Lazarene Regional Guard Amendment (2020)

[joWhatup]

Then the whole NPO war started. Quite a few advised against it, and Imki gave all of us a very frank and honest view and prediction of what either choice would entail, but most just ignored all of that because the "NPO Delenda Est" propaganda from outside struck Lazarus deep.

Quite a few, Roavin? You mean you, Arlo and Guinness Freaks.

So we made a guard, but as a compromise to those that were trying to keep Lazarus from getting into the same troubles again, the Guard was restricted. Those that wanted the war would get their military to wage war with, while those that were against the war got the assurance that the Guard wouldn't get to be involved in any of the R/D shenanigans that Lazarus was very deliberately keeping itself out of ever since Mandate 12.

Then in November we got the first attempt at opening up the Guard to be in R/D. One of the suggestions was even to make its alignment subject to the Prime Minister, as if to say to the world "HEY, SUBVERT US!". Fortunately, that failed, but at too narrow a margin for comfort. And here we are again.

Personally, I was never a fan of democracy in the first place - the Prime Minister being able to utilise the Guard for the agenda they were elected to execute, though, isn't that weird an idea, although I don't disagree it could be misused.

So, to recap: Lazarus, starting with Mandate 12, intentionally did not have a military. That principle was broken due to outside propaganda that led to Lazarus declaring war, a war that more and more Lazarenes now want to get out of. Already we've gotten on the slippery slope, and now we're talking about letting go and sliding further down. Why? Why in [violet]'s name would we do this to ourselves?

You seem to completely ignore what the NPO was attempting to do and the reasons we declared war. You did that during the war, and that trend still continues.

In regards to your concerns about people messing with us or why we believe this would help us, I agree with "Assholes will be assholes" and your reasoning of "Activity. Excitement", as you have said yourself.