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.........Haha, that’s not real. You don’t actually think that.
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(203734) I do! Look. When was the last time you heard of the
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Ombudsmanship process being renegotiated eh? The Jovians certainly
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...... amendments but it’s not like our vaunted consensus isn’t
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at fault too. Since when do humans behave that way?
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(203807) We started to build consensus long before we met them.
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It’s not like there weren’t historical reasons for this. There was
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pressure to either build the new systems or Earth was going to die.
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It was survival of the species at stake. We had to grow up a bit.
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Anyway, it’s not like politics don’t happen. Just look at what it
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took to get this mission underway!
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(203849) Huuuh. There’s nothing new in how this works. We think
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we are so culturally evolved, but it’s the same old game as under
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the old regime. We are given parameters under which to debate but
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there is discipline so we cannot speak the unthinkable.
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(203932) Well what is it you want? You want a return to the Old
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Regime? You want people starving and Toronto 302 Kelvin in
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the middle of February? The 5 Commitments have let us...
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(203952) ...I’m not saying that. I’m not. I’m not saying it’s not
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a good idea, the Commitments. I’m saying there is mendacity. You
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know, lies? Isn’t that supposed to matter? That nothing is working
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like our supposed leaders say it is? Why don’t you care that...
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(204020) ...I do! I do care, of course, but I just don’t buy it.
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Just what leverage do the Jovians have to put us through any such
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...... when they don’t even have metal to work with. It’s ridiculous
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to suggest they would do this when every ombud report suggests they
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aren’t capable of duplicity.
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(204128) Omission is not the same as lies. Why do they need to lie
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when humans can do it for them eh? Primates lie, take the social
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cost of that, right. It’s cheap, it’s easy. They just need to trust
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that we will be what we are and we’ll do the work for them. Remember
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on launch how their dang blimp...
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(204203) ... Come on, now, no slurs. ...
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(204208) ...said nothing when asked about potential settlement of
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Jovians on PC-d? I know this is supposed to be tacit, but why is it
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tacit to settle anyway? If the blimps are on the up and up, why all
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the pussy footing with tentacles? They shouldn’t be able to even
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think that way, right. I’m saying our Zeurology is completely off
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whack, and there’s no way for that to be the case without someone
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jerking us around.
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(204301) You’re just spinning fantasies. I don’t buy it. It’s just
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paranoiac deep space fever. The shamans said we would tip this way.
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If you’re right, then there must be a motive. You’ve demonstrated
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no motive.
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(204341) Look. I’m just saying I smell smoke, eh. You don’t need
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to see flames to smell smoke. But. Alright, you want motive? I can
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give you a word or two but I need to know if you’re on side if it
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turns out I’m right. Well?
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(204422) Ha, of course. But you need to know I’m going to stress
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test you every step. You don’t trigger a Commitment 4 without
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some damned good reasons.
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(204438) Alright. Remember the day of the royal bon voyage? Well,
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the Queen gave us a pep talk after the honours ceremony and
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blessing. Something she said struck me as odd, and it didn’t make
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a lick of sense then, but. She sort of looked right at me and told
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me to make sure I paid attention to the direction of clouds in the
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