Pauldelphia Press Release
August 10, 2001

"I, the Imperatore of Pauldelphia, was unable to decide upon Issue III of the Congress of Jared due to fact that Lindsholm was being charged for two separate crimes. Ordinarily, all a nation’s improper war actions are combined for a congress issue and I vote appropriately. In this case, however, I consider “aggression” and “civil malcompliance” as two completely separate Lindsholmian faux-pas. Aggression is either a consistent jingoistic policy or is a rare “jumping of the gun.” In either situation, aggression is easily seen as an action by the military as a whole as well as the command of a nation’s leader because he/she wishes to protect their country and its people. I cannot see the Supreme Viceroy’s second criminal command, which led to the charge of civil malcompliance, in the same light. I believe that the Kamogradian civilians who lost their lives to Lindsholmian troops at the end of the war were, in fact, murdered. This is quite the bold statement but it is true. To kill more soldiers would follow suit with being a nation at war, but the Supreme Viceroy ordered the destruction of a civilian suburb. By ending the lives of Kamograd civilians, the Supreme Viceroy was not protecting his nation or its people; he was simply committing murder and making his soldiers do the dirty work.

"With this in my mind, there was no way for me to consider both charges of Issue III as one because the latter violates civil rights and international law. The cold-blooded murder of 1,039,989 Kamograd citizens prevents me from considering the charge of “civil malcompliance” as an action in defense of the safety and well-being of all Lindsholmians and all humans which dwell within the Mapp. I, therefore, should not be condemned for my supposed indecision, but rather, be supported in bringing all Lindsholmians involved in the Kamograd massacre to trial because we, as nation leaders, cannot let anyone get away with murder, no matter how much power they have. As Imperatore of Pauldelphia, I govern a peaceful nation and many Pauldelphians consider murder both as a horrific crime and an atrocious sin.

"I implore to all Mapp nations to join me in bringing justice and closure to the recent war as well as uphold international law to its highest intentions.