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Message no. 1
From: Dave The Shade <IZZYUX2@*******.BITNET>
Subject: No Apology
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1993 20:24:00 PDT
>>>>>[Doomsday, NightShade, et al. My apology was sincere - but you may
treat
it as you wish. As for my actions - they speak forthemselves. I do believe in
results over means. But as for branding me a especially despicable individual -
be wary of yourself. Each of you look into your own souls and histories.


Tell me, how many slain, for profit or revenge. How much blood on each of your
hands. How many years and lives snuffed out by your own concious actions. And
afterward, did you not celebrate at your local spirit shop. How many drinks did
you imbibe for each death.


I am a Elf, and a Prince at that, but especially despicable . . . look carefull
-y at the current rulers of the Tir, are they different, better or worse. I
seek for myself a proper station -- but at least not for my own aggrandisement.
I seek a new Tir, a tolerant one, a good neighbor, a good ally. A nation loved
by the multitudes, not feared and despised as it is now. A nation that promotes
good, virtue, and equality - not arrogance, secrecy, and terror as it does now.
And to acheive that goal ---- much can be endured. At least I got to sleep
troubled at night. I build a nation and a new order. What have all of you
created that you can criticize me?]<<<<<
-- Prince S (20:27:56/7.26.54)
Message no. 2
From: Philip Morrison <morrison@*******.SCRI.FSU.EDU>
Subject: Re: No Apology
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1993 23:52:30 EDT
>>>>>[Oh please, give me a fraggin break. New World Order went out with
the
'90's. Sounds like a megalomaniac to me. Did ya try eatin some dasies latly,
elf?]<<<<<
--Aoi <23:53:29/07-26-54>
Message no. 3
From: Jason Larke <jlarke@***.ITD.UMICH.EDU>
Subject: Re: No Apology
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1993 09:27:01 -0400
>>>>>[Get off it, Prince S. I dunno any of the people you're
trying to rock, but I heard the same sort of shit from my
ex-benefactors in Cambodia. It's a crock, all of it.

I've never created a new nation. Never wanted to. But I've
never pretended to any sort of morality, either. When I
listen to your prattling about the sacrifices you make to
build new order, I wonder who else you'll find to sacrifice
once it's done.

My hands may well be dirtier than yours. But let's not have
any pretenses.]<<<<<
-- Burn (09:26:53/07-27-54)
Message no. 4
From: Mike Goldberg <M_GOLDBERG@******.COLORADO.EDU>
Subject: Re: No Apology. . .
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1993 08:47:11 -0600
>>>>>[Prince, we all have blood on our hands. You have hired other people
to
do it for you, and I am one of those types who normally do such work.
However, when I drink after a job, it is not in celebration of the deaths I
have caused, and the pain I have brought unto others, rather, the celebration
that I continue to live, and to try and forget that I have just ended
someone's life. Therefore, don't tell me what you do is different. I know it
is. You are a politician who can order peoples deaths. People like me, are
the people who end up carrying out those orders. That is, whether I like it
or not, my job in life. My past forced me to it, and I have come to accept
it. You have made your choice, but in the formation of Tir, there have been
plenty of deaths of all Races, in the backlash. Politics creates large scale
protests, which result in Death and bloodshed. I am normally hired, that in
some way connects to this. When you point your finger and scream dirty
Shadowrunner, just remember that you use assasins like Livewire, and that you
use Shadowrunners as well.

I am not free of Deaths and neither are you, but spouting words that you are
deeply sorry, are meaningless to me, because I will never believe it.

You may however, have my word, as an honorable troll, that I will never carry
my personal feelings of what you ordered into a scheme to bring you down.
It's not my style, and I have no urge to create a power vacuum. I will let
the matter rest, even though the memories pain me so.]<<<<<
-- Doomsday <8:48:57/7-28-54>

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