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theatrical_muse] 267 - In medias res
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arrow_of_apollo267 - In medias res
They're going to do it. They're going to do it and there's nothing I can frakking do to stop them.
Why don't they see what they're doing? These people are supposed to represent their people of the fleet. They're supposed to use their judgment and their consciences to do what's best not just for the moment, and not just for what the popular opinion is supposed to be, but what's best overall. They're supposed to have the long-range view, take in the big picture. Instead, they're reacting in fear and paranoia.
They're being led around by the nose and they're doing it willingly.
Don't they realize what's happening? We've been through this before! I should know, I helped make it happen then. They're going to tear the fleet apart with their short-sightedness and their blind bowing to whatever Tom Zarek tells them to do.
He's a reactionary. He doesn't think about the future of the human race. All Zarek wants is to keep humanity running scared, because it means they're going to keep turning to the loudest and angriest voice, and that's always going to be him. It means that the under the table deals will still be made, and that power is always going to exist to be brokered and bought.
All Zarek wants is to stay king of his little hill, and he doesn't want to acknowledge that there's any more to the world around it.
They're going to strand us here in space, keep us limping along until we run out of fuel or people or the will to live. And then, humanity's going to just lay down and die because we'll be so damn tired of running.
The hands go up. The motion is carried, eleven to one.
Damn you, Tom Zarek. You're going to kill us all.
(302)
They're going to do it. They're going to do it and there's nothing I can frakking do to stop them.
Why don't they see what they're doing? These people are supposed to represent their people of the fleet. They're supposed to use their judgment and their consciences to do what's best not just for the moment, and not just for what the popular opinion is supposed to be, but what's best overall. They're supposed to have the long-range view, take in the big picture. Instead, they're reacting in fear and paranoia.
They're being led around by the nose and they're doing it willingly.
Don't they realize what's happening? We've been through this before! I should know, I helped make it happen then. They're going to tear the fleet apart with their short-sightedness and their blind bowing to whatever Tom Zarek tells them to do.
He's a reactionary. He doesn't think about the future of the human race. All Zarek wants is to keep humanity running scared, because it means they're going to keep turning to the loudest and angriest voice, and that's always going to be him. It means that the under the table deals will still be made, and that power is always going to exist to be brokered and bought.
All Zarek wants is to stay king of his little hill, and he doesn't want to acknowledge that there's any more to the world around it.
They're going to strand us here in space, keep us limping along until we run out of fuel or people or the will to live. And then, humanity's going to just lay down and die because we'll be so damn tired of running.
The hands go up. The motion is carried, eleven to one.
Damn you, Tom Zarek. You're going to kill us all.
(302)
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Date: 2009-01-27 09:39 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2009-01-27 11:44 pm (UTC)The fear and paranoia have been well-earned by the Fleet at large, but if only someone would address those fears (and so far, no one's stepping up), the explosion could be minimalized.
Fantastic job!
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Date: 2009-02-15 08:45 am (UTC)(no subject)
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