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 [PROJECT] Open Letter to Earlywine

[[PCGF]Jay]

Bit of inflammatory language there surely?

Nevertheless, my name there too please

[Roxdurag]

Just to be fair, would someone as close minded as Earlywine understand the references you make to Orwell's 1984 and its ministries?

Other wise, I do agree with your sentiments. Although I am not sure what impact they'll have on someone such as Earlywine...

[Benjaminbrum]

[Macavity]

Jay - That's really the whole point. The goal is to get him out of the way without resorting to violence, and we can do that one of two ways:

1) Harass him until he says "Okay, this is too much for me. Someone else try to deal with these Earthlings - I've had it!"

2) Get the people of PXC to express such displeasure (hopefully nothing to the level of rioting in the streets tho) that he's forced to give in to public opinion.

Roxdurag - Maybe he won't. But if he is familiar with 1984 (and is foolish enough to make mention of it), what a scandal that would make: a self-proclaimed Earthophobe taking ideas from an Earth author!

[cmlobue]

Bravo! Count me in.

[AnotherUselessPwn]

Good, count me in too.

[hobyrne]

Erm,

First, I don't think vitriol is the antidote to vitriol. Dirty politics is dirty. While I agree that clear-headed rationalism does not have the immediate grab of hatespeak, I think it would make our case stronger in the long-run. And how long is the hunt going to last? And how long do we want to stay in contact with Perplex City even after that?

Second, it's not going to *be* an open letter - not if it is read by an Earlywine stooge sitting at the information gateway before it goes anywhere. If he's dumb, he'll just trash it, if he's smart, he'll send it confidentially to Earlywine to be edited to highlight yet more Earth irrationality (somewhat like Clinton got edited to try and make him look bad; except Clinton wasn't even as inflammatory as this letter).

Nice idea, don't want to discourage you, but I don't see how this is going to work, and how it's going to work as well as you'd like it to.

[ixalon]

I'll happily sign although I do agree that maybe it needs to be toned down a bit as we don't want to seem like an angry 'backwards' people and add fuel to his fire. If printed it will be read by the normal every-day people of PXC so inserting a little something aimed towards them might go down well.

Maybe something along the lines of "Despite our feelings towards the new administration we want our friends, the people of Perplex City, to know that we will continue in our efforts to find the Receda Cube in hope that it can be returned to where it belongs. We hope the citizens continue to have faith in our ability and during this time apart do not forget the mutual friendship and trust we have developed. We pray that our friends do whatever is in their power to make this parting a short one."

[Roxdurag]

That was quite diplomatically put, ixalon. Well done!

Let's see what comes out of it...

[Jotacon]

I wouldn't mind having my name thrown on as well. Let's teach this fool not to mess with Earth.

[poozle]

My name on there too

[DarkHuman]

+1 signed.

[locqust]

count me in! This is just what Earlywine needs!

[stilettoblade]