What the Sentinels did at the time was not in control of the Council of Truth, and therefore were not answerable to them. In essence, they were renegades from the Council, and are not therefore associated with them other than to say that they called themselves "Clanners". So, thanks for the very interesting interpretation of events, but if you seperate yourself from an organization, you aren't with it any longer. QED.Originally Posted by Ghostfeather
Well, despite all you can say about it, The Sentinels did NOT represent the Council. They went against it. And no one knows who the Dust Brigade even is, much less who they support or who they work for. They kill Clanners, Neutrals and Omni's equally. The bottom line here is that, regardless of your 10 mile long cut and paste, a group of renegades did all of the things you are equating to the Council, and it's not true at all. So yeah, nice interpretation again. Not true, but funny.Originally Posted by Ghostfeather
Don't think it was the Sentinels that did this, do you? No. I don't believe so. And this type of cooperation is so seldom in occurance that it's a statistical blurb in the vast listings of OT wrongdoing.Originally Posted by Ghostfeather
A vast majority of Clanners do NOT support the Sentinels, and the "majority" they received in the Council vote all the OT's love to point to wasn't even a simple majority by long-ago accepted parlimentary points of protocol. This is why someone as stupid as Silverstone wouldn't accept the seat; he couldn't be the Emporer of Rubi-Ka, or whatever he was thinking he would be able to make out of the shards of the Council that he himself tried to destroy. Why they invited the simp into the fold in the first place is a bit of a mystery, but in essence, you can't exclude a guy that commands that many fiercely competent fanatical troops unless you want to cut your own throat. Politics are the art of compromise, and that's about as fine as an example as you can make. The man is a monster, but apparently he is our monster.Originally Posted by Ghostfeather
A cease-fire and amnesty that did not apply to everyone, and it was an OT internal security sweep disguised as an altruistic and unilateral move. Most of us didn't fall for it, as we watched OT thugs run through Clan cities and arrest people with no charges, no respect for law or anything else that would pass for the rule of law. No, as with most OT offerings of "peace", it's usually a smokescreen or delaying tactic to initiate and complete an operation for the OTAF or IntSec. A very successful strategy in warfare, to be certain, worthy of Sun Tzu. Only don't be lying about it to us. We all know better, mmmkay?Originally Posted by Ghostfeather
The nice thing about the situation as it is is that OT can't tell us jack squat about what we "have" to accept, or what we "must" do. Quite frankly, the ICC partitioned this world off. Clans get the north, Omni the south, and the Neutrals get the middle. As far as this trader is concerned, that's where it stands. The Clans are peace loving, except when OT tries to muscle in on what was given to us as our territory. And when you try to deal with a madman like Silverstone, or the non-Clanner Dust Brigade which you OT people seem to love to lump in with the extremist Clan organizations. It's not a Clan organization. The Council of Truth members are the Clan organizations now, and that is how the law is written. If they don't afflilate, they are subject to OT law. So guess what? The Dust Brigade, by this measure, are YOUR responsibility to deal with. However, as they happen to be holed up in the Wastelands, I think it's fair to say that you can deal with us in dealing with them and there would be no hard feelings on either side. But that does not make them Clan.Originally Posted by Ghostfeather
Three falsehoods for the price of one. Impressive.Originally Posted by Ghostfeather