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Papir republic wrote:

The community and culture act has been approved by parliament with 3 votes in favor of the bill. It will now be transfered to the royal court.

https://ravana.jcink.net/index.php?showtopic=28
It has been approved.

Nopengie wrote:

I would like to announce my candidacy to replace Anura Plato

Here is what our endowment has to say about the procedure to fill this vacancy:

Any candidate may now declare their candidacy against Nopengie for the Vacant seat by 8:00 PM Friday, August 28th. If no candidate does, he will automatically fill the seat.

Nopengie wrote:

So what are we gonna do about the fact that Lasagna won't let go of the war and screw off

I really don't understand what their problem still is, do they really have nothing better to focus on?

Northern Mount Celestia wrote:

Do we even have an emissary in Lasagna? Maybe we should try to talk about it with them

We had emissary's present for around a month, and they've sporadically reached out to me over the past week, but ultimately there is limited room for diplomacy as it's their choice whether or not they move on. We certainly have.

Ralentia wrote:

its because you lied about winning, when you were immediately expelled from your occupation of lasagna, then you say you immediately win and refuse to talk. Im sure we (lasagna) would move on, but the fact remains that you wont acknowledge the war never ended, and parade your own truth.

This is the last time I will ever address this. War is, inherently, a two-sided activity. I'll ignore the fact that the President of Lasagna stated that you are not at war and assume that lasagna's position is that the war is still in progress. Regardless of who you consider won, Ravana's government has ended its war. Ravana is not at war. The only thing preventing Lasagna from also not being at war is Lasagna's own choices. Let's look at this through an analogy:

Two Germanic Kingdoms are at war. They fight for a year, trading off territory and exchanging wins and losses. Eventually, one of the Kingdoms is satisfied with the course of the war and decides to end their war effort. They consider the conflict a victory by their own standards, and cease fighting. This is where we stand today. You may have different standards of victory in this war, and you are free to interperate your own successes and failures by your own standards as we do. But it's silly to try and convince us to revise our own standards and then go back to war so that you can feel better about how we view the conflict. You guys need to stop being so concerned by how we see our own war effort, I'm not sure why you care. Our goal was to take the WA delegacy, and we did that. By our standards that's a victory. Your goal it seems was to come out of the conflict with no long term detriments, which you achieved. You can be victorious by your own standards, and us by ours.

There is no reason why we would ever revisit the conflict, we achieved our own aims and have no interest left in the affair. You are free to move on to better things now.

Ravana is a sucky place wrote:

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Ravana is a sucky place wrote:

1) Our president never said that.
2) If you can admit that the war is not over we would love to talk
3) The problem is that you guys gloated and ignored us when we said that a failed occupation is not a win, and instead of saying "We consider the war over" you said "We won the war"
War can also be more than 2 sided, ever heard of the Chinese warring states period or WW2?

1)

Ile Morice wrote:

Your war is over? Of course. You started it and you ended it all yourselves. Do note we didn't make any Official declaration of war yet on you, not that there won't be any!

This was the day after we declared victory... For the love of god please start paying attention
2) We literally don't want to talk, that's the entire point. We are done having any communication or contact with Lasagna, we've moved on.
3) Did you read my post? Victory is subjective, we won by our standards. You are free to say we lost by yours, that's a fair assessment. We both consider the war over and consider ourselves victors by our standards.
4) I'm a political science major, yes I've heard of World War 2. The Dinnertime conflict wasn't WW2, it was a war between Lasagna and Ravana. Ravana is no longer in that war, by it's own laws, policies, and admissions.

Announcement

Following talks with The grey isles we have mutually agreed with Lasagna to have both our regions recall all sleeper agents, puppets, and spies from each others forums, regions, and discords. To the best of my knowledge, there are currently no Ravanians residing in Lasagna. If you are either officially or unofficially, please recall your puppet back to Ravana. If you are a puppet of Lasagna, please leave Ravana immediately.

As an addendum to this agreement, we also agreed to cut ties entirely. Do not contact Lasagnians, and if contacted do not respond and inform me and Glaciosia. Any remaining Lasagnian spies will be banished tonight.

Empatheticahas been excommunicated.

After that exciting phase of the day, I believe we all need a fun diversion. I present to you, Ravana Plays NS Issue #3!

This morning’s strategy meeting was brought to a grinding halt when you and your cabinet were subjected to the worst pot of tea you have ever had the misfortune of suffering. The leaves weren’t properly brewed, the milk was skimmed AND powdered, the water was lukewarm, and the sugar bowl was full of salt...

The Debate

1. “Oh gosh Leader, I’m so sorry I don’t know how to make your boiled leaf water,” spits Wesley, the ever-sarcastic secretary responsible for the offending brew. “I was busy learning trivialities like typing, minute-taking, IT skills, and calendar organising. How about you all drink Eckie-cola from now on, instead? In fact, you should get rid of tea from the whole of Ravana Plays NS: it’s a drink for old farts and fuddy-duddies anyway.”

2. “Look, I’m the Secretary of State, the damn Secretary of State, I say, and even I know how to make tea properly,” complains your elderly Secretary of State, pointing to the desk nameplate that says Secretary of State. “The problem with young people today, well, besides being constantly glued to their Pear Phones, is that they don’t know how to slow down and take their time. We should make tea-making and kitchen skills a part of the national curriculum, and encourage all those teenagers and twenty-somethings to stop rushing around, and to appreciate a proper tea service.”

3. “Pfft, slow-mo food and drink is so last century,” mocks Bruce Guilliman, your Chief of Science, while digging into his microwave burrito. “What you need is instant tea, in a can, with some sort of heating widget that triggers with the ring pull, and plenty of preservatives to make it last. Once again, science has the answer! So, shall I assign some government grants for food technology research, or what?”

4. “Oolongs for better tea?” giggles Hermione Navarrete, your pun-loving Minister of Agriculture, and your Cabinet brace themselves for an onslaught of tea-related puns. “Can we Matcha solution to the problem? Can we Rize to the occasion? Did you read that report I Sencha? Did I get things down to a tea, my Darjeelings?” In the face of blank faces and silence, she changes tack. “Uh... anyway, coffee. Coffee is easier to make and nicer. Subsidise coffee growers.”

Farlandiay wrote:

Anura plato has been excommunicated.

Anura Plato was a spy?

Farlandiay wrote:

Very unfortunitally, he was Ktchenia. We'll have to do our recruitment Drive. Also Can no rey TGI telegrammed me today, I hope you can agree to our mutual cessation of spying and ending of communications.

I just read their dispatch, Papir is one too