And Then There Were Three
Aug 2 29479
A Editorial response by Alice Doroshal
OTPC - Recently there was an article written by an associate of mine, Chilia Moran, which took a look at a moment in the history of Rubi-ka, and examining it from her perspective. It wasn’t a press release, or a hard pressing news article. It was a Editorial.
In response a Clan journalist calling himself Malogar, made a very emotional response, pointing out a different perspective on that date in our history and its events…as well as moving to some name calling, which I suppose I can respect when someone challenges your world.
In response both Clan and Omni citizens took to the gridfeed and expressed their feelings about both of these articles. It seems as though quite a few emotions made their way to the surface.
"…and I thought it couldn't get any worse..... ", stated Trgeorge, a Clan advisor of Cerberus.
"Ms. Moran was expressing her "opinions" as is normal in an editorial. While some in the company may share her thoughts, not all of us do. Don't consider that one or two editorial remarks are an excuse to escalate violence." Added Amosco, an Omni-Tek employee with Disciples of Omni-Tek, both defending and disagreeing with the article.
" ….don’t for one second imagine every employee of Omni-Tek shares miss Moran's misguided views" Said Neista, another Omni Employee in response to the Clan’s response. Neista was also vocal in Ms Morans article thread saying "Chilia Moran whoever you are, you are an disgrace to OTPC, Omni-Tek and your profession. Leaving aside the glaring inaccuracies in your article and the shameless distortion of events you pick a politically sensitive time like now to peddle your hatred!"
Obviously the response from both sides speaks volumes to the current state of affairs on Rubi-ka….uncertainty, paranoia, defensiveness. But what is curious to this reporter, is that the original article may have been more accurate than many of the responses claimed.
Yes yes, I am about to get yelled at by the historical nuts of our time for that last comment, but if we take a step back from the events that began over 87 years prior to the subject of Miss Morans article; where Atrox miners ended up trapped in a collapsed mine, and someone who at the time was a spokesperson for Omni-Tek said "They're only Atroxes"; or if we put aside the deadly accidents that led up to the agreement Omni-tek made with the Labour guild in 29191…..
Yes if you can move your mind set away from those events, and look at what the article is actually about, something that happened 8 years after the signing of the Labour Guild agreement, then you might find yourself looking at things a bit differently…..even for Malogars response.
And some say there is no place for personal opinion in the media, or that we shouldn’t drudge up the past as Miss Moran has, but I am willing to bet these same people are more than happy to post publicly their personal opinions, and bring up whatever data from the past they find to back their point.
I don’t know how to break this to you folks, but regardless of how neutral you think the news system of Rubi-ka should be, there will always be opinions showing themselves in Editorials we journalists take the time to write. Of course OTPC is going to be Omni biased...it is a Omni news wire...and of course FJRK is going to be clan biased...it is Clan operated......even the beloved TAG reporters, as neutral as they are, don’t trust either Clan or Omni, and thus their opinion is, everyone has something to hide….but then again, that is my opinion…perhaps I shouldn’t share it.
But then why bother even discussing such issues? Are we really this far behind our development, on a planet with hardly any concern for death, and rich in resources, that we can’t disagree or discuss or challenge history and how it shaped our world?
It is fair to say as an Omni-Tek employee, when you are told the equipment was state of the art you believe it is. It is also fair to say when as a Clan you are told the equipment at the time was out of date, you believe it was. But truthfully, we don’t know for sure, because the history books don’t actually tell us. They hint at it, but the facts are left out of the entries.
The history books encourage it in a way….so little information is recorded officially in each public entry to the history books, we sometimes have to fill the blanks. In fact I recall reading some posts on the grid feed about how someone believed a conspiracy was hidden within the history books involving the ICC. Personally I think that is rubbish, as do many of you, and has no place on this feed. But that is just one persons opinion…just like Miss Moran is just one person, as is Malogar…as am I.
What is my point? That we can complain all we want about what we read in the news, and we can think that the past is the past and should be left there, but some feel the past can show us about who we are today, and unless we challenge the things we are taught, then we are just leets being led by the Mitaar player. And the best part of all this is, you are just as free to make your opinions known in response.
What an amazing time and place we live!
Do I agree with Miss Moran? Somewhat yes. Do I agree with Malogar? Somewhat yes. Both are obviously emotional about these subjects. My personal opinion? Omni-Tek just like any corporation has made mistakes, and so have the clans…but for a group in the north who time and time again bring up the past mistakes of Omni-Tek as a reason to have such hatred for Omni-Tek, they should expect that Omni-Tek is going to challenge those things the same way the clans continue to challenge us on them.
Again, that is my opinion.
Alice Doroshal
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