development in Inyursta; to pretend that nothing happened. After all, the future of Yohannes’ multi-billion dollar trade with the military powers of SACTO—Greater Nifon, McNernia and others—is far more important to his kingdom and the other prince-electors than a so-called piece of diplomatic protest paper.

by **Crysuko** » Sat Nov 03, 2018 7:51 am

Foreign secretary Kadahan Malell put a hand to his chin. He knew he would have to work this carefully, coming across as staunch but not overly threatening. No doubt there would be a great deal of finger wagging from other nations, but Crysuko was a nation of action. A principle taught to leaders of any kind is to only make a threat if you intend to follow it through. But it wasn't the time for threats, not yet anyway. With a sigh, he put his hands to his keyboard and wrote out the following.

To whom it may concern in the government of the DDE.
You no doubt have recieved many strongly worded condemnations and other such disapproval from other nations, but I am delivering to you not a warning, but advice. Do not actively persecute those of GSM (gender and sexual minority) type within your nation;s borders. It is written in the Crysukon constitution to speak and act out against all persecutory acts to any oppressed group, race, sexuality or suchlike. If we have reasonable cause to believe that the GSM people of your land are under threat due to government (in)action, we ourselves will act further.
--Kadahan Malell, Crysukon foreign secretary.

by **McNernia** » Mon Nov 05, 2018 2:18 pm

OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE OF THE KINGDOM OF MCNERNIA
HM FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINSITRY

From:The Office of the Foreign Affairs Minister of the Kingdom of Mcnernia
To:The Presidency of the Republic of Inyursta
Cc:
Sec:STANDARD
Sub:LGBTQ Rights and Terror

Greetings,

To our Esteemed allies in the Santiago Alliance the Republic of Inyursta, HM Government sends much regrets. Loss of life for any reason is despicable and the liberty of the LGBT community is well respected it would surely seem in your country. HM Government and the people of Mcnernia mourn your loss with you and we offer any aid in combatting Homofront that you may require.

Signed

L.Calodsean, Foreign Affairs Minister

by **Inyourfaceistan** » Mon Nov 05, 2018 5:19 pm

Télécoup Network D'Informacio!

Chefes D'Éstat Repondrán les Assaults de Terrorismé!
Leaders Respond to Terror Attacks!

Welcome back everyone! Micheléna Valéro here bringing you Télécoup News!

In response to the recent terror attacks in Cordoba - attacks for which the terrorist group Homofront has claimed responsibility as retribution for last week's Court Suprème ruling - several Inyurstan leaders have issued a joint statement. Leading off was Marindino Centrèle Governader Fernando Beluche (CDL) - a former resident of Córdoba - who mourned the loss of his personal friend, Mayor Fabio Delevin, and gave the inspiring words quote:

"As a city, as a province, as a country, as a people, We shall not forget, We shall overcome, We shall stand together as brothers and sisters and rebuild our shattered lives. Their greatest defeat will be once their ideological descendants look at the Cordoba of the future and see even greater sucess and greater unity than their bombs and guns could ever hope to destroy!"

Left: Président Jean-Baptiste Calderone
Top: Governader Fernando Beluche
Bottom: Director Elèna Perez

Président Calderone (CIP), surprisingly calm, thanked the responses of Inyursta's allies and other supportive nations. He vowed "...a certain, yet unseen and calculated retribution..." against Homofront, and urged law makers to look across party lines to ensure better border security and screening of foreign peoples entering Inyurstan territory.

Somewhat out of character, Calderone did not use his coined term of "Marícoterrorist" in his adress.

However, it was Departément Sécurité Internal (ISD) Director Elèna Perez who stole the show; dropping a bombshell accusation against Homofront, quote:

"...based on the hard work of our analysts and counter-terrorism specialists, the ISD is firmly of the belief that these attacks were wholly premeditated and planned months in advance. Our findings indicate that the well-coordinated nature of the attacks were not necessary with at least weeks of practice and training, but also equal if not greater time to research targets and plan optimum attack routes. Finally, we are currently investigating the means for which these terrorists were able to infiltrate our borders and gain access to Inyurstan soil..."

The official ISD version of events directly challenges the Homofront claim that the attacks were in retribution for the recent Court Suprème ruling. If true, this means that Homofront would have committed the attrocity in Cordoba regardless of any action taken by the Inyurstan government.

How this new information will be received by Homofront and abroad remains to be seen.

This has been Télécoup News, I'm Micheléna Valero, signing out!

Baîtmas Executív, Castille de Terro; Inyursta

An aide handed Calderone a wet rag to soothe his recently bloodied and blunted hand.
"Jo savé à Dieux nuez alleons bombardir Kesslerstaadt. Tuer toutas las maricónes..!" The president cursed under his tongue.

"That would be playing into our enemies' mutual hands. We knew the risks when we chose to challenge those who work into shadows with raw power in broad daylight." NIS director Daniel Acosta explained.

"I knew they would fight back, I knew they would sink low, but I never imagined it would be so brutal. So violent. The feeling like these psychopaths wouldn't have done that to our people if we hadn't provoked their puppet masters..."

"That's bullshit. That's how cartels work, that's how terrorists work, that's how dictators work. You shut up and let them stay in power because of fear, and the more you fear them the more power they get, the more power they get the more fear they wield; until one day it all comes cascading down in a bloody clusterfuck. If it weren't 62 people in Cordoba this week it would be six thousand next year, if not sixty thousand in a decade... The only way to cut our losses is to cut them down before they can cut deeper."

"So what now?"

Outside Casabalançé, Ochaca; Inyursta

Lado ran fast and he ran hard. Low-growing palms, plumeria and other soft deciduous shrubs brushed his legs in constant succession as he ran through the jungle - tripping several times in the pitch black as his toes banged roots and logs buried beneath the green sea time and time again. He thanked his lucky star that so far no deadly snake, spider nor scorpion had befallen in his path, as he raced north towards the community of Casabalançé. In the distance he heard gunfire, and it slowly faded as he pushed on in the dark, his lungs on fire and his tank-top drenched from both his own sweat and the sticky dew of the plants.

As the gunfire died down, he breifly ceased his sprint, slowing down to catch his breath when the rotorbeats of a helicopter blasted overhead. A few hundred meters away he could single nearly a hundred rays of faint white light glistening through the canopy - the sight of the broken rays coming down like the morning sun and reflecting off the dew would have been beautiful if not for the fact Lado was effectively running for his life. Behind him, the echoes of barking dogs and their rustling crashing through the brush closed an and he again stumbled forward. He finally came to a shallow river - a dilapidated irrigation canal, really - and pushed through the muck and reeds as he moved towards the main road. Before he could climb the rough dirt of the opposite bank, the helicopter had already located him and what seemed like a thousand sirens closed in around him as armed men in black body armor and night vision googles seemed to materialize from all sides.

Lado through his hands in the air and fell to his knees. The men surrounding him were quick to come around and handcuff him, all the while keeping their rifles aimed at his head.

"C'est illo." One of the ISD operators said, comparing his face to a photograph, just before a black sack was thrown over Lado's head...

by **Crysuko** » Tue Nov 06, 2018 1:54 pm

Malell sighed. He was hardly expecting a warm reception, but this was just ludicrous. Even during the primal crusades, the enemy wasn't this impolite, it was entirely obvious to him at this point that to issue further warnings would be pointless, and as much as he wanted a wing of bombers to firebomb their capital, that wouldn't be happening. For now.

Instead, he got on the phone with his propoganda correspondant, and placed a fairly unusual request. Some hours later, he recieved a high quality video by email. Malell proposed another communication, attaching the video. A compilation of Crysukon army power, military parades, air force and naval shows, artillery barrages and columns of tanks. Malell's words at the end of the video simply said.

"Do not trifle with us"

by **Inyourfaceistan** » Tue Nov 06, 2018 3:44 pm

Calderone received the message from his Secretary of State, Françisco Ardonez. He chortled to himself and had Ardonez pass the email onto the military brass types, who would no doubt get a kick out of it.
Summoning the usual "call it like it is, no-holds-barred" behavior he was known for, Calderone sent another message - this time intentionally BCC'ing representatives from several Inyurstan media outlets who would no doubt leak his message to the public.

Communiqué par Président Jean-Baptiste Calderone
Communique by President Jean-Baptiste Calderone

Dear Kadahan Malell, Crysukon Foreign Secretary;

Oh no, I'm terrified.

Now kindly fuck off.

Signed:
- Président Jean-Baptiste Calderone

by **Crysuko** » Tue Nov 06, 2018 4:19 pm

By now, head of the armed forces, Alueck Sangh had been drafted in. Both men as well as several mother military and political advisors had called a meeting. "it's a terrible situation" explained Malell "they're openly hostile to any form of communication, and what's more they haven't responded at all to an open threat. it's all a joke to them". Sangh nodded slowly, puttign a hand to his chin in thought. "I wouldn't recommend an open invasion, at least not now. Open and sudden aggression would result only in others jumping to their defence. In short, we'd be the bad guys here. No. what I propose is this. We send in covert agents to determine the exact nature of the opression and persecution being inflicted. Meanwhile, we quietly mobilise"

Malell leaned forward "I'll keep a line open with the tactless clod they call a foreign contact, to see if I can prod them into giving any kind of useful information. Send auth for a few high ranking agents, the forged papers and passports they produce at DCO are top notch. As you said, we find out exactly what's going on over there, so to make an aggressive response seem more reasonable".

Sangh grinned "you're thinking about this the wrong way, comrade. It's not aggression, it's liberation of an oppressed people and pacification of a rogue state. Once i've talked to the department of covert ops about this, we'll draw up a pacification plan. Keep needling this idiot you mentioned, you might get a kick out of it if nothing else. SilverEye will be in alignment soon, so we can get the topography of their land"

With a few final words and handshakes, both men started to go about their respective jobs. Malell decided to see just how callous this other person was. with a smile, he began a new message.

You don't realise what you're getting into, do you? do you think you can just flip off everyone who criticises you like a petulant teenager. What a sham of a nation, with s "leader" who belong in a secondary school.

he pressed send with a chuckle. it was diplomatic trolling at this point, but it mattered not. Their days of thoughtless ego are numbered,

by **Inyourfaceistan** » Tue Nov 06, 2018 4:51 pm

Castille de Térro, Inyursta

Président Calderone didn't even bother responding the most recent message; believing that he had sufficiently triggered the libs and instead passed it on to the military and intelligence apparatus of Inyursta.
Naturally, all the Generals, Admiràles and intelligence directors laughed amongst themselves, believing their enemies were most likely cowards who wouldn't lift a finger...

by **Stoklomolvi** » Tue Nov 06, 2018 8:16 pm

REFERENCE:

06 NOVEMBER 2018

Security: Public
[OPEN COMMUNIQUÉ]
Subject: Inyursta Supreme Court rules against LGBTQ+

The Stoklomolvi Liaoist Federation notes with concern the recent terrorist attacks carried out by the so-called "Homofront" and expresses its condolences to the victims of the recent violence. While the reasoning of the Inyursta Supreme Court has been questioned by the Stoklomolvi Judiciary Commissariat, the Stoklomolvi Foreign Affairs Commissariat has noted that the ruling is strictly internal to Inyursta at this time. The link between the ruling and the attacks remains unclear to this government, as while the ruling can be seen as oppressive or regressive by some, similar rulings by governments have been made in the past to no overtly violent results. The Stoklomolvi government is operating under insufficient information with regards to the details to the incidents which have occurred, and can only wish for a peaceful resolution to the situation.

Human rights groups within Stoklomolvi have noted that the importance of an individual's social relations with regards to biological sex or psychological gender seem to be a very strong point of contention in many countries, often for a religious or traditional reason. The Stoklomolvi government does agree with the reasoning of some of these groups, namely that it would be wise for the international community to wait and assist the people of Inyursta through this troubling time. With that being said, the Stoklomolvi Foreign Affairs Commissariat would like to provide some medical equipment to aid any ongoing efforts in Inyursta.

by **Crysuko** » Thu Nov 08, 2018 1:42 am

"The plan is a relatively simple one, compared perhaps to the grand scheme" explained a spymaster to the teams soon to be deployed. "You have all been issued your forged papers and identities, so use them wisely. Your actions will be ones of observations, use surveillance and coercion to indicate the rotten core of their society, public actions, news items, government actions, if you see it, I want it in your reports. Now go, your flights leave shortly. Safe trip"

It would take a few days for the groups of infiltrators to reach major cities and towns within the enemy land, but when they did, they would waste no time merely observing the public and news, or prying into more sensitive information. Regardless, it was all in the name of creating an acceptable pretext. To simply launch a surprise attack would not work, they may gain some ground initially but once that wore off, they'd be pushed straight back into the sea.

But if they could have the international response on their side, perhaps there would be a chance of success...

by **Union of Albandrite Socialist Republics** » Thu Nov 08, 2018 3:08 am

The daily news had just finished a report on how grain production had increased 15 percent past expectations for this five year plan. The report ending with a clip of cheering farmers wearing newly awarded shiny red medals for the great work on the collective farms for that harvest.
The next report began with the Anchor, famous newsman and proud party member, Pete Solansky, reading the headline..

Reactionary Government faces violence after violating human rights

He looked to the Camera as a small box showing footage of the aftermath of the homofront terror attacks in Cordoba appeared beside him digitally. He began reading the teleprompter almost immediately after the images appeared "Recently, the government of Inyursta, led by reactionary bourgeois forces, passed a bill allowing the dehumanization of Homosexuals and other LGBT groups in their curriculum. This move was done by the reactionary government to justify public violence against anyone who was deemed homosexual by the state." Pete cleared his throat, as he shuffled some papers on his desk. While the papers were actually all blank, it made it look like he was doing something for the camera every time he shifted it..So he often did in the gaps on the teleprompter "The government also denied all modern research in modern biology from being taught in places of education within their borders. Another sad attempt by their futile bourgeois regime to keep the proletariat up to date on modern sciences and other events outside of their borders." Pete shuffled the blank papers again, as he watched the next set of words scroll up on the teleprompter "And now, in a fit of spontaneous rage against their reactionary regime, LGBT members of the proletariat have staged an armed uprising against the reactionary regime, along with their leaders and supporters. The liberals and fascists of the nation could only watch as violence erupted against their own government. Now, in this time we can only suspect the reactionary government to ramp up its restrictions on sexuality and to continue to subjugate and abuse its own people."

Pete looked forward as the teleprompter began to display another set of news "In more lighthearted news, the Albandrite Pioneers have been taking community efforts to find stray animals and give them to families who will provide them with loving, caring homes." The footage then shot over to children in Albandrite Pioneer uniforms handing a kitten over to a young man in a suit bearing a Communist Party pin....

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Initially, the Party hardly discussed the series of events in the nation known as Inyursta. To them, it was nothing more than another capitalist backwater that had passed another reactionary law against an oppressed minority group. However, as the Homofront terror attacks came to fruition, interest peaked in the Politburo and among the State Security Agency. A capitalist nation that had passed reactionary law and now was facing terrorism? This presented opportunity to knock a potential political opponent out of the world stage. Deep in the halls of the Grand Palace of Communism, Premier Johannan Vinsky sat in his office smoking a cigar talking to head of his head of Intelligence, a middle aged balding man named Arkaan al-Rabbani. "So, what do we know of the terrorists responsible for this attack?" Vinsky asked, blowing out a puff of cigar smoke as he spoke. "Not much Comrade Premier." Responded Arkaan "For the most part we just know they conduct attacks and operations against nations they perceive as anti-LGBT."

Vinsky sighed in frustration "You're the head of Intelligence and you don't have any intelligence outside of the most basic shit the world knows?" He asked angrily. "You have to forgive the SSA, Comrade Premier" Arkaan said, clearly frustrated at the remark "We work on defending our internal security the most, and the Homofront has posed absolutely no threat to the UASR at any point. We have been more hard working on the NeoSkyrians and th-" Before Arkaan could finish, a gentleman opened the door to Vinsky's office. "Uh, Comrade Vinsky" The man interrupted "The head of Wildlife wishes to speak to you on the recent forest fires in the mountains."

Vinsky looked up to the gentleman before looking back at Arkaan "Look. I want you to get what you can about Homofront and I want you to find a means to communicate them. Get it done as soon as possible. Alright?" Arkaan stood up and nodded "Of course Comrade" before saluting, turning around and walking quickly out of the room.

"And someone get me a drink." Vinsky groaned.

Official Statement of the Government of the UASR and of The Communist Party of Albandry

The Union of Albandrite Socialist Republics publicly CONDEMNS the anti-science and anti-lgbt stances of the government of Inyursta. We also condemn their blatant ignorance on the basic fundamentals of human rights and their total lack of knowledge of basic vocabulary, especially in regards to the definition of words like "Discrimination".

The UASR takes a neutral stance in regards to the attacks against the Inyursta government, however acknowledges the attacks are a result of Inyursta's refusal to allow the most basic of rights to citizens. This is a grave their own government has dug and now the government are paying for it in the means of their own citizen's blood.

We STRONGLY URGE Inyursta takes another course of action for its governmental decisions, or else they will see much more bloodshed in their nation from rebel groups.

The Communist Party of Albandry as a collective.

by **Crysuko** » Fri Nov 09, 2018 12:25 pm

it took some time, but most of the observers and watchers filtered in, posing as journalists, gap year students and just ordinary citizens. across 3 major cities and a dozen smaller towns, they began to set up rings and safehouses designed to provide meeting spots to discuss plans and compile information and intrigue they had collected. Already, there was a few staking out around town, recording news broadcasts and government conferences to filter for anything that could suggest a malevolant intent. They knew it was there, all they had to do was find it, and prove it to the world at large.

by **Inyourfaceistan** » Fri Nov 16, 2018 8:32 pm

-- post containing relevant plot points and world-building moved to more visible spot --

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