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In case you hadn't noticed the fetid swamp has been largely drained and even in this last stagnant pond the majority of fish have already died and are rotting on the surface. - Prophet Ardy
- Erwin V.H.
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I realise this isn't meant to be taken seriously, but I would like to point out that, as soon as the error came clear, the confidential information was erased. I believe that, apart from me and Mateo, who was the first to react, nobody saw any of it. Also, if I really intended to start a smear campaign, I'd have been a bit more persevering. I simply acted on the basis of incorrect information, and apologised for it.
Also, you fail to mention that Mateo himself agreed to his stripping of admin duties.
Also, you fail to mention that Mateo himself agreed to his stripping of admin duties.
Governor of the Northern Beneluccas
Former President of the Republic of Flanders
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Former President of the Republic of Flanders
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The Batavian Post wishes to thank Erwin V.H. for his readership. We would like to note however that none of the issues you mention refute the factual basis of this article which contains nothing but the undiluted truth.
In case you hadn't noticed the fetid swamp has been largely drained and even in this last stagnant pond the majority of fish have already died and are rotting on the surface. - Prophet Ardy
- Erwin V.H.
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You know I've been a loyal reader of your family's writings for years.
I didn't dispute any of the reported facts, although I disagree with the interpretation of this being a smear campaign.
I didn't dispute any of the reported facts, although I disagree with the interpretation of this being a smear campaign.
Governor of the Northern Beneluccas
Former President of the Republic of Flanders
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Former President of the Republic of Flanders
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Re: Batavian Post
In case you hadn't noticed the fetid swamp has been largely drained and even in this last stagnant pond the majority of fish have already died and are rotting on the surface. - Prophet Ardy
- Erwin V.H.
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Three things:
1) The entire world doesn’t evolve around Jingdao. I was honestly embarrassed that I couldn’t immediately come up with a nice ‘material’ gift – our ‘main export product in jest’, piles of paperwork, didn’t really seem fitting for a coronation. Especially since I quite recently gave a similar present/tribute to a certain heavenly light.
I’m just not interested in a war of nasty little words with Jingdao. In fact, although I was until quite recently perhaps the last person in the Dutch sector with a positive opinion ex sim on your project left (heck, I still like it from a cultural point of view and even tried to pay homage to the Yuan Windsor saga, which I really enjoyed, by using this as a background story for our travel advise), I’m now simply indifferent to it . Or at least I’m trying to be (I’m only human, after all), although apparently you’re keen on pushing me squarely to the negative side. And, in sim I don’t intend to make Jingdao a subject of our foreign policy at all anymore. I’m not pro-Jingdao; I’m not anti-Jingdao either. You’ll just have to live with it, I guess.
2) I’m also just not interested in participating in your private little vendetta against me. Not in Dutch, not in English. Especially not in public – I would much rather have it if you reverted to e-mail, even with insults if you must; you evidently know my address. To go on about it in public, even in the guise of a satirical tabloid, isn’t good publicity – clearly, it isn’t good for my reputation, but I think in the long run it won’t be for you either (and don't spin this into a threat, because it isn't). It certainly isn’t good for the hobby for two people to continue like this. Especially not when they’ve come a long way like we have (which is probably the main reason why it still bothers me).
3) I’m sorry to have felt obliged to respond to this article in public because it’s the first thing published since the incident in English, but in accordance with the above, this was also the last time I did this. I know you consider this to be cowardice, and I guess you might present this as evidence of me bringing a personal thing public, with your story being just something completely IC. Perhaps. And perhaps you’ll publish similar ‘reports’ in the future as well. Could be. But I just won’t get lured into reacting to them again (just as I didn’t react to everything this time). I can only hope of either us sorting this out (and I still think the best way is to let it cool off), you losing your interest in it and/or people being smart enough to take these writings with a grain of salt.
1) The entire world doesn’t evolve around Jingdao. I was honestly embarrassed that I couldn’t immediately come up with a nice ‘material’ gift – our ‘main export product in jest’, piles of paperwork, didn’t really seem fitting for a coronation. Especially since I quite recently gave a similar present/tribute to a certain heavenly light.
I’m just not interested in a war of nasty little words with Jingdao. In fact, although I was until quite recently perhaps the last person in the Dutch sector with a positive opinion ex sim on your project left (heck, I still like it from a cultural point of view and even tried to pay homage to the Yuan Windsor saga, which I really enjoyed, by using this as a background story for our travel advise), I’m now simply indifferent to it . Or at least I’m trying to be (I’m only human, after all), although apparently you’re keen on pushing me squarely to the negative side. And, in sim I don’t intend to make Jingdao a subject of our foreign policy at all anymore. I’m not pro-Jingdao; I’m not anti-Jingdao either. You’ll just have to live with it, I guess.
2) I’m also just not interested in participating in your private little vendetta against me. Not in Dutch, not in English. Especially not in public – I would much rather have it if you reverted to e-mail, even with insults if you must; you evidently know my address. To go on about it in public, even in the guise of a satirical tabloid, isn’t good publicity – clearly, it isn’t good for my reputation, but I think in the long run it won’t be for you either (and don't spin this into a threat, because it isn't). It certainly isn’t good for the hobby for two people to continue like this. Especially not when they’ve come a long way like we have (which is probably the main reason why it still bothers me).
3) I’m sorry to have felt obliged to respond to this article in public because it’s the first thing published since the incident in English, but in accordance with the above, this was also the last time I did this. I know you consider this to be cowardice, and I guess you might present this as evidence of me bringing a personal thing public, with your story being just something completely IC. Perhaps. And perhaps you’ll publish similar ‘reports’ in the future as well. Could be. But I just won’t get lured into reacting to them again (just as I didn’t react to everything this time). I can only hope of either us sorting this out (and I still think the best way is to let it cool off), you losing your interest in it and/or people being smart enough to take these writings with a grain of salt.
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Rest assured, I don't think anyone takes the Batavian Post too seriously - in or out of sim!
Formerly His Imperial Niftiness Yardistanislaus du Grifos, former Kaiser of Shireroth
Now just Vilhelm Benkern, Count of Mar Sara
Suzerain of Hawshire // Peil̊åkti an Ixraǔtn | Protector of the Safir // Xonuti Shawa 'allumi Sanilla'i'i | King of the Free State of Sanilla
Now just Vilhelm Benkern, Count of Mar Sara
Suzerain of Hawshire // Peil̊åkti an Ixraǔtn | Protector of the Safir // Xonuti Shawa 'allumi Sanilla'i'i | King of the Free State of Sanilla
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I think Erwin and I live in parallel universes. Putting a cordon sanitaire around a nation because what has been said in the Batavian Post sounds a bit silly to me in this universe. Your feedback has been added to the article in any case.
In case you hadn't noticed the fetid swamp has been largely drained and even in this last stagnant pond the majority of fish have already died and are rotting on the surface. - Prophet Ardy
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In case you hadn't noticed the fetid swamp has been largely drained and even in this last stagnant pond the majority of fish have already died and are rotting on the surface. - Prophet Ardy
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In case you hadn't noticed the fetid swamp has been largely drained and even in this last stagnant pond the majority of fish have already died and are rotting on the surface. - Prophet Ardy
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In case you hadn't noticed the fetid swamp has been largely drained and even in this last stagnant pond the majority of fish have already died and are rotting on the surface. - Prophet Ardy
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In case you hadn't noticed the fetid swamp has been largely drained and even in this last stagnant pond the majority of fish have already died and are rotting on the surface. - Prophet Ardy
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In case you hadn't noticed the fetid swamp has been largely drained and even in this last stagnant pond the majority of fish have already died and are rotting on the surface. - Prophet Ardy
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In case you hadn't noticed the fetid swamp has been largely drained and even in this last stagnant pond the majority of fish have already died and are rotting on the surface. - Prophet Ardy
Re: Batavian Post
In case you hadn't noticed the fetid swamp has been largely drained and even in this last stagnant pond the majority of fish have already died and are rotting on the surface. - Prophet Ardy