Unite us !! Unite the clans.

Day 642, 10:32 • Published in Canada Canada • by William Duncan
“And I see a whole army of my countrymen, here, in defiance of tyranny. You’ve come to fight as free men, and free men you are. What will you do with that freedom?”

- William Wallace (Mel Gibson), speaking to a gathering of Scottish warriors, in the 1995 film, “Braveheart.”


I hope you watch the quote in its context here in this short YouTube clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70csu2Z51sM
The sound score alone is worth it.


WILLIAM WALLACE, in the above quote, was speaking in a tone of humility and even awe. He sounded as if the sight then before his eyes could have moved him to tears. His voice portrays a man who’s stirring with deep and powerful emotion.
Such was the impact of seeing “a whole army of my countrymen” on dear William. For once, the usually divided clans of Scotland, who then continually warred in and amongst each other, were finally united and fighting against their common enemy.

…I think we might have some lessons to learn from this.


The Source of Canada’s Clans

Following the unprecedented Battle of Ontario on the 6th of August, that day of infamy, and the subsequent occupation of our dear eCanada, we lost the normal recourse to political parties for organizing our bickering and disputes. Naturally, though the parties were then gone, the divisions remained, and on top of those divisions a generation of lost, disillusioned, confused, and displaced eCanadians was added into the fray. With this, eCanada is now seeing a shift from political party status to a clan affiliation (or faction if you like), each organizing its own pseudo-governments, its own paramilitary forces, its own hierarchies and mission statements. Naturally, each clan claims as its goal the total restoration of eCanada, admitting only a difference in method between one another, and each clan’s method is its own justification. Each has its own nobleman that they cry up as the rightful heir to the throne of eCanada, the true and rightful King of a restored eCanada.

The Divisions Showing in the Battle of British Colombia

Yesterday I was in eCanada’s official chat room, ready to go to bed, confident in the allied plans for the day to come, when suddenly there appeared a few men proclaiming a new Resistance War (RW) to liberate eCanada from French occupation in British Colombia (BC), and insisting everyone suddenly give aid to their cause and join in the fight.
The battle was well timed; a late night strike (2:00AM EST; 5:00AM-ish in France), and coincidentally (or was it?) another RW was begun in another French occupied region, this time in Cantabria, Spain (which unlike our BC is not an important “High Resource” region). Because of the night attack strategy, French forces didn’t have time to fight in BC yesterday before the clock rolled over, and they will also have to consider the other RW in Spain before committing any forces today.

The only trouble is that the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), our Army, was unaware of this plan to start an RW in BC; furthermore, neither were our friends and allies aware until after the battle started, and lastly, Citizens who have returned to recently liberated Alberta are also unable to join in this RW, unless they can afford 4 Moving Tickets (MTs) to get to a French Q5 Hospital region (it takes 2 to get there), and then come back (another 2 MTs). Money which could have spent on weapons.
I was told last night that certain eCanadian clans, two or possibly three in number, decided to all take part in this RW, and had orders to do so. Though these clans do boast a considerable paramilitary force between them, and a few strong and heavy hitters, they are not enough to counter the combined forces of eFrance’s citizens, the eFrench Army, and most importantly PEACE GC’s potential reinforcements, should such forces be deployed to BC.

United we would have had no difficulty liberating BC, though if eCanadian and Allied reinforcements can manage to make it to the RW, we still stand a good chance of winning today. But if we had united the clans beforehand, as it were, instead of opening a surprise RW, and rather outright attacked BC from Alberta, then we could have committed the CAF, the paramilitary forces of the clans, and also included our citizens who could have fought from home in Alberta. We also could have coordinated with Allies, and been bolstered by their powerful armies. If we had done as the clans had done, and timed the battle for a night strike, and coordinated to start other battles elsewhere in the eWorld, we could have effectively divided PEACE GC's forces, and we could have been assured of success in BC, as well as all over the eWorld, had only we been united and working together. Alas, these opportunities are reduced, but thankfully not altogether lost.


Unite us! Unite the clans.

We are at best lucky in BC, insofar as this RW did not brazenly interfere with any Allied plans for winning this war and liberating eCanada; however, next time we may not be so lucky, and the clans may risk (albeit unintentionally) sabotaging a part of the Allied War Effort. Consider, however, how much more success, how much more strength we could have mustered had we only worked together, as one, and not have been broken into these clans! The Allied Forces have demonstrated we can liberate our countries, but only when we work together, and how much more liberating eCanada could do if only we communicated; if only we united under our one flag, and joined forces to liberate our country. What a force we have shown ourselves to be! We are dread to our foes, their continual bane; we are hope and inspiration to all of our allies, and yet we choose to be divided !?!

I am not as skilled as Mel Gibson when it comes to writing inspirational speeches, but I certainly do feel like William Wallace today when he said,

“And I see a whole army of my countrymen, here, in defiance of tyranny.”


Let’s unite the clans.
Let’s finish the job.
Let’s liberate our country.
Let’s help our friends and allies.
Let’s win this war.