Sadland To Ban Public Use of Internet [NOW WAR/MT/OPEN]

[Sadland]

TO: All Nations
FROM: Warlord Tenel Nenel

In response to advice from many other nations, I have decreed that I will be allowing government websites and the official twitter feed of the government, with such patriotic tweets as:

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All hail Tenel Nenel! Long may he reign!

We will still not tolerate escape from Sadland. And mark my words, if an attack is made on Sadland, our military WILL respond. Thank you.

[Zokoria]

To: Leader of Segland
From: Supreme Leader Henrik Müller

The internet is a source of information, so I don't think you should ban it. Instead you should allow it, albeit censored to prevent leftist and offensive content from popping up, and to prevent online piracy and cybercrime.

[Qasarastan]

We don't think that was the good idea. Internet is the source for many of the unbiased (or biased) news, some of them describe us neutrally, unlike many biased left-wing or right-wing news in other nation or in television. We also admit that it's too hard to understand your objection about freedom of speech. Yes, we also admit that free speech mostly caused bad thing, like biased and ridiculous depiction about our respected Prophet, Muhammad (peace be upon to him) but you can't delete it forever, you just need to limit it.

What you should do is, instead prohibit internet, is just blocked the sites that you think aren't appropriate, for example porn site, or maybe for tinpot dictator, anti-Government sites or terrorist sites (although if you blocked the www.globalintifada.com we'll be extremely disappointed. That's how censorship works. With that, you could let your people searching informations and chatting, but not rise against your Government.

[OOC: Well, it's okay...although I dislike the 'totally evil nation' type. It's just...unrealistic]

[New Waterford]

To: Warlord Tenel Nenel of Sadland
From: Taoiseach Ted McGuire of New Waterford

I am absolutely appalled by your decision. I warn you that New Waterford has engaged in conflict to liberate two dictatorships before and has succeeded. This time, I shall not give the order to invade; however, I shall attack if:
a) Sadland (or its allies) should invade territory under New Waterfordian sovereignity
b) Another nation at war with Sadland should call upon New Waterford for reinforcements
Good luck.

[Zanazbar]

To: Warlord Tenel Nenel of Sadland
From: Taoiseach Ted McGuire of New Waterford

I am absolutely appalled by your decision.I warn you that New Waterford has engaged in conflict to liberate two dictatorships before and has succeeded. This time, I shall not give the order to invade; however, I shall attack if:
a) Sadland (or its allies) should invade territory under New Waterfordian sovereignity
b) Another nation at war with Sadland should call upon New Waterford for reinforcements
Good luck.

Threats of war will not be tolerated. Anyone who wishes to go to war with Sadland on this issue will be enemies of ours and we will not hesitate to attack. Seem like you are overreacting, this is a simple control of internet. Nothing more. As for the refugees, we will continue to shoot them on sight.

[Glaswegistan]

To: Warlord Tenel Nenel of Sadland
From: Taoiseach Ted McGuire of New Waterford

I am absolutely appalled by your decision.I warn you that New Waterford has engaged in conflict to liberate two dictatorships before and has succeeded. This time, I shall not give the order to invade; however, I shall attack if:
a) Sadland (or its allies) should invade territory under New Waterfordian sovereignity
b) Another nation at war with Sadland should call upon New Waterford for reinforcements
Good luck.

Threats of war will not be tolerated. Anyone who wishes to go to war with Sadland on this issue will be enemies of ours and we will not hesitate to attack. Seem like you are overreacting, this is a simple control of internet. Nothing more. As for the refugees, we will continue to shoot them on sight.

Any attack on New Waterford will be treated as an attack on Glaswegistan, and therefore an attack on the hundred plus orbital overwatch platforms and detachments currently monitoring this situation. The Party reminds Zanzabar that, no matter how much you would like to believe that you are prepared for anything; car sized ferrous slugs fired from coilgun platforms in high orbit, are inherently impossible to prepare for. This is not a threat, it is not even a warning; it is a simple observation of the universal constants.

In the meantime, Special Forces, and a number of aircraft will be deployed to assist in the evacuation of refugees, any attempt to obstruct the progress of these aircraft in evacuating refugees will be treated as grounds for the mass scale of deployment of orbital interdiction outside the Sadlandian theatre. Until such a time as these aircraft or personnel are fired upon, no action will be taken against Sadland or any other nation involved in this theatre; that is a warning.

Control of the internet is an inherently corporatocratic ideology, and therefore cannot be abided by any free nation.

[Equinia]

We are absolutely shocked and apalled by this oppressive new law that will ban the right of Sadland's people to access the internet freely and without restrictions.

We urge all nations to unite and defeat this horrendous measure.

[Maltropia]

Any declaration of war on New Waterford will be met with retaliation from their ally, the Royal Kingdom of Maltropia.

[The FTR]

The restrictions placed upon the Internet by Sadland are recieved positively by the Forosian government. Furthermore, the sovereignty and independence of Sadland is much more important than the freedom and happiness of the people. The Forosian government sees it as hypocritical of the so-called freedom-loving nations of the world when they threaten invasion or annexation of Sadland, as well as trying to convince the citizens of the nation to become traitors and flee to them.
The Forosain government wishes Warlord Nenel luck in dealing with the massive number of adversaries he has spawned with his new law, and hopes that Sadland survives to enact another law similar to this one in the near future.

[Maltropia]

Because the government of Zanazbar seems incapable of treating this precarious diplomatic situation with the gravity it deserves and has elected to murder those who it has affirmed do not cease to be citizens of Sadland simply because they have attempted to "defect", the Royal Kingdom has ordered that any vessels originating in Zanazbar will be seized if they come within a twenty nautical mile radius of a Maltropian warship. Similarly, the 19^th Royal Fleet has been ordered to set course towards Sadland to provide safety for any asylum-seekers.

[OOC: Is there a map of Sadland I could get my hands on?]

[Glaswegistan]

Because the government of Zanazbar seems incapable of treating this precarious diplomatic situation with the gravity it deserves and has elected to murder those who it has affirmed do not cease to be citizens of Sadland simply because they have attempted to "defect", the Royal Kingdom has ordered that any vessels originating in Zanazbar will be seized if they come within a twenty nautical mile radius of a Maltropian warship. Similarly, the 19^th Royal Fleet has been ordered to set course towards Sadland to provide safety for any asylum-seekers.

Praising the initiative of the Royal Kingdom, the Party has extended an offer of air support and overwatch, in addition to the presence of a small carrier group, to be present in assisting Maltropian forces in this operation. If this offer is accepted; two carriers, backed up by an escort of five battleships, sixteen cruisers and twenty destroyers, in addition to some thirty mixed minesweeper vessels and specialised submarine hunters, will be dispatched to assist Maltropian vessels in accomplishing their objectives.

[Mizialand]

Royaume du Mizialand

Ministère des Affaires étrangères

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124 Rue de Elise

5689 AX Heleventia

Mizialand

Tel: +44 900 788

Fax: +44 557 900

Website: www.mdea.mz

The Great Empire of Sadland

14 October 2012

Dear Sir/Madam

Mizia reaction to ban public use of Internet by Sadland

I was much pleased and happy to hear about the ban on internet by your nation, contary to the condemnation of this decision by many other members of the international community. Internet is a synonym for trouble maker and is responsible for ruining life of many. People mostly use internet to watch pornography rather than using it as a tool for knowledge sharing. They are also exposed to evil designs of forces working against the government and the internet can become a major cause for destablising the present government in power. It has the capacity to rekindle a revolution and invite anarchy and chaos to an otherwise peaceful situation, examples of which can be found easily.

However, we wish that you reconsider your decision and adopt a Mizialand like approach. Ban all pornography and social networking sites, just like we have done. Create an internet regualtion body and certify all sites before approving their domains. Mizialand has developed technologies that have successfuly crubed social networking and porn sites, allowing access only to government approved sites. We have also created a government run social networking site where we control what people post. If you want more details about these steps, please do not hesistate to contact me.

Yours faithfully,

Hervé de Charette,
Minister of External Affairs

[New Waterford]

Any enemy of Maltropia and/or Glaswegistan is an enemy of New Waterford.

[New Waterford]

Because the government of Zanazbar seems incapable of treating this precarious diplomatic situation with the gravity it deserves and has elected to murder those who it has affirmed do not cease to be citizens of Sadland simply because they have attempted to "defect", the Royal Kingdom has ordered that any vessels originating in Zanazbar will be seized if they come within a twenty nautical mile radius of a Maltropian warship. Similarly, the 19^th Royal Fleet has been ordered to set course towards Sadland to provide safety for any asylum-seekers.

Praising the initiative of the Royal Kingdom, the Party has extended an offer of air support and overwatch, in addition to the presence of a small carrier group, to be present in assisting Maltropian forces in this operation. If this offer is accepted; two carriers, backed up by an escort of five battleships, sixteen cruisers and twenty destroyers, in addition to some thirty mixed minesweeper vessels and specialised submarine hunters, will be dispatched to assist Maltropian vessels in accomplishing their objectives.

The Irish Republic of New Waterford offers one aircraft carrier, four battleships and fifteen destroyers as reinforcements to aid the Maltropian and Glaswegistani vessels.

[Bodobol]

The Bodoboli government officially stands by New Waterford, Glaswegistan, and Equinia. However, we would advise a diplomatic meeting in an attempt for a solution before going to war.

[Vortropolis]

The socialist republic of Vortropolis

TO: Warlord Tenal nenal FROM: Jorven igrev (minister of foreign affairs)
We the Socialist republic Of Vortropolis applaud your actions. It is good to show your power against citizens of your nation and take the right course of action, and that is what you have done. Because if the citizens of your nation had access to the internet they could use it for abominable purposes. Any questions please take them to me the minister of foreign affairs, i'll be glad to answer them.

Sincerely,

[Central and Eastern Visayas]

WHEREAS, a tyrannical government seeks to silence dissent by means of monopolizing a means of communication;
WHEREAS, an ally of this same unjust regime has deigned to trample, without mercy, the rights of those who seek liberty;
WHEREAS, it is the duty of the just man to quell injustice;
WE, the Parliament of the Federal Republic of Central and Eastern Visayas, hereby declare the following:

1. Under the CEV Penal Code for Violations of International Law and Custom, the governments of Sadland and Zanazbar, as well as all who aid and abet them, have been declared hostes humani generis. Should the leadership of these totalitarian governments enter CEV custody, they shall be charged with Crimes Against Humanity under universal jurisdiction. By their actions, they have declared war against all just nations.

2. The Federal Republic shall also provide military assistance to those nations who seek to bring these tyrants to justice.

Sic semper tyrannis!


Dr. Rogelio Cañada, D.B.A.
Prime Minister
Government of the Federal Republic of Central and Eastern Visayas


Dr. Ricardo Osmeña, Ph.D.
Foreign Minister
Government of the Federal Republic of Central and Eastern Visayas


ADM Ian Oliverio, CEVN (Ret.)
Defense Minister
Government of the Federal Republic of Central and Eastern Visayas

ORBAT to be posted soon.

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Excerpt from the CEVFNN show JP130:

Joshua Paican: With me is Hernan Patulin, current Deputy Minister for International Law. Good evening, Deputy Minister.

Hernan Patulin: Good evening, Josh.

JP: Hernan, what's the first thing that goes into your mind when you learn that a government seeks to monopolize a key medium in modern-day society?

HP:The very first thought that goes in mind is a rather clear one: that government suffers from fear of criticism, loathing of dissent. The just government has little to no reason to fear dissent. In fact, a little dissent is healthy for any reasonable government, be it a republic, a monarchy, or whatever system that is not inherently unjust--in an extension of the Augustinian doctrine concerning just laws, unjust governments are not governments.

The Sadland case is an example of a government trampling upon the rights of the very people it is supposed to represent.

JP: Are you at liberty to discuss any of the government's responses?

HP: Earlier on, Parliament sent a strongly worded response to the leadership of Sadland. Given that government's penchant for trampling upon the rights of its people, I'm more than certain that it will be charged with Crimes against Humanity. As you well know, there are only two ways for a guilty verdict to end in: life without parole, or execution via lethal injection. Either way, I see no reason to shed a tear for jackbooted, goose-stepping, totalitarian thugs. Frankly, they don't deserve sympathy.

Voltaire once said being right when those in power are wrong is dangerous. He was right.

JP: And what of reports saying that military action might be taken?

HP: That, I believe, is the province of the Ministry of Defense, not the Ministry of Justice.

JP: But if you were a betting man...?

HP: Odds of this erupting into a full-scale war would be 19 to 1 at best, and 3 to 1 at worst. Not exactly a good thing to consider... but then again...

JP: Is it really our place to criticize government policy?

HP: Neutrality in this case is favorable to the Sadland government, not its people. It is the place of all just governments to criticize an unjust policy.

JP: Thank you for your time, Hernan.

HP: Don't mention it, Joshua.

JP: Next on JP130: Deconstructing the fighter mythos...

[Freedom of United Trevor]

No, People will get bored if you ban it and you shouldn't make this a law.

[Bodobol]

OOC: We should make an II thread for this, it's starting to turn into an International Incident.

[Sadland]

OOC: We should make an II thread for this, it's starting to turn into an International Incident.

OOC: Good idea, we might get a war soon...

[Zanazbar]

Because the government of Zanazbar seems incapable of treating this precarious diplomatic situation with the gravity it deserves and has elected to murder those who it has affirmed do not cease to be citizens of Sadland simply because they have attempted to "defect", the Royal Kingdom has ordered that any vessels originating in Zanazbar will be seized if they come within a twenty nautical mile radius of a Maltropian warship. Similarly, the 19^th Royal Fleet has been ordered to set course towards Sadland to provide safety for any asylum-seekers.

[OOC: Is there a map of Sadland I could get my hands on?]

Seizure of any of our ships will result in a direct conflict with any and all nations related to Maltropia. We will not tolerate trying to be pushed around by a bunch of freedom lovers. These refugees are cowards and need to be stopped. We are not intimidated, any action of seizure or taking over of our ships will be met with the appropriate reaction
OOC: This is starting to become a war thread, might need to be moved

[Glaswegistan]

Seizure of any of our ships will result in a direct conflict with any and all nations related to Maltropia. We will not tolerate trying to be pushed around by a bunch of freedom lovers. These refugees are cowards and need to be stopped. We are not intimidated, any action of seizure or taking over of our ships will be met with the appropriate reaction

In the meantime, the Party will be staging a demonstration bombardment against a set of sixteen dummy targets; sized and armoured in a manner approximate to that of an assortment of foreign battleships, save for two; which approximate the rough size, shape and armour thickness of a "Super-heavy" Battleship (Itself approximate to the planned, but ultimately abandoned Montana class battleship (USA)) and an aircraft carrier (In this case modelled after the "Invincible" class carrier (UK)). The Bombardment will consist of two stages; the first half of the demonstrations, lasting fifteen minutes, against ten of the battleships being used for demonstration, from a set of TB-AK-4 Alexia class multirole fighter aircraft, with automated anti-missile defenses active on all ships being targetted, and the second half of the demonstrations; six shots from an orbital platform, firing at the minimum strength bombardment such a platform is capable of, against the carrier, the super heavy battleship and the remaining four ships. All sixteen targets were manufactured within Glaswegistan, purely for the purpose of being demolished in just such a demonstration.

The Party cordially invites the leadership of the Zanazbar military to attend the demonstration in an observer role, and will be broadcasting the demonstration directly to Zanazbar and Sadland across all channels; civilian, military and governmental, in any event.

The demonstrations will take place sixteen miles off the coast of Takirawa island, and transportation to the Takirawa naval base can be arranged through the Party.

[Vipera (Ancient)]

While we do not BAN the use of internet, we strictly monitor and limit what is available to the public.

[Zanazbar]

Seizure of any of our ships will result in a direct conflict with any and all nations related to Maltropia. We will not tolerate trying to be pushed around by a bunch of freedom lovers. These refugees are cowards and need to be stopped. We are not intimidated, any action of seizure or taking over of our ships will be met with the appropriate reaction

In the meantime, the Party will be staging a demonstration bombardment against a set of sixteen dummy targets; sized and armoured in a manner approximate to that of an assortment of foreign battleships, save for two; which approximate the rough size, shape and armour thickness of a "Super-heavy" Battleship (Itself approximate to the planned, but ultimately abandoned Montana class battleship (USA)) and an aircraft carrier (In this case modelled after the "Invincible" class carrier (UK)). The Bombardment will consist of two stages; the first half of the demonstrations, lasting fifteen minutes, against ten of the battleships being used for demonstration, from a set of TB-AK-4 Alexia class multirole fighter aircraft, with automated anti-missile defenses active on all ships being targetted, and the second half of the demonstrations; six shots from an orbital platform, firing at the minimum strength bombardment such a platform is capable of, against the carrier, the super heavy battleship and the remaining four ships. All sixteen targets were manufactured within Glaswegistan, purely for the purpose of being demolished in just such a demonstration.

The Party cordially invites the leadership of the Zanazbar military to attend the demonstration in an observer role, and will be broadcasting the demonstration directly to Zanazbar and Sadland across all channels; civilian, military and governmental, in any event.

The demonstrations will take place sixteen miles off the coast of Takirawa island, and transportation to the Takirawa naval base can be arranged through the Party.

Flexing your muscles? Hah! If you want to see a real demonstration let us know. Our army is vastly superior in manpower and funds. We need no fancy orbital weapons, we have a tank force large enough to wipe a whole country. While our Navy isn't the best in the world, we still have a great air force and ground army. So if you are interested, let us know.

[Glaswegistan]

Flexing your muscles? Hah! If you want to see a real demonstration let us know. Our army is vastly superior in manpower and funds. We need no fancy orbital weapons, we have a tank force large enough to wipe a whole country. While our Navy isn't the best in the world, we still have a great air force and ground army. So if you are interested, let us know.

The Party, and indeed any civilised nation observing this development, is perplexed by the Zanazbarian stance that Numerical superiority in any given situation is a guarantor of a decisive victory, when history patently demonstrates the contrary quite frequently, especially when the numerically inferior force demonstrates a greater degree of technical proficiency in its soldiers, a greater degree of technological superiority in its weaponry and support capabilities, and a greater aptitude for combined arms warfare and strategy.

Once again, the Party, and a rather long list of physics professors, would like to point out that car sized metal slugs, accelerated from a vantage point in high orbit, generally tend to destroy tanks regardless of how numerous or how well protected they may be. Likewise, the above points are supported by a wide range of military scholars and experts from the Military Academies (They do have those in Zanazbar...right?).

And of course, given the current list of countries liable to join a war against Zanazbar in the event of continued unwarranted aggression in this theatre, even Numerical Superiority is not a guaranteed Zanazbarian advantage in the event of a war breaking out.

Evacuation of the refugees will continue.