07-25-2019, 07:00 AM
XIN
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Xiomeran Imperial News, International Edition
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Atl 24, Xatl Tohtli, 2019
When the rule of law doesn't matter, nothing else matters either
Editorial
The recent refusal of the government of Lauchenoiria to extradite a known murderer and serial killer, Jasmine Eddington, back to the nation of Kerlile is a feckless and troubling event. But it is not surprising, given the pattern of such behavior already displayed by the new Lauchenoirian government. After all, the same feckless administration recently refused to honor a duly issued and lawful Xiomeran warrant for individuals known to be engaging in activities meant to disrupt Xiomeran society and cause sedition and possibly even violence in our own country. Apparently, moralistic grandstanding for the sake of "democracy" (i.e. paternalistic assessment of other sovereign nations and their chosen political systems) is more important than anything else, even protecting one's own citizens from a murderer.
XIN had chosen to remain relatively silent on the XUN warrant affair, until now. But with the latest refusal to honor a duly issued warrant by a sovereign government simply because certain nations view their own systems as superior, and thus capable of ignoring the laws and sovereignty of other nations due to their self-appointed judgement that other sovereign nations are "wrong", we feel compelled to speak out. Not just for the sake of Xiomera, but for all nations, and for the very concept of the rule of law.
We respect and honor the government of Kerlile for trying to do the right thing, in the right way, by sending a warrant they naturally thought would be a no-brainer to their neighbor. After all, what sane nation would want a serial killer in their midst? But as we in Xiomera could have warned Kerlile's government, Foreign Minister Sandra Pavía and the government of Lauchenoiria clearly believe that they, because of their "superior political system," have the right to veto other nations' laws and even their sovereignty with the stroke of a pen. Pavía isn't alone, either, in this paternalistic arrogance. Other nations, as Xiomera has seen all too well from recent experience, clearly also believe they can ignore other nations' laws and justice systems if they are different from their own, because "they're wrong" and "we're better".
This is a dangerous exercise. If Lauchenoiria, Laeral, Zamastan or other nations can just ignore warrants from Xiomera, Kerlile or nations like ours because of their arrogant assessment of the values of societies and nations they have no understanding of, what then requires any nation to uphold the rule of law at all? Why should Xiomera or Kerlile honor a warrant from Lauchenoiria, or any other nation that refuses to accept the right of sovereign states such as Kerlile or Xiomera to pass laws that suit their nations and societies, and chooses to enforce them, as any truly sovereign land has an inherent right to do? If everyone refuses to accept the validity of legal documents, or to help their neighbors uphold the rule of law, the entire concept of the law is endangered. If someone can, for example, kill thirteen children and and then escape justice just by crossing a border, then what does the law matter at all? (Even more so when certain nations are trying to prevent people from using falsehoods and the power of the media to destabilize and destroy a centuries old society of over 20 million people, but what do we Xiomerans know....it's only our country, after all.)
Diminishing the rule of law, and the ability of institutions within societies and nations to enforce their own laws causes immense harm within nations as well. When the law doesn't matter, and cannot be enforced, people lose respect for it, and for the institutions that maintain social order. This leads to destruction. We would expect the Lauchenoirians to understand this, as well as any of the nations who recently participated in their recent social unrest. After all, it was someone deciding to usurp and circumvent the laws of Lauchenoiria (Suleman Chaher) that led to that conflict. It's worth noting that stable nations where people have a respect for the law, and have social institutions strong enough to enforce it, don't tend to have civil wars. Xiomera, for example, hasn't had a serious civil conflict since the year 1850. But as the "democracies" would tell you, we are clearly inferior, so again, what do we know?
The time for this sort of arrogant interference in the affairs of other societies must come to an end. The Huenyan Empire of Xiomera calls upon all nations to cease the harmful practice of refusing to honor lawful warrants, on behalf of nations such as Xiomera and Kerlile who have the same right to enforce their laws as any other free nation does. If this is too much to ask, perhaps the paternalistic powers of the IDU would consent to allow us to send all of our criminals to their countries, as they clearly think they know how to handle them better than we do. No matter what happens, however, the Huenyan Empire of Xiomera will not fiddle while Rome burns, as some governments seem content to do with criminals in their midst. We will continue to stand guard and uphold our laws to protect all of our citizens and all other people on our soil, and count ourselves fortunate to live in a land that doesn't put politics above the safety of people.
Democracy in a different image
Editorial
Xiomera is often labeled by some nations as an "autocracy" or a "dictatorship". We do not have "elections" or "presidents" or "legislatures" as they do, so clearly, we must be some dystopian hellhole where Tyrant McTyrantface rules with an iron fist and steel shoes, right?
This is another form of paternalistic arrogance issuing from the halls of nations that see fit to judge other nations based on whether or not they are run in the same exact way as the judging nation is. It is an assumption born out of arrogance and, far worse, ignorance.
Some nations choose "presidents" or "prime ministers", as well as "legislatures", from "elections" held on a periodic schedule where the people get to vote on their leaders. They also usually have the ability to recall those leaders if desired. That's a "democracy", we're told in Xiomera. Fair enough. We think we've got the concept.
In Xiomera, "ihuicatl" (representative bodies of 500 different fields of endeavor covering scientific, educational, philosophical, religious, social and cultural matters) are chosen by the people who are part of those fields of endeavor. (For you "democratic nation" types, think of it in much the same way that your trade or labor unions choose their leaders.) The "ihuicatl" then gather on a periodic schedule (six years, for Xiomera) and hold a "vote" on who the leaders of their tribal domain should be. The tribal leaders "elected" by the "ihuicatl" then choose who should be Emperor of Xiomera (also for six years). And those leaders, even the Emperor, can be "recalled" sooner if desired.
So....one system ("democracy") has a group of people who choose leaders every so often and can recall them at will. The Xiomeran system, which is so awful by contrast....has groups of people who choose leaders every so often, and can recall them at will.
Well....now we can see why we are so awful and so different from and inferior to you, great democracies! Thank you so much for clearing that up!
(Editor's note: that was sarcasm, we do not think we're inferior, and certainly don't think we're wrong or evil. Maybe if other nations actually learned more about us, they wouldn't either.)
Happy Society app/software to be updated, become mandatory
The Happy Society app, which has previously been offered by the Imperial government as a free downloadable app and software for computers, smartphones and tablets, will become mandatory for all device and computer manufacturers to include on new devices for sale in Xiomera, per a recent memorandum from the Secretariat of Security.
Happy Society is an app (and software for computers) which allows Xiomeran citizens to perform a number of functions, such as requesting government services, obtaining documents, and sending messages to officials. It also allows Xiomeran citizens to report suspected or known violations of the law for investigation. It also allows Xiomerans quick access to their social credit score (as well as their actual credit score), with helpful tips on how to increase both scores.
The latest update of the Happy Society app will also be pushed to all existing smartphones, tablet devices and computers in Xiomera capable of running the software in an over the air software update. This is a mandatory update and all devices moving forward will be required to have the app installed, in what is described as "an efficiency program to ensure all Xiomerans can contact their government easily and effectively" by the Secretariat of Security.
Older devices, "rooted" or "jailbroken" devices and those otherwise unable to run the new app due to incompatibility will be "bricked", or unable to operate, as of the first of the month, the date when the new app is pushed to devices and mandatory for all new devices. Citizens and noncitizens resident in Xiomera can take their soon-to-be-inoperable devices to the nearest XioMarket or Orange Tech device store for a free upgrade to a new device.
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Xiomeran Imperial News, International Edition
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Atl 24, Xatl Tohtli, 2019
When the rule of law doesn't matter, nothing else matters either
Editorial
The recent refusal of the government of Lauchenoiria to extradite a known murderer and serial killer, Jasmine Eddington, back to the nation of Kerlile is a feckless and troubling event. But it is not surprising, given the pattern of such behavior already displayed by the new Lauchenoirian government. After all, the same feckless administration recently refused to honor a duly issued and lawful Xiomeran warrant for individuals known to be engaging in activities meant to disrupt Xiomeran society and cause sedition and possibly even violence in our own country. Apparently, moralistic grandstanding for the sake of "democracy" (i.e. paternalistic assessment of other sovereign nations and their chosen political systems) is more important than anything else, even protecting one's own citizens from a murderer.
XIN had chosen to remain relatively silent on the XUN warrant affair, until now. But with the latest refusal to honor a duly issued warrant by a sovereign government simply because certain nations view their own systems as superior, and thus capable of ignoring the laws and sovereignty of other nations due to their self-appointed judgement that other sovereign nations are "wrong", we feel compelled to speak out. Not just for the sake of Xiomera, but for all nations, and for the very concept of the rule of law.
We respect and honor the government of Kerlile for trying to do the right thing, in the right way, by sending a warrant they naturally thought would be a no-brainer to their neighbor. After all, what sane nation would want a serial killer in their midst? But as we in Xiomera could have warned Kerlile's government, Foreign Minister Sandra Pavía and the government of Lauchenoiria clearly believe that they, because of their "superior political system," have the right to veto other nations' laws and even their sovereignty with the stroke of a pen. Pavía isn't alone, either, in this paternalistic arrogance. Other nations, as Xiomera has seen all too well from recent experience, clearly also believe they can ignore other nations' laws and justice systems if they are different from their own, because "they're wrong" and "we're better".
This is a dangerous exercise. If Lauchenoiria, Laeral, Zamastan or other nations can just ignore warrants from Xiomera, Kerlile or nations like ours because of their arrogant assessment of the values of societies and nations they have no understanding of, what then requires any nation to uphold the rule of law at all? Why should Xiomera or Kerlile honor a warrant from Lauchenoiria, or any other nation that refuses to accept the right of sovereign states such as Kerlile or Xiomera to pass laws that suit their nations and societies, and chooses to enforce them, as any truly sovereign land has an inherent right to do? If everyone refuses to accept the validity of legal documents, or to help their neighbors uphold the rule of law, the entire concept of the law is endangered. If someone can, for example, kill thirteen children and and then escape justice just by crossing a border, then what does the law matter at all? (Even more so when certain nations are trying to prevent people from using falsehoods and the power of the media to destabilize and destroy a centuries old society of over 20 million people, but what do we Xiomerans know....it's only our country, after all.)
Diminishing the rule of law, and the ability of institutions within societies and nations to enforce their own laws causes immense harm within nations as well. When the law doesn't matter, and cannot be enforced, people lose respect for it, and for the institutions that maintain social order. This leads to destruction. We would expect the Lauchenoirians to understand this, as well as any of the nations who recently participated in their recent social unrest. After all, it was someone deciding to usurp and circumvent the laws of Lauchenoiria (Suleman Chaher) that led to that conflict. It's worth noting that stable nations where people have a respect for the law, and have social institutions strong enough to enforce it, don't tend to have civil wars. Xiomera, for example, hasn't had a serious civil conflict since the year 1850. But as the "democracies" would tell you, we are clearly inferior, so again, what do we know?
The time for this sort of arrogant interference in the affairs of other societies must come to an end. The Huenyan Empire of Xiomera calls upon all nations to cease the harmful practice of refusing to honor lawful warrants, on behalf of nations such as Xiomera and Kerlile who have the same right to enforce their laws as any other free nation does. If this is too much to ask, perhaps the paternalistic powers of the IDU would consent to allow us to send all of our criminals to their countries, as they clearly think they know how to handle them better than we do. No matter what happens, however, the Huenyan Empire of Xiomera will not fiddle while Rome burns, as some governments seem content to do with criminals in their midst. We will continue to stand guard and uphold our laws to protect all of our citizens and all other people on our soil, and count ourselves fortunate to live in a land that doesn't put politics above the safety of people.
Democracy in a different image
Editorial
Xiomera is often labeled by some nations as an "autocracy" or a "dictatorship". We do not have "elections" or "presidents" or "legislatures" as they do, so clearly, we must be some dystopian hellhole where Tyrant McTyrantface rules with an iron fist and steel shoes, right?
This is another form of paternalistic arrogance issuing from the halls of nations that see fit to judge other nations based on whether or not they are run in the same exact way as the judging nation is. It is an assumption born out of arrogance and, far worse, ignorance.
Some nations choose "presidents" or "prime ministers", as well as "legislatures", from "elections" held on a periodic schedule where the people get to vote on their leaders. They also usually have the ability to recall those leaders if desired. That's a "democracy", we're told in Xiomera. Fair enough. We think we've got the concept.
In Xiomera, "ihuicatl" (representative bodies of 500 different fields of endeavor covering scientific, educational, philosophical, religious, social and cultural matters) are chosen by the people who are part of those fields of endeavor. (For you "democratic nation" types, think of it in much the same way that your trade or labor unions choose their leaders.) The "ihuicatl" then gather on a periodic schedule (six years, for Xiomera) and hold a "vote" on who the leaders of their tribal domain should be. The tribal leaders "elected" by the "ihuicatl" then choose who should be Emperor of Xiomera (also for six years). And those leaders, even the Emperor, can be "recalled" sooner if desired.
So....one system ("democracy") has a group of people who choose leaders every so often and can recall them at will. The Xiomeran system, which is so awful by contrast....has groups of people who choose leaders every so often, and can recall them at will.
Well....now we can see why we are so awful and so different from and inferior to you, great democracies! Thank you so much for clearing that up!
(Editor's note: that was sarcasm, we do not think we're inferior, and certainly don't think we're wrong or evil. Maybe if other nations actually learned more about us, they wouldn't either.)
Happy Society app/software to be updated, become mandatory
The Happy Society app, which has previously been offered by the Imperial government as a free downloadable app and software for computers, smartphones and tablets, will become mandatory for all device and computer manufacturers to include on new devices for sale in Xiomera, per a recent memorandum from the Secretariat of Security.
Happy Society is an app (and software for computers) which allows Xiomeran citizens to perform a number of functions, such as requesting government services, obtaining documents, and sending messages to officials. It also allows Xiomeran citizens to report suspected or known violations of the law for investigation. It also allows Xiomerans quick access to their social credit score (as well as their actual credit score), with helpful tips on how to increase both scores.
The latest update of the Happy Society app will also be pushed to all existing smartphones, tablet devices and computers in Xiomera capable of running the software in an over the air software update. This is a mandatory update and all devices moving forward will be required to have the app installed, in what is described as "an efficiency program to ensure all Xiomerans can contact their government easily and effectively" by the Secretariat of Security.
Older devices, "rooted" or "jailbroken" devices and those otherwise unable to run the new app due to incompatibility will be "bricked", or unable to operate, as of the first of the month, the date when the new app is pushed to devices and mandatory for all new devices. Citizens and noncitizens resident in Xiomera can take their soon-to-be-inoperable devices to the nearest XioMarket or Orange Tech device store for a free upgrade to a new device.
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