Aria Jenneth
Caldari
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Naraka.
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Posted - 2010.11.09 18:17:00 -
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Edited by: Aria Jenneth on 09/11/2010 18:21:43
Pardon the digression, pilots. A few minor misconceptions need clearing up.
 Originally by: Celeste Fauconnier
I also think you've just delighted them by calling them an 'international court'.
Hm.
Actually, Ms. Fauconnier, the widespread reaction among those closely involved in the NEA is probably closer to "/facepalm."
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The New Eden Assembly is a capsuleer council.
Well-- it's a forum for civil debate. Its rules are set by a council, but it's not really a council itself.
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As best I understand it, yes, I do believe the members claim to represent individual national and quasi-national interests. Whether all of the representatives have been officially authorized by those national or quasi-national interests -- ah, I've no idea, but I've yet to hear whether a nation or quasi-nation's implemented any NEA resolutions.
It's more that the members of the council were selected so that a variety of views would be represented and neutrality ensured. Get enough competing points of view in a room, and you can bet that the room as a whole won't be taking up any one political cause.
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It's been a few years since I worked for the Senate, but it's not difficult for me to imagine how they'd react to being informed that a capsuleer debating society just handed down a resolution on Intaki secession.
This, right here, is why you'd get the "/facepalm."
You're exactly right when you call the NEA a "debating society." Neither the NEA nor the council would be able to, or would try to, produce a resolution on Intaki secession or any other political matter.
We'd talk about it. Some who heard the talking might be influenced, to one side or the other. That's as far as it would go.
We'd debate. We'd discuss. Probably a few minds would be changed and a lot of people would learn more about the issues. That's pretty much what the NEA is for.
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And, yes, I do suppose this is the point where dear Revenent-haan or Mr. Shepherd suggests that I attend a public NEA meeting to see what it's all about. Ah, me.
Mr. Shepherd and Revenent-haan are proud of the NEA, and I can't blame them, really. I'm rather proud of my own part: I drafted the current charter, after all.
As for visiting, well, that's sort of your call, isn't it?
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