ENTENT-TÚ A journal of free Talossan news and opinion Ißù 2 - 22 August 2005/xxvi Gary dares call it treason! King Robert I may be gone, but his R. Ben Madison, the only possible re- spirit lives on in some corners of the King- sponse to that is pot, kettle, black. dom of . Gary Cone, friend of the Gary Cone has never met most of King for over twenty-five years, has bro- the people he’s slandering as “traitors”. ken the hopeful consensus of the past few Instead, he takes his old friend Ben’s view days and come out swinging on the King- of things as gospel. In announcing that dom’s discussion forum. he intends to quit immediately after cast- Cone’s attack sounds like some- ing a spoiler vote “to deny the CLP what thing that could have been drafted by the few slivers of the Ziu I can”, Gary has ex-King (perhaps it was?), including the joined the ranks of those who, in the overheated rhetoric about “traitors” and words of new Prime Minister Fritz “treachery” which comes out whenver Buchholtz, put their loyalty to the King Madison is threatened. Cone repeats the above their loyalty to Talossa. ex-King’s demand that to be a loyal As Buchholtz also points out, “it’s Talossan, one must “disavow all links” to not the Republic who are trying to de- traitors - defined as whoever is pissing stroy the Kingdom” - it becomes more him off that week. and more obvious that it’s the ex-King Interestingly enough, Cone goes on and his cronies who are trying to do that. to comment that “new traitors always link Gary’s closing remarks, hinting not-too- back to previous ones”. This is actually true subtly that the CLP leadership are neo- - in as far as the definition of a traitor in Nazis, effectively sum up the Royalist at- Ben’s eyes, since 1997, is anyone who he after having been driven out of the King- titude to debate in Talossa - smear and sees as “linked” to a political enemy. Of dom. witchhunting. course, it’s this very demand for “disa- GARY: “The Penguins [sic] linked Thankfully, after Cone departs to vowal” which creates traitors. People who back to Wardlow and Sauls.” join his , the ZPT seats will prob- won’t give up their friendships and alli- FACT: Gary’s time sequence is ably be in the hands of the significantly ances because their friend or ally is on backward, as well as his chain of causal- less prejudiced and vitriolic Marc Moisan. Ben’s shit-list go on that shitlist itself. And ity. Wardlow and Sauls were declared trai- It’s to be hoped that the new Kingdom new people who go on the shitlist often tors only because of their refusal to break leadership will encourage a culture of become curious whether the older names all links with Penguineans, who had done open and friendly debate in the new on the shitlist were all that bad, really. nothing worse than start a new Talossa. It’s clear that Gary only knows as and complain about their much about the true history of Talossa treatment by the then-King. (post 1980) as Ben has seen fit to tell him. GARY: “The ZPT name means ROYALISTS SABOTAGE As a public service to our readers, we give “Defenders of the Kingdom of Talossa”, IMMIGRATION? short corrections to some of Gary’s and true to the name, it has always been claims here: the true conscience of Talossa, even as a What has happened to the Kingdom’s GARY: “The ROTters linked back lonely voice in the wilderness.” Immigration page: http://my.execpc.com/ to the Penguins [sic].” FACT: The ZPT, under the leader- ~talossa/immigration.html? All the rest FACT: The founders of the Repub- ship of Marcüs Pitz from 1997-1999, were of the Kingdom’s official webpages - now lic only hooked up with ex-Penguineans opposed to the demonisation of in the possession of the ex-King - are still Penguineans, before as well as after their functioning. The fact that the ex-King seems expulsion from Talossa. In fact, the ZPT to have taken down only the Immigration Who we are was part of Dan Wardlow’s “Peace And page suggests a deliberate act of sabotage Freedom Party” coalition in 1998. If un- - but also that he hasn’t given up on Talossa Entent-Tú is published by citizens of der Gary’s leadership the ZPT are now yet. Could the ex-King be planning to de- the Republic of Talossa in the interest of just another mouthpiece for the ex-King’s clare his circle of friends “the real Talossa” better understanding and mutual relations twisted view of the world, then it’s a sad and resort to the same kind of “poaching of between the two Talossan states. It is not betrayal of the history of a fine party. potential citizens online” which he has the mouthpiece of any or po- GARY: “The CLP represents noth- falsely accused the Republic? The Kingdom litical party. Contact our editorial team at ing more than naked aggression, power should be repairing its online immigration [email protected] hunger, and underhanded maneuvers.” service as a matter of urgency. FACT: Coming from an associate of ENTENT-TÚ 22 Guscht xxvi 1