L'Union fait la force!
Day 2,138, 16:44
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by Dozzer_x
It's been one year and ten days since I joined this great nation called Canada. It was on the same date that I joined the Canadian Progressive Front and the Captains of Industry, a party and a military unit that I've never ceased being a member of, either physically (game mechanics), or spiritually (for the 2 months when I was in exile). In this time I have proudly represented Canada abroad, in bilateral meetings and in alliance meetings, as Minister of Foreign Affairs for 3 full months, and as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for 1 month, being currently in my second month as dMoFA. I have nevertheless proudly represented my party, as Party Leader, Congress member, and Minister.
In this past year, Canada has gone from a nation recently liberated from Polish occupation to a nation occupied for almost 8 months by Spain, having just been liberated recently. In this time, the CPF has successfully managed to gain a plurality in every single election it competed since September 2012, facing at times coalitions of parties united against what the CPF stood for. And our party has remained strong due to some very important principles: The Seven Tenets of the Canadian Progressive Front. One of the greatest defenders of the Tenets was Funky, and we should all be thankful to him for his ability to keep the party united under the ideas that made us win every single election in the past 12 months, by a landslide. Another great Party Leader, who has upheld these Tenets, is Auk Rest. I, as Party Leader, have as well defended and promoted these Tenets, for I have realised that they were the only thing that could possibly keep us as strong, without playing other parties' petty political games. However, in the past few months, these Tenets have started to be ignored, and moreover, they have started to not be even included in CPF-related articles. The party is slowly losing its identity and this will harm us greatly on the long-term.
The Tenets that the CPF is built on:
1. Uphold the equality of all active Military Units
2. Make the accounting of government funding more open and important
3. Ensure Canada is a reliable and selfless ally
4. To respect, recognize and uphold the supremacy of the mechanics of the game
5. Develop a positive political sphere
6. Bring in Canadians to eRepublik
7. To encourage growth and stability to the eCanadian economy
In the past few months, there have been certain 'politicians' whose contributions have been greatly counter-productive to the political scene of Canada. And I think it's obvious who am I talking about. There are the ones who are good technocrats and excellent administrators in their activity as ministers, but in politics they tend to be manipulative and to use all means, no matter how immoral they are, to achieve their goal. There are also the ones whose trolling, whose attacks, are so blatant and harming that they can objectively be regarded as negative elements. They are not here to build something, and the proof shows it, for they have not built anything at all for this country, they have not done anything apart from starting and inflammating even more bickering and b**ch-fighting. At first, in May, I was the only one sharing this opinion about these certain individuals, but as the months passed, more people have realised it, and I'm glad for that. And as the months passed, I have also realised something: one should not feed the trolls, but should ignore them.. And this is what we should all do, if we want Canada to prosper.
Another month has passed since we have been liberated from Spanish occupation, and a full congress has been elected for the first time since Christmas 2012. It seems that some kind of 'coalition' has been made again, mainly directed against incumbent president DMV and indirectly against the CPF. Our party has yet again won a plurality in the election, and we are just 4 seats short of an absolute majority in Congress. This proves yet again that people put their main trust in us, and even if in eRepublik a country is built upon a presidential system, the legislative is nevertheless as important, and should be a point of stability for the progress of this country. As main political force, we have the biggest influence in the legislative, and therefore, an important part of the future of Canada that will be decided the next month, will lay with us.
Yes, we have made some mistakes in the past few months. This is why it is very important that we uphold the Tenets that have kept us strong and united.
Let us not disappoint the Canadian citizens that put their confidence in us, and let us show our opponents why we are the Premier Party of Canada. There's no doubt that we will only do this by deeds.
With all due respect and consideration,
Dozzer_x
former Leader of the Canadian Progressive Front
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Well spoken.
caribou
Got Moose?
What sound does a Moose make? Moo?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejlCv9pAiHY
Don't they pleet or something? Grunt?
Very well spoken, with some very valid points. I must admit that as PP, my focus has not always been on all of the tenets.
1. Uphold the equality of all active Military Units
There has been no MU funding for over 10 months now, so the equality of supplies and funding has been nil. Second, what classifies as an Active MU? If one is not active, should we not help build them to become more active?
6. Bring in Canadians to eRepublik
This I find some what strange. Bring in only real life Canadians to this game? First off bringing in new players is hard, there have been national efforts that well, remained most unsuccessful. I don't discourage these efforts as I participated, I just found it ineffective. We covered a subject in a Ecological class in college that talked about the different survival rates of animals. You could compare players in eRep to fish. There are lots of new people creating accounts, or being born, but many quit, or die off. So maybe our focus is not on getting more, as there are already lots, but instead focusing on retention. Once these people get here, give them some good reasons for staying.
My changes would be:
1. Training and development for all soldiers of Canada
6. Focus on player retention and educational programs
To be honest, I think your ideas are very good and that these two specific tenets need urgent review.
Good article.
Too many sentences starting with 'And'.
You cannot ever start a sentence with and, it breaks the rules of the English language.
Dozzer, are you from ANDorra?😮 AND I saw a dead man in your avatar...😮
+v +s 😛
That it is a solecism to begin a sentence with "and" is a faintly lingering superstition. The OED gives examples ranging from the 10th to the 19th c.; the Bible is full of them. (Ernest Gowers)
Reforming the line.
CPF o7
I for one welcome Dozzer back as I enjoy the heck outta his rants
MOOOOOOSE
The problem with "one should not feed the trolls, but should ignore them" is that there are instances where people have a valid criticism for something, and some people, due to their opinion or bias, may regard said person as a troll. By saying this, I'm not saying that you should promote trolling, but rather, that that comment can keep people from critical thinking, which is necessary to better our country.
So basically, don't just ignore something if you don't agree with it or like it. Debate an idea if you think you can improve upon it, because that's how we come up with better solutions.
If it'd be a serious point that'd be raised, I'd be the first to debate it.
“Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.”
― George Bernard Shaw
CPF isn't perfect, nor is any other party. The key is to recognize those shortcomings and address them. This is something we have already begun discussion on in terms of transparency, official standpoint, and the idea of our democratic roots.
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