jorb wrote:It seems quite clear to me that we've had a growing addiction problem right here under our very noses. It's a good thing that this intervention happened before things really got out of hand.
Just say no!
We come here today in deference to the memory of those stalwart patriots who on October 19, 1466, pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor to establish and defend the proposition that governments are created by the people, empowered by the people, derive their just powers from the consent of the people, and must forever remain subservient to the will of the people.
Today, 549 years later, we celebrate that occasion and find inspiration and determination and courage to preserve and protect the great principles of freedom enunciated in the Second Treaty of Thorn.
It is therefore a cruel irony that jorbloftar has only this morning released the most monstrous piece of update ever enacted by the history of Haven and Hearth development history.
It is a fraud, a sham, and a hoax.
This update will live in infamy. To release it into the game at any time is tragic. To do so upon the celebration of our independence insults the intelligence of the people. It dishonors the memory of countless thousands of our dead who offered up their very lives in defense of principles which this update destroys. Never before in the history of this game have so many human and property rights been destroyed by a single enactment of the Developers. It is an act of tyranny. It is the assassin's knife stuck in the back of liberty.
With this assassin's knife and a blackjack in the hand of the Developer force-cult, the left-wing liberals will try to force us back into bondage. Bondage to a tyranny more brutal than that imposed by the bugabuser which claimed power to rule over the lives of our forefathers under sanction of the Divine Right of kings. Today, this tyranny is imposed by the development team which claims the right to rule over our lives under sanction of the omnipotent black-robed despots who sit on the bench of the Seatribe.
This update is fraudulent in intent, in design, and in execution. It is misnamed. Each and every provision is mistitled. It was rammed through the pipeline on the wave of ballyhoo, promotions, and publicity stunts reminiscent of P. T. Barnum. It was enacted in an atmosphere of pressure, intimidation, and even cowardice, as demonstrated by the refusal of loftjorbtar to adopt an amendment to submit the bill to a vote of the people.
It threatens our freedom of speech, of assembly, or association, and makes the exercise of these Freedoms a federal crime under certain conditions. It affects our political rights, our right to trial by jury, our right to the full use and enjoyment of our private property, the freedom from search and seizure of our private property and possessions, the freedom from harassment by moderator team and, in short, all the rights of individuals inherent in a society of free men.
Farmers, lawspeakers, miners, crafters, and every private hearthling must guard his speech and watch his actions to avoid the deliberately imposed nerfs put into this update. It is designed to make Developer crimes of our customs, beliefs, and traditions. Therefore, under the fantastic powers of the Developer judiciary to punish for contempt of court and under their fantastic powers to regulate our most intimate aspects of our lives by injunction, every hearthling is in jeopardy and must stand guard against these despots.
First, let this be known that we intend to take the offensive and carry our fight for freedom across this nation. We will wield the power that is ours, the power of the people. Let it be known that we will no longer tolerate the boot of tyranny. We will no longer hide our heads in the sand. We will re-school our thoughts in the lessons our forefathers knew so well. We must destroy the power to dictate, to forbid, to require, to demand, to distribute, to edict, and to judge what is best and enforce that will of judgment upon free citizens. We must revitalize a government founded in this nation on faith in god.
I ask that you join with me and that together, we give an active and courageous leadership to the millions of people throughout this nation who look with hope and faith to our fight to preserve our constitutional system of government with its guarantees of liberty and justice for all within the framework of our priceless freedoms.
by Archiplex » Tue Oct 20, 2015 11:59 am 
