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Master Nataya's Death
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| Senator_Pryce | Date: Wednesday, 04 September 13, 8:21 PM | Message # 1 |
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| By now you know what happened today. It was unfortunate, and unnecessary. I appreciate what the Jedi tried to do in the Lambda Sector, but I did not ask for it. In fact, I asked the Jedi not to involve themselves in what was, and is, a political dispute between Ando and its colony worlds. Yes, the Jedi are keepers of the peace. But they bring with them the threat of force. They wear it on their belts, in fact. The Aqualish are a proud race and do not respond well to such threats. That doesn't make it right, what happened to Jedi Master Nataya (and I will find out who did this). But it's unfortunate to think that this incident could have been avoided. I hope that the Jedi meditate on this before they consider sending any more of their number into the Lambda Sector.
Senators. Many thousands of people died in the Aqualish Civil War. Many died in the Aqualish conquest of the planet Andando. Many died in the Aqualish-Republic War. The Republic's goal—my goal—in the Lambda Sector is to prevent another war. My goal isn't to solve everyone's problems, but to help them solve their own problems without war. And today's incident was not helpful.
So I'll repeat here what I said earlier today: As the Republic investigates what happened to Master Nataya, I strongly urge all parties to the current dispute, including the Jedi Order, not to act on this incident. Facts must precede any action. The Republic will establish the facts and will take appropriate action.
Jaso Pryce
Senator of Metellos and Supreme Chancellor Emeritus
Chairman of the Internal Activities Committee
Esteemed Member of the Trade Commission
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| Senator_Finbar | Date: Wednesday, 04 September 13, 9:18 PM | Message # 2 |
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| I think it's in very poor taste to blame the victim, Jedi Master Nataya, for her own death. What happened today is "unfortunate" and "unnecessary," because if the Chancellor had actually tried, as Master Nataya did, to negotiate a peaceful solution to the Ando dispute, there wouldn't have been any need for her to do so. If the Chancellor (who basically just stereotyped the entire Aqualish species as war mongers, by the way) isn't going to show any leadership on this issue, he should at least provide security and support for the Jedi who are trying to do his job for him. The Chancellor's policy is flawed because it is based on his anti-Aqualish and anti-alien assumptions.
Finbar
Senator of Mon Calamari Space
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| Senator_Pryce | Date: Thursday, 05 September 13, 0:27 AM | Message # 3 |
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| Quote (Senator_Finbar) the Chancellor (who basically just stereotyped the entire Aqualish species as war mongers, by the way)
Your words, Sir. Not mine. I simply noted the Aqualish have a long, bloody history of wars and conquests. As I said, I want to prevent a war in the Lambda Sector. I want to prevent any loss of Aqualish life in this dispute. I don't see how this is "anti-Aqualish" or "anti-alien." The Aqualish don't need Humans such as myself or Master Nataya solving their problems for them. The Republic can't solve everyone's problems and shouldn't try. It's not what we're elected to do (and the Jedi aren't elected at all).
I'm not going to force a settlement on the Aqualish at the point of a lightsaber, if that's what you're suggesting.
Jaso Pryce
Senator of Metellos and Supreme Chancellor Emeritus
Chairman of the Internal Activities Committee
Esteemed Member of the Trade Commission
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| Senator_Finbar | Date: Wednesday, 18 September 13, 10:54 AM | Message # 4 |
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| Quote (Chancellor_Pryce) I simply noted the Aqualish have a long, bloody history of wars and conquests.
And Humans don't?
I'm sorry that I used the phrase "anti-alien." Your remark (that you want to "prevent any loss of Aqualish life in this dispute") demonstrates that Aqualish life is important to you. But I still think there's a Human-centric assumption in your reasoning. You assume that just because the Aqualish have a history of war, that war is somehow in the character of the Aqualish species and that the dispute between Ando and the Free Colonies isn't important. It's apparently not important enough for you to even try to broker a diplomatic solution to the dispute, when Republic and Jedi diplomacy is precisely what's needed to prevent a war. Meanwhile, if Coruscant and Alsakan (planets with a "long, bloody history of wars") were on the verge of another war, I'm certain the Chancellor would be more involved in this very Human dispute.
In the future, I ask the Human members of this body to rid themselves of anti-alien assumptions, and Chancellor Pryce in particular to rid himself of his hostility to the Jedi, who are truly friends to us all.
Finbar
Senator of Mon Calamari Space
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| Senator_Pryce | Date: Tuesday, 24 September 13, 2:32 PM | Message # 5 |
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| It sounds to me like you're the one who's making assumptions, Senator. What exactly do you mean by "very Human"? Are you saying there are some character traits that are inherent to the Human species? But the Aqualish have no such traits? Perhaps you have anti-Human assumptions, Senator Finbar. But with all due respect, I don't think our assumptions are important here—if I am biased, it's a political bias, not a species bias. I repeat what I said before: the Republic can't solve everyone's problems (I don't care what species you are), and it shouldn't try.
I don't think the Aqualish need a Human to solve their problems for them. If that's what I believed, then by all means, yes, I would be in the Lambda Sector now telling the Aqualish what's right and what's wrong and what to do and not to do. And you, Senator Finbar, would be accusing me of being "anti-alien."
This debate is silly. To get back to the point, I am instructing the Ministry of State to issue a travel warning for the Ando system while the Senate Bureau of Intelligence investigates the death of Jedi Master Nataya. I'm dispatching the Consular-class cruiser Hope to the system to assist the SBI investigation. And as I said a moment ago, I urge restraint on all parties (including our friends, the Jedi) while the SBI establishes the facts of Master Nataya's death.
Jaso Pryce
Senator of Metellos and Supreme Chancellor Emeritus
Chairman of the Internal Activities Committee
Esteemed Member of the Trade Commission
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