Dear Daomei,
I am sorry to hear that you disagree with my point of view, although not surprised. I don't blame you for the position you take; if at all I blame you for the fact that you have a somewhat self-centered view on a global situation, with taking yourself as a blueprint for all stateless.
You point out, quite rightly, that the stateless homins were, to a certain extend, offered the participation on the political stage in the nations. This is not status quo at the moment. But then I have to point out that we are still away from reaching the inner stability and the political order we had before the Second Swarming. If the nations have returned to this, we can also return to a discussion about the possibilities of political involvement.
You claim that the point of that new treaty is "to ensure due representation and participation of the stateless among the free peoples of the new lands". You mention at the same time, that "the point is not to reclaim all the duties and responsibilities". So, fundamentally, you say that the stateless should not only be represented, but also participate in the international politics, though at the same time should take neither duties, nor responsibilities - while at the same time every citizen of a nation has duties and responsibilities galore. While the first sounds like feasting without regret, the second sounds like an option only for gluttons for punishment. It can't, it should not be that the stateless becomes a rule and the citizen a rarity! You know as well as I that in a course of war, whatever the reason is, the Rangers - as much as I respect and regard them - and the stateless will not rise to help a nation which is attacked by a madman on the loose, a war lord, or a colonialist. They will take a neutral position and watch the slaying of homins, as long as they are not endangered by Kitins or Marauders (which for some reason don't count as homins at all).
In due respect, fundamentally what you ask for is a Green Card not just for idealists and dreamers and hominists (which by all means is a squishy definition), but also for deserters, given freely to everyone without ideals, beliefs, and sense of responsibility.
Very sincerely yours,
I am sorry to hear that you disagree with my point of view, although not surprised. I don't blame you for the position you take; if at all I blame you for the fact that you have a somewhat self-centered view on a global situation, with taking yourself as a blueprint for all stateless.
You point out, quite rightly, that the stateless homins were, to a certain extend, offered the participation on the political stage in the nations. This is not status quo at the moment. But then I have to point out that we are still away from reaching the inner stability and the political order we had before the Second Swarming. If the nations have returned to this, we can also return to a discussion about the possibilities of political involvement.
You claim that the point of that new treaty is "to ensure due representation and participation of the stateless among the free peoples of the new lands". You mention at the same time, that "the point is not to reclaim all the duties and responsibilities". So, fundamentally, you say that the stateless should not only be represented, but also participate in the international politics, though at the same time should take neither duties, nor responsibilities - while at the same time every citizen of a nation has duties and responsibilities galore. While the first sounds like feasting without regret, the second sounds like an option only for gluttons for punishment. It can't, it should not be that the stateless becomes a rule and the citizen a rarity! You know as well as I that in a course of war, whatever the reason is, the Rangers - as much as I respect and regard them - and the stateless will not rise to help a nation which is attacked by a madman on the loose, a war lord, or a colonialist. They will take a neutral position and watch the slaying of homins, as long as they are not endangered by Kitins or Marauders (which for some reason don't count as homins at all).
In due respect, fundamentally what you ask for is a Green Card not just for idealists and dreamers and hominists (which by all means is a squishy definition), but also for deserters, given freely to everyone without ideals, beliefs, and sense of responsibility.
Very sincerely yours,
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Salazar CaradiniFilira Matia
Royal Historian
Member of the Royal Academy of Yrkanis
First Seraph of the Order of the Argo Navis