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Nomination of Luneray Kruus for Supreme Chancellor
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| Senator_Finbar | Date: Monday, 14 April 14, 8:12 PM | Message # 1 |
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| Gentlebeings, the leadership of this Republic has been compromised by scandal. The office of the Supreme Chancellor has become a corrupt instrument of Core- and Human-centric prejudice. Chancellor Pryce and his recent predecessors have done nothing to arrest what is now widely seen and talked about as the decline of the Galactic Republic. Here on Coruscant, Chancellor Pryce wasted no time enriching himself at the expense of the people and the Senate. Elsewhere in the galaxy, slavery is commonplace. Too often, the law is enforced selectively, if at all. Entire planets and species are lost to Human avarice. Arms are dealt to slavers, yet the dealer is free and the slaves are not. The Chancellor "isn't interested" in the casualties of war in what he claims is an era of peace, be they Botori, Dimok, Andoan, Ripoblus, or Dawferim.
What this Republic needs is the compassion and energy that Jaso Pryce promised us and didn't deliver. I have come to believe that Luneray Kruus of the Humbarine Sector will bring compassion, energy, and much-needed integrity to the office of the Supreme Chancellor. Whether helping to treat the people of Lorrd or feed those of Telos IV, Luneray has shown more compassion as a Senator than Chancellor Pryce has. With a vision and a set of proposals to reverse the decline of the Republic, he has the energy that Pryce does not. And I have seen Luneray resist the temptation to disparage other candidates for Chancellor. It is my estimation that he is truly a being of integrity who, with broad-based support in the Senate, can repair the damage done to the prestige of the Chancellor's office and restore the moral authority of this Republic.
That is why it is my honor to nominate Luneray for Supreme Chancellor.
Finbar
Senator of Mon Calamari Space
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| Chancellor_Kruus | Date: Tuesday, 15 April 14, 6:06 AM | Message # 2 |
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| Senator Finbar,
I'm honoured by the nomination and would like to thank you for it. I naturally accept and would like to present the document that lays out my platform. I call it, the New Conceptualization for how the Republic will be lead under a Chancellory under my Leadership, or the New Concept Administration, because that's what I am proposing, a change; but not in a way that will do anything to inconvenience our worlds.
'My case is simple: that The Galactic Republic can and must be better'
'The vision is one of Galactic renewal, a Republic with drive, purpose and energy'
'In each area of policy a new and distinctive approach has been mapped out'
'I believe in ideas and what is morally right, not tired ideologies or platitudes, and believe my Administration would be an Administration of ideas, both new and old to produce innovative ways toward the greater benefit of the Republic, but I do not believe in rigid doctrinal ideology of any format.
What counts is what works. The objectives are radical.
The means will be modern, dynamic and daring.
'This is our contract with the Galactic Republic, it’s beings and all others who form part of it.'
I believe in the Republic. It is by orders of magnitude the most powerful polity in the known universe, with a great history. The Republic group of species is a great one. But I believe Republic can and must be better: better access to education, better starports, better ways of tackling crime, of building a modern Republic, of equipping ourselves for the challenges which may occur in the next century, to build a future-proof Republic..
We want a Republic that is one polity, with shared values and purpose, where merit comes before privilege, run for the many not the few, strong and sure of itself at home and abroad, shriven of regional or sectional hostility while valuing a multicultural identity its numberless species represent.
The New Concept believes in a Republic that does not shuffle into the future afraid of the of what it may bring, but strides into it with confidence.
I want to renew the people’s faith in the ability of its government and politics to deliver this better Republic. I want to do it by making a limited set of important promises and achieving them. This is the purpose of the bond of trust I set out at the end of this introduction, in which ten specific commitments are put before you. Hold us to them. They are my covenant with you.
I want to renew faith in politics by being honest about the last years years. Some things the Pryce Administration got right. We will not change them. It is where they got things wrong that we will make change. We have no intention or desire to replace one set of dogmas by another.
I want to renew faith in politics through a government that will govern in the interest of the many, the broad majority of people who work hard, play by the rules, pay their dues and feel let down by a political system that gives the breaks to the few, to an elite at the top increasingly out of touch with the rest of us.
And I want, above all, to govern in a way that brings our Galactic Republic closer together, that unites our us in facing the tough and dangerous challenges that threaten many parts of the Republic, and changed society in which we must live. I want a Republic which we all feel part of, in whose future we all have a stake, in which what I want for my own children I want for yours.
A New Politics
The reason for having created new conceptualization is to meet the challenges of a Galaxy which requires a change in direction in order to maintain stability.
The next turn of the decade will symbolize a new era opening up for Republic. I am confident about our future prosperity, even optimistic, if we have the courage to change and use it to build a better Republic. But we must be a Galactic Republic, not a coalition of regional blocs. We need to start working as a single polity. We are all on the same ship.
To accomplish this means more than just a change of government. Our aim is no less than to set Republic’s political life on a new course for the future.
People are cynical about politics and distrustful of political promises.
That is hardly surprising. There have been few more gross breaches of faith than when the Pryce Administration has fallen down, crisis, crime, slavery and sleaze - the broken promises are strewn across the Galaxy’s memory.
Can he be blamed for every issue? No. He was landed in a quagmire when he became Chancellor with such a poor situation and no innovative vision as I have.
The “New Conceptualization” or “New Concept” Leadership
The purpose of new Concept is to give Republic a different political choice: the choice between a failed The Pryce government, exhausted now in everything including its desire to cling on to power. Yet still it’s splintered committee chairs and senior officials vye for power and seek supporters; but whom in their active involvement in the previous Administration that they offer nothing new.
It also proposes to offer an alternative to the factional, regional or species interests. It proposes to give a choice that isn’t another of House Valorum or other stuffy political lineages scions; we are not an oligarchy. It proposes to give the Galaxy a new option, dynamic, diverse, devoted to the betterment of the Galactic Republic as a whole. We will make a range of new appointments to shake up the entire Government with an infusion of passion and belief in giving the Galaxy better.
The Vision
My leadership would be a for progress and justice. “New Concept” is none other than the political opinion of the vast majority of hard working citizens of the Galactic Republic of all social strata, caste or economic means. It is the rejuvenation of the Republic, the reassertion of ancient glory and perhaps even its surpassing..
Our values are the same: the equal worth of all, with no one cast aside; fairness and justice within strong local regions. We would encourage equality of opportunity for every being in the Galaxy.
But we have liberated these values from outdated dogma or doctrine, and we have applied these values to the modern Galaxy. We propose no creation of a huge state, the state should be there when you need it and not be an interference to Individuals or Member Worlds where it is not.
I want a Galactic Republic in which people get on, do well, make a success of their lives. I have no time for the politics of envy.
We need more successful entrepreneurs, not fewer of them. But these life-chances should be for all the people. And I want a society in which ambition and compassion are seen as partners not opposites - where we value public service as well as material wealth.
My New Concept Leadership firmly believes in a society where we do not simply pursue our own individual aims but where we hold many aims in common and work together to achieve them. How we build the industry and employment opportunities of the future; how we tackle the division and inequality in our society; how we care for and enhance our environment and quality of life; how we help developing worlds produce modern education and health services; how we create communities that are safe, where mutual respect and tolerance are the order of the day.
These are things we must achieve together as one Galactic Republic..
The vision is one of Galactic renewal, a Republic with drive, purpose and energy. A Republic with Members, Corporations and Individuals equipped to prosper in present conditions and be prepared for any change which could come; its politics more accountable; and confident to retake the seat it has left empty for some centuries, that of the Galactic Superpower.
My political positions
In industrial relations, we make it clear that there will be no culture of permitting Industrial action that threatens to hold worlds or the Galaxy to ransom. The interests of Unions standing in the way of the interest of the Galactic Republic and it’s people. There will instead be a directive for basic minimum rights for the individual at the workplace, to be implemented locally, where our aim is partnership not conflict between employers and employees.
In economic management, we accept the Galactic economy as a reality and reject the isolationism and the closing off of those outside the Republic that many advocate. Where there is a lack of structure, let us always offer intellectual aid to bring stable economics to even groups which are outside of the Republic.
In education, We favour all-in schooling which identifies the distinct abilities of individual pupils and organises them in classes to maximise their progress in individual subjects. We would instate a comprehensive Galactic Republic Curriculum available for the use of Governments inside the Republic in order to ensure an intercompatibility of education across the Republic; aiding employability for those who in the past might receive only a locally useful education. The experts of the Educational Corps will aid this dissemination and continue their current excellent work.
In health policy, we will set aside funding to lend our intellectual and administrative help developing and newly settled worlds healthcare services bring their infant mortality down and length of life up. The role of the Medical Corps will remain much the same as it always has. We will keep the planning and provision of healthcare separate, but put planning on a longer-term, decentralised and more co-operative basis. The key is to root out unnecessary administrative cost, and to spend money on the right things - frontline care.
On crime, we believe in personal responsibility and in punishing crime, but also tackling its underlying causes - so, tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime, different from the “ignore it and pretend it goes away” attitude of the past administration. As a Galactic Republic we must have our laws enforced and so I would ensure scrupulous standards of enforcement so that no being, corporation, political house or planet is above the law. Equally, we would seek to give responsible Sectors greater control over their own Sector Ranger forces and law enforcement in general. In order to promote security the New Concept Leadership would redistribute the Judicial Forces assets outside the Core in specific areas of requirement while delegating the task of patrolling the Free Trade Zones hyperlanes to the Trade Defense Force, which has proven itself eminently competent and respectable in the past decades, and which is in addition better equipped in many cases (hulking Dreadnaughts have no use patrolling the hyperlanes of the Outer Rim) this would mean (in cooperation with the TDF) a redistribution of many Judicial Forces Vessels to areas they can be more directly useful. Thus the Judicial Forces will be more targeted, more efficient and more fit for purpose.
Over-centralisation of government and lack of accountability was a problem in governments of both left and right. My New Concept is committed to the democratic renewal of our Galactic Republic through decentralisation and the elimination of excessive government secrecy. We would delegate to responsible, representative and well-structured Sector Governments a degree of administrative autonomy from Coruscant, especially in the areas of law enforcement and development. We would encourage Sector Assemblies to be formed in every sector that wants one (although in a purely consultative capacity in most cases) so that they can have united voices to speak to the Administration. It should be noted that this would be engineered to facilitate communication between the people of the Sectors and the Administration of the Galactic Republic; not a legislative body in any sense. After the “Blastergate” Fiasco, the New Concept Leadership would engage the Jedi Order to assess and make suggestions for the arms industry.
In addition, we will face up to the new issues that confront us. We will be the leadership of emergency aid reform. In consultation and partnership with the people, we will design an effective and robust system that can guarantee we can respond as a Republic to issues that face us internally or externally, based on rights and duties going together, fit for the modern Galaxy. The famine on Telos IV was a disaster which the Administration should have alleviated, even if a world becomes unable to produce food (even with the aid of the Jedi Agricultural Corps’ guidance) then in a Galaxy of such plenty we ought to be able to facilitate the feeding of a mere billion citizens by grants, emergency aid and loans where required. The New Concept’s vision is to see no more famines or natural disasters on a trivial planetary scale causing massive suffering. Equally for the coordination of the dispatch of aid to worlds suffering assault by whatever means as Lorrd and Duro have recently suffered.
We will stand up for Republic's interests strong Galactic Diplomacy after the shambles of the last six years, but, more than that, we will lead a campaign for reform in the Galaxy. There are massive areas of the Galaxy which aren’t working in the way this Republic and or even their region needs. But to lead means to be involved, to be constructive, to be capable of getting our own way.
The New Concept Leadership would seek a more engaged and friendly approach toward the Jedi Order, utilizing their diverse expertise, skills and knowledge for the betterment of the Republic. But the New Concept would insist that the quid-pro-quo of the Republic financing the Jedi Order is that the Jedi Order responds promptly to any and all official communication from the Galactic Republic Administration. The wisdom of the Jedi Council would be welcomed back into the Chancellory in order to give weekly briefings. In addition the New Concept Leadership would welcome the Jedi back into a more involved role in diplomacy and certain areas of law enforcement; because we believe in the right tool fo the right job, and some jobs call for Jedi Knights.
The Ruusan Reformation and Galactic Constitution must remain at the keystone of all our dealings across the voids of space. The spirit of the Unification Policies is one we hold dear, and we would endeavour to bring worlds qualified for Full Membership back into the Galactic Republic, and worlds which once held a category of affiliation or indeed Membership be offered incentives and roadmaps to re-integration in the Republic, too often at the borders of our influence worlds have become isolated and in some cases even lost contact with the Republic, we would work to re-establish firm connections with these lost outposts of our civilization. We would seek to draw even groups which have never been part of the Republic into our embrace and seek friendly relations while demonstrating to them the benefits of greater integration and political unity with the Republic.
Thus in order to facilitate this, the work being undertaken on the Third General Survey must be re-started in order to help the expansion of the Republic, the discovery of lost worlds or completely unknown ones. In addition, the Bureau of Ships and Services has assured myself that if we invest now in the comprehensive survey and mapping of the Galaxy, which naturally includes the discovery of new hyperlanes or the improvement of old, would result in a tangible fiscal benefit across the Republic within three years.
We will put as our leading priority for the perpetuation of peace, production and prosperity for the Republic as a whole at the heart of policy-making, so that it is not an add-on extra, but informs the whole of government, from crime and tax policy through to traffic lane management and diplomatic agreements. We will search out at every turn new ways and new ideas to tackle the new issues: how to encourage more flexible working hours and practices to suit employees and employers alike; how to harness the huge potential of the new information technology; how to simplify the processes of the government machine; how to put public and private sector together in partnership to give us the infrastructure and transport system we need.
Gentlebeings of the Senate and Galaxy at large,
The New Concept Leadership will be a very different kind of Administration from which has sat the last century, and some might call the change radical, and would not be wholly inaccurate in doing so.
But the definition of radicalism will not be that of doctrine, whether of Core or Rim, or political ideology in its many forms, but of achievement.
New Concept Leadership will bring a massive development of ideas and ideals but not of outdated ideology.
What counts is what works.
The objectives are radical. The means will be modern. So the Galactic Republic can be transformed.
The vision is clear. And from that vision stems a modern programme of change and renewal for Republic.
We understand that after decades of tired two dimensional Chancellors, people want change, believe that it is necessary for the Republic and for democracy, but require faith to make the change.
We therefore set out in the manifesto that follows ten commitments, commitments that form our bond of trust with the people. They are specific. They are real. Judge us on them.
Have trust in me and and I will repay that trust.
My mission in politics is to rebuild this bond of trust between Galactic Republic and the people, between the Administration and the Members of the Republic. That is the only way democracy can flourish. I pledge to Republic a government which shares their hopes, which understands their fears, and which will work as partners with and for all our people, not just the privileged few. This is our contract with the people.
Thus I pledge, that operating as the head of the New Concept Leadership I would fulfill the following goals within my term of office.
1. Prosperity will be our number one priority, and Prosperity requires Peace, and we will seek to decrease the cost of the mechanisms we have to maintain security across the Republic whilst in inverse proportions welcoming the aid of the Trade Defense Force to help maintain a secure Galactic Trade Network. This means helping individuals thrive too and we would introduce meritocratic funds to finance education for exceptional individuals as well as working with the Government and private Sectors to work out how to utilize the best and brightest we have. Additionally, we would create (in cooperation with large employers and academic institutions) a Galactic Standard Curriculum to ensure education in every corner of the Outer Rim is as relevant as that in the Core Worlds; this will allow more Outer Rim citizens to take advantage of employment opportunities Corewards.
2. We will ensure the rigorous enforcement of the Ruusan Reformations in addition to the Galactic Constitution, especially with regard to protecting beings everywhere from slavery of all kinds. This additionally means respecting the rights and statuses Members currently hold and respect also their rights to self-government in their own style and the right to appoint Senators in their own traditional method.
3. We will help provide stable economic growth with low inflation, and promote dynamic and competitive business and industry from the Core to the Outer Rim Territories. We project that under our efficient economic management where the market is allowed to run itself more efficiently.
4. We will extend the hand of friendship to peaceable factions and seek to diplomatically bring new Members into the Republic and help them thrive once in. Either as Affiliates or Full Members.
5 We will re-commission the Third Galactic Survey and launch a new age of rediscovery within the Republic.
6. We will be tough on crime and tough on the causes of crime, and ensure the uniform distribution of Justice, the Jedi Order will be consulted in order to help us with this, via the restoration of regular contact between the Administration and Jedi Order and the appointment of a Jedi Council member to personally advise the Administration.
7. We will help build accountable, representative and useful Sector Administration where it is appropriate. Sectors with established and representative governments will be devolved some Administrative (not legislative) powers in areas considered appropriate on a case by case basis. We would also seek to strengthen the political integrity of Planetary Governance where possible, and lay the foundations of basic services for all newly settled worlds and assist those who are under-developed in whatever way is most efficient.
8. We have no intention to impose or withdraw any current taxation. Rates are proposed to stay the same, but if we are able to give cuts or one-off rebates as a result of a budget surplus we will do so.
9. We will clean up politics, increase accountability in Republic offices as well as introducing Republic offenses which can be used to prosecute corrupt or criminal Member Governments; if a leader commits a crime of moral turpitude and is not punished justly, then they will risk prosecution in Republic Regional or Supreme Court. We will appoint a strong Internal Affairs Committee with a head who's proven himself in high office. Wasteful, inactive or inefficient departments of state would be closed down. The entire budget would be audited with the IGBC in order to pinpoint to us where there is wasted money and how we can stop it being wasted. An external agency would also be brought in to evaluate performance and we will dismiss Republic officials who do not do their jobs.
10. We will give the Galactic Republic the leadership in the Galaxy which it has waned drastically of late, and which it is in both the interests of the Republic and the wider body of sentient beings in the Galaxy, to help protect the integrity of commerce and the rights of individuals. The Republic would not permit its worlds to be bullied by non-Republic powers.
I’ve produced a modern, robust plan in the New Concept Leadership and we will modernise the Galactic Republic, aiming to restore or exceed all previous periods of progress, to restore trust in politics and make the Galactic Republic a greater and more noble organization than it has been for many centuries!
This means knowing where we want to go; being clear-headed about the Galactic Republic’s future; telling the truth; making tough choices; insisting that all parts of the Government live within their means; taking on vested interests that hold people back; standing up to unreasonable demands from any quarter; and being prepared to give a moral lead where the Republic Government has responsibilities it should not avoid.
The Galactic Republic does deserve better. Better than what we have now. Better than the candidates who have no real vision or plan. Better than the last few hundred years of idle Government.
And I promise you all that under my New Conceptualization for the Administration of the Galactic Republic we will have better, you will have the best I can give and more.
Luneray Kruus Added (15 April 14, 6:06 AM)
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I'd welcome questions from the Floor.
Chancellor Luneray Kruus
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| Senator_Cynum | Date: Wednesday, 16 April 14, 11:25 PM | Message # 3 |
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| Senator Kruus, you're a reasonable being. How do you feel about the Free Trade Zones that you helped set up all these years on. Have they been a success?
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| Artemis_Vanden | Date: Thursday, 17 April 14, 12:08 PM | Message # 4 |
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| Your manifesto is sage, Senator Kruus. There is much that I agree with, but the references to the Jedi are disappointing to me.
Quote The wisdom of the Jedi Council would be welcomed back into the Chancellory in order to give weekly briefings. In addition the New Concept Leadership would welcome the Jedi back into a more involved role in diplomacy and certain areas of law enforcement; because we believe in the right tool for the right job, and some jobs call for Jedi Knights.
Certainly there's no need for the kind of open animosity that Chancellor Pryce has shown for the Jedi Order, and mending relations with the Order is a good idea. But with the Jedi Order more unpopular than ever, is this the time to be welcoming them into "a more involved role in diplomacy and certain areas of law enforcement"? The Jedi can be useful, to be sure, just as any weapon can be useful. But the use of weapons is not desirable in every situation, especially not in diplomacy or law enforcement.
On the subject of the Jedi, would you agree that the fabled "wisdom" of the Jedi is, in reality, simply the knowledge contained in the Jedi Archives? The Jedi brag that "there is more knowledge [in the Archives] than anywhere else in the galaxy." Would you additionally agree with me, Senator, that such a resource should belong to all the people of the galaxy, rather than being kept a secret? Knowledge is power, and should not the people be empowered with access to the most stupendous library the galaxy has ever known? Furthermore, what possible reason do the Jedi have to keep the Archives secret, other than to reserve this power and "wisdom" for themselves?
Artemis Vanden
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Duke of Kalevala, New Mandalore, and the New Mandalorian Territories
Duly-appointed Mand'alor ("leader") of the Mandalorian People
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| Chancellor_Kruus | Date: Thursday, 17 April 14, 1:00 PM | Message # 5 |
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| As I said, I don't consider the Jedi to be weapons. I believe they serve the Republic as tools which perhaps might have offensive capacity as any hammer or file does.. I believe the Jedi can bring a finessed and diplomatic approach even to law enforcement and it is a demonstrable fact that in a situation where combat does occur Judicial Forces and Civilian Casualties are on average lower when the Jedi are there to aid the situation and subdue the miscreants quicker. So as I say, I see them as a tool, and a useful one, and I believe they will be used to gently and skillfully alter situations (as a file alters stone) to Judicial Forces and Diplomatic Corps benefit far more often than being used as a shank (another potential use of a file)
I think the public perception of the Jedi will improve as the are actually seen more in the service of the public. Service is what the Jedi render to the Republic but they've simply not often asked to by the current administration. Naturally, the Jedi will serve with the Judicial Forces and while serving alongside them be under the oversight of the Judicial Committee - which is something you surely approve of more than the order simply doing whatever it does when it's not doing Republic missions.
I believe in the principle, yes, there should be an attempt to allow freedom of access possibly via a holonet site, to much of the Jedi Archive, however, much of the "secret knowledge" consists of files classified by the Galactic Republic; we're not simply going to indiscriminately propose they publish such information.
Chancellor Luneray Kruus
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| Draken_Turot | Date: Thursday, 17 April 14, 6:27 PM | Message # 6 |
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| Of course the Mandalorians disagree when it comes to the power of the Jedi!!!!!!!! What's the matter, beast?!!!!! Are your people still frightened by the fact that the Jedi have stood up to your war-mongering when your people decided that it needed more planets?!!!!!! I happen to find Senator Kruus perfectly within reason when it comes to the Jedi Order!!!! The fact that the Mandalorians are suddenly jumping to the sound of the word, "Jedi" should raise some caution as to what the 'Mandalorian delegation' wants to see with the Jedi Order!!!!!! It is very obvious!!!!! They obviously will support a candidate that supports the weakening of the Jedi Order!!!!! This Mandalorian speaks of knowledge!!!!! Well tell me, Mandalorian... what kind of knowledge to you possess?!!!!!! Hmm?!!!!!!!!! The Jedi Archives are loaded with information dangerous to a mind that does not understand the subject!!!!!! Your people would have a melt-down if exposed to the awesome wisdom of the Jedi Archives!!!!!! But, I am glad that this... 'Ambassador' has no say when it comes to election time!!!!! Because if this Mandalorian had voting powers, he'd obviously support weakening the long standing enemies of the Mandalorian so when they raise up and attempt to crush us, they will succeed!!!!!!
But to Senator Kruus, your plan is genius!!! KRUUS FOR CHANCELLOR!!!!
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| Jeph_Stomwell | Date: Thursday, 17 April 14, 9:53 PM | Message # 7 |
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| With all due respect to Senator Kruus, but don't you believe it is a little demeaning to call the Jedi 'tools?'
They are still sentient beings, Senator, and reducing them to mere tools as you've said:
Quote Senator_Kruus (  ) I believe they serve the Republic as tools
Quote Senator_Kruus ( ) So as I say, I see them as a tool, and a useful one
Certainly the Jedi Order deserves more respect than you show them. Come now, Senator.
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| Chancellor_Kruus | Date: Thursday, 17 April 14, 10:13 PM | Message # 8 |
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| Do you really feel the semantic details of a metaphor actually matter Senator Stomwell?
In my view we who serve the Republic all serve as its tools, all with different purposes and diverse designs. A tool is the instrument of a craftsman, an honest labourer, an item of pride often passed down from generation to generation on many worlds in some trades. Any part of the Republic which can perform a purpose is a tool, I would apply the same metaphor to myself and any other being guided by the workman of Providence to build a better Republic from the poorly maintained and crumbling edifice it could be compared to at present.
I'd appreciate though, that if you'd like to concentrate on serious matters, rather than rhetorical semantics. Perhaps it would be a more productive use of your time to work on your role as a member of the legislature, perchance to actually present a piece of legislation which you've never yet done... and thus you might perhaps serve as a useful role since you are paid to perform one.. serve your purpose as I am serving mine within the Republic... If you're unable to act in the role you were selected for then perhaps as a broken tool you should seek another to represent your world.
My respect for the Jedi has been repeatedly and have perpetually supported their Order as an institution. Perhaps this is some cultural miscommunication; are tools an so skilled craft labor stigmatized on Baltimn?
Chancellor Luneray Kruus
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| Jeph_Stomwell | Date: Saturday, 19 April 14, 8:18 PM | Message # 9 |
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| A 'tool' has also been known to count as 'one who lacks the mental capacity to know he is being used.' It is not always a positive term, Senator Kruus.
I do have a few further questions for you.
First, would you be willing to explain how a grub from Neimoidia managed to become the senator of the entire Humbarine Sector and, if you are elected, how you will be impartial, considering your ties to the Trade Federation?
Secondly, and this matter came up at lunch yesterday, it would appear one of your family members, a certain Malachi Kruus, former attorney and known prosecutor of Alyn Stark of Lorrd, turned up in a bizarre form at Senator Lekpin's office. Now, with note attached, Senator Lekpin informed those of us at the lunch that he forwarded the package to the Republic embassy on Lorrd, not wishing to open it. While the punishment, apparently, is allowable in the Ciutric Hegemony, what are your feelings on one of your own family being subjected to such a punishment that certainly is in breach of the Rights of Sentience, and how do you intend to respond?
Jeph Stomwell
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| Chancellor_Kruus | Date: Sunday, 20 April 14, 4:40 PM | Message # 10 |
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| That's not a usage of the term I am familiar with Senator Stomwell, a Rimward usage perhaps?
I raised myself by pulling on my own bootstraps, by working constantly and devoting myself to my job as I rose through the ranks of the Trade Federation and other companies, switching jobs strategically as benefited my rise. I also was lucky to have a patron and mentor senior to me who believed it was my ability not class which should determine my skill. After I retired from the Trade Federation Directorate several decades ago I moved to the Humbarine Sector and invested in a variety of local interests, I also was popular in the Sector because of my connections throughout the Galaxy. Sure, I have had ties to the Trade Federation, however, working in a company for a good deal of time before my senate tenure, and as a Negotiation Vizier on the Free Trade Acts I certainly am sure my career there stands out as important.
However, it's been over thirty years since I worked for the Trade Federation in any capacity. Who did you work for 30 years ago and do they somehow have an influence upon you today? I've never been afraid to act independently and think outside of the box even when I did work for the Trade Federation. Now I have been an autonomous businessman, politician and civil servant for decades.. Even when within the Federation I was regarded as being somewhat overly free-thinking for my post and I think thirty years has hardly left me with any personal let alone professional ties left in the Trade Federation..
I'm unaware as to what one of my sons was doing in that area, one is not responsible for one's children once they reach the age of majority, and as a member of an insectoid species you'll be aware I have several hundred so it's hard to keep track, although I was aware of this example. I believe it is an atrocious example of the barbarism which is prevalent in so many areas outside of the Republic and call for his freedom. I am deeply saddened to see his punishment but I don't know if he was guilty of the crime he was accused, if he was, he surely deserved some punishment and as a lawyer was no doubt aware of the Hegemony's laws, so to an extent it was his own ridiculously foolish mistake. I'd say the same if a son of mine operated in Hutt space, you must obey the laws of the polity you work in or risk whatever serves as a judicial system on that world being atrocious to you...
This is the reason I have encouraged most of my children into roles which to not take them close to danger unless it is merited. I think it may be that Malachi got greedy, and I hope he can be taught a lesson, but the horrors done to him, I hope they can be reversed and he serve the Galaxy to the best of his ability once more, in whatever profession he can.
Chancellor Luneray Kruus
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Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic
President of the Senate &c
Representative of the People of the Humbarine Sector
Trade Baron
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