Why Talossa Hasn't Meant That Much to Me

[Istefan Perþonest]

That is the traditional title for a returning citizen to explain things under, after all, even if it's not a legal obligation anymore and wouldn't apply to me even if it were still. So it would seem an appropriate title for this post.

So, why? Well, a question was once asked by the founder of Talossa:

Is it possible for something like Talossa to exist at all, without it becoming an oppressive Nazi environment of hate, paranoia, mistrust, violent threats, phony identities, political vendettas, email viruses, scofflaws, dirty tricks, trademark infringement, and the destruction of friendships?¹

When I sent my communication to the then-SoS declaring that I would be refusing to vote in future elections for reasons of conscience, those words hadn't been written, but, asked it, my answer would have been no. When, a few weeks ago I came across my old ©1997 hardcopy of Ár Päts, and followed the resulting impulse to discover the surviving kingdom and the upcoming Reunision, my answer was yes.

¹2005 edition of Ár Päts. A quite educational document.

[Hooligan]

Ah yes, Ár Päts. All the proof anyone needs that history shouldn't be written by those who are living through it. I think Henry VIII's accounts of his life and times would present a similar vivid contrast with those written by people who came after him.

Thanks for this excellent post, Istefan. I am going to take the liberty of moving it from the Chat Room to the main board, so that it gets the visibility I think it deserves.

Hool

[Miestrâ Schivâ, UrN]

Hey, I have a 1997 hardcopy of "Mein Päts", as we Republicans sometimes call it. Did I know you in pre-Penguinea days?

[D. N. Vercáriâ]

Ah, I thought they were calling me that. Ár Päts = unser Petz = our bear.

[Istefan Perþonest]

Feb 12, 2012 2:41:23 GMT -6 Miestrâ Schivâ, UrN said:

Hey, I have a 1997 hardcopy of "Mein Päts", as we Republicans sometimes call it. Did I know you in pre-Penguinea days?

Pre-Penguinea, I'm pretty sure the answer is no. But I did spend a bit of time on the Penguinea messageboard while that country was being set up, naïvely thinking that "peace" was possible.

(Four things I remember from that messageboard? Talking with Evan Gallagher about the American Revolution, Evan Gallagher noticing the crime of "petit treason" in English common law, my explaining the vagaries of Michigan law and the interaction of its statutes with the common law when it came to a trial of Dr. Kevorkian, and my effort at amateur psychoanalysis of Ben Madison.)

[Benedict Stamford]

Whats Ar Pats?

[D. N. Vercáriâ]

The history of Talossa, told by R. Ben Madison, the Founder of Talossa. Politely put, it's biased, especially where descriptions of the personalities and deeds of the author's opponents are concerned. On the other hand it is providing a great panorama of the march of times in the Kingdom of Talossa, as the Founder saw it.

[Hooligan]

Feb 13, 2012 0:14:06 GMT -6 Benedict Stamford said:

Whats Ar Pats?

New Citizens' Committee and its TALOSSAssistants -- here is a perfect example of the kind of question that should not need to be asked after a citizen is a citizen.

Let's get the prospectives better material and education.