(03-05-2016, 02:55 PM)sandaoguo Wrote: When the coup failed, almost entirely thanks to Scylla's principled defection, you had Hileville give his nation to you, because that was perfect PR. Some were basically calling you the savior of TSP. Your grand gesture with "truth and reconciliation" was the kind of bait our regional culture clamors for. But it was low on truth (no, you were not open about your direct involvement, unless I'm the last person in this region to hear about it), and "reconciliation" ended up being a tool to hit Kris and me with, while any criticism of the coup-ers or advocacy for real consequences would get the tsk-tsk of the "reasonable adults" in the room. It's quite brilliant. And completely dejecting.
I'm really at a loss for this region. I think we're all content keeping our heads in the sand, and it's just so easy to manipulate our culture and political environment by taking advantage of everybody's desire to avoid any hard realities.
Oh look, one side attacking the other for it's honesty and trying to make them out to be the worst villains in TSP history for what I am sure isn't political points.
It's almost like The Crisis never even happened...well in the sense the we learned absolutely nothing from it.
(This post was last modified: 03-05-2016, 05:24 PM by Wolf.)