The Battle of Darius - What would you say?

< For many risings of the orbal light in the sky that gives warmth, we the People have observed the two-legs called human. We were vigilant. We were cautious. We persevered not to quickly judge and not to hastefully make decision to communicate. One female two-leg was instrumental in helping the People cross that bridge far enough to see the good in two-legs. We have also seen the bad, and we sing of that too. But we have also learned of two-leg justice and of this we are eternally grateful. But for none are we more grateful than the two-leg idea of morals, scruples, values, responsibility and peace.

Therefore, we the People agree it apropos to use an adaptation of an old two-leg parchment which encompasses those values, as it so closely embodies that of the People.

IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776.

When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for the People to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all People are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.--Such has been the patient sufferance of these fellow Alliances; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present rulers of the Grand Alliance is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an anti-tyrannical State. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.

You have decimated an entire clan. (tears of memory)

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Your deaths shall not begin to repay that debt, but we the People shall accept it as a down payment. The death of any survivors away from the system shall be accepted as final payment.

Bleek! >

cthia wrote:It was determined before leaving the Haven system that a single representative from each Alliance government shall be predisposed to speak to the accused of Darius. One of the most profound has come from Samantha. Translated over comms...

< For many risings of the orbal light in the sky that gives warmth, we the People have observed the two-legs called human. We were vigilant. We were cautious. We persevered not to quickly judge and not to hastefully make decision to communicate. One female two-leg was instrumental in helping the People cross that bridge far enough to see the good in two-legs. We have also seen the bad, and we sing of that too. But we have also learned of two-leg justice and of this we are eternally grateful. But for none are we more grateful than the two-leg idea of morals, scruples, values, responsibility and peace.

Therefore, we the People agree it apropos to use an adaptation of an old two-leg parchment which encompasses those values, as it so closely embodies that of the People.

IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776.

When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for the People to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all People are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.--Such has been the patient sufferance of these fellow Alliances; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present rulers of the Grand Alliance is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an anti-tyrannical State. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.

You have decimated an entire clan. (tears of memory)

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Your deaths shall not begin to repay that debt, but we the People shall accept it as a down payment. The death of any survivors away from the system shall be accepted as final payment.

Bleek! >

George J. Smith wrote:Cthia, minor nit, decimate means 1 in 10, annihilated would be more appropriate

SWM wrote:<enters the system playing Wagner>
I shall kill him with my spear and magic helmet!
Magic helmet?
Magic Helmet!!
Magic helmet...
Yes, Magic Helmet! And I will give you a sample!

SharkHunter wrote:Michel Reynaud, of ACS. Deserved promotion to Full Admiral and an opportunity to be close in and take care of his home planets. Thoughts?