The conditions on Intaki are not much better than they were a few weeks ago. For the most part the rioting has stopped and I am thankful that my wife and children are safe.
I cannot believe the snide arrogance of those who have never been to Intaki when they say "The Intaki are as free as anyone." Free to live in fear of the space above them and now free to fear their own neighborhoods.
I travel to Villore again this week to meet with my contacts within the Senate. Hopefully the situation in Intaki will be enough of an embarassment to them that they will be more willing to listen to reason.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Friday, April 3, 2009
12 dead
My heart is sad and heavy this week. While I was away in Aunia, running missions for those inept clowns in the Federation Navy, rioting broke out in Intaki. Hundreds were injured, but worse, a dozen people died.
I've lost ships before and the valiant crews that went with them. Deaths by the hundreds. But those men and women accepted that risk when they signed on aboard a star vessel.
The deaths on the planet this week are different, however. Those people did not choose to be born on a planet abandoned to pirates and drug smugglers. They did not choose to be "marginalized" by the Gallente.
Their only crime was to cry out for a better life. And the punishment was death.
I've lost ships before and the valiant crews that went with them. Deaths by the hundreds. But those men and women accepted that risk when they signed on aboard a star vessel.
The deaths on the planet this week are different, however. Those people did not choose to be born on a planet abandoned to pirates and drug smugglers. They did not choose to be "marginalized" by the Gallente.
Their only crime was to cry out for a better life. And the punishment was death.
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