Sahansahiye Iran wrote:Onder Kelkia wrote:No regions have been proscribed based on lies and no persons have been declared persona non grata due to personal dislike. Such external controversy as has followed such decisions has come after the deterioration of relations with the parties concerned, not before. All regional proscription decisions are taken by a vote of the elected Storting, in all cases so far with unanimous support, and should not be presented as a personal decision of one individual.
EMN had existed for 2 weeks and had 10 citizens at the time of our proscription by you, based on our, what was it again? "Defender-Francoist propaganda". We didn't even have a bloody GP thread yet. We hadn't even released any official communique of ANY kind. But yes. Tell me more again about this "deterioration of relations with the parties concerned".
This is deliberately obtuse. The statements that were accurately described before the Storting did not come from an official publication of Mare Nostrum, but from the statements of Mare Nostrum's founding members pertaining to Balder in private conversations and The Land of Kings and Emperors. You appear to believe that we should have acted only on official statements, but the Storting is entitled to rely on all relevant evidence in making an assessment.
Regardless of whether you think the interpretation and decision adopted by the Storting was right or wrong, it was not based on lies as you alleged.
Sahansahiye Iran wrote:Onder Kelkia wrote:The Queen is not mixed up on her history. The dismissal was far from uncontroversial, to put it mildly, and had adverse long-term consequences.
A decision being controversial does not make it bad, Onder. You may not be aware after having surrounded yourself with so many yesmen for so long.
On the contrary, for a constitutional monarch, involvement in political controversy is inherently undesirable. Constitutional monarchs take care to avoid it. That is not to say that there are never circumstances where controversial royal decisions are appropriate, but a decision being contentious is a downside.
I don't surround myself with "yesmen". You know nothing about any of the people I work with with in this game, anymore than you know anything about the politics of the Realm of Balder. I am fortunate to have many loyal colleagues who voice disagreements honestly and frankly in the appropriate setting.
Your refusal is noted.