Honorable Court,allow me to address the statement of the defense.
Not only has the the defense made NO attempt whatsoever to address the clearly formulated accusations of the Prosecution, but again they relate to what they are willing to recognize as proof. The Court is aware of the additional evidence I am prepared to bring, some new items have been added to the list, including evidence proving that the defendant has repeatedly used proxies in order to circumvent the forum restrictions and the fact that he has done that in IRC also is common knowledge and can also be proved, as well as a testimony revealing the fact that the defendant himself has come to Taijitu with a purpose and, let us be serious, it was not to RP.
Now, to address the defense's understanding of things: The defense analyzes the administrative action by Limitless Events from a rather naive point of view, they even wonder why there had been no trial until Govindia had appealed the ban
(!!!). I again, ask the defense to actually read the testimony of Limitless Events and Flemingovia and do not ignore their content. All the questions the defense throws around in a rhetorical manner are answered in there.
We are not going to comment on RP issues and arguments in such a thread, at least I am not. What interest us is the deposition of St. Oz as MoRS and it is in that capacity that the defense should look at the player St. Oz. Again, we are going to repeat. St Oz has tracked Govindia's movements in the forums (yes, that is possible) and has found him trying to access restricted areas. Al the rest is irrelevant. If the defense wishes to accuse the MoRS of anything, as Citizens any of the two counselors may do that, until that happens I believe that throwing dirt at an old-time player of Taijitu just because he himself had not the necessary patience of dealing with your defendant as map-maker does not belong here. It throws an interesting light on your understanding of the region we call home, though.
To the first piece of evidence: again, an odd manner of trying to ignore the proof brought before the Court - the defense brings us a statement from another region speaking about the events in TWP, which are of relevance to this case, when we have presented the statement of TAO himself. The fact that Govindia came here from TWP played no negative part, in fact a number of respected and old TWPers have warned us upon his arrival of what was coming upon us. The fact that Govindia has spoken against Taijitu while in TWP is a fact that was mentioned by us, in order to show the ever-changing character of the defendant. How the English MoRS shows he has any experience I have no idea, since I have never heard of him, and matching his expertise against that of Flemingovia, Limitless Events and Korinn is insufficient, even for this case. Odd, but more than nothing.
Let us move on to Ithania's testimony: (again, a player from NS England actually and not a native TWPer, makes one wonder...). As Ithania says,
Slight correction, not really a Deputy anymore, I just help out when asked.
so you can edit and correct the capacity of the witness. What the evidence is concerned, the witness states clearly:
it is sensitive or doesn't exist
, thus giving us no information to either of the two possibilities, just what we already knew: evidence containing personal info will never be made public by responsible administrators. Furthermore, we would wish to congratulate the defense on beautiful interrogation skills
Ithania: Are we going to spend hours establishing that I'm aware of the trial or is there something of relevancy to be asked? I dearly apologise for impatience but I prefer efficiency over unnecessary verbiage.
but I must confess that the last lines of the interview have left me speechless:
(2007-12-15 11:04:46) Osafune: Have you seen anything from Tajitu that would be deemed top secret?
(2007-12-15 11:05:48) Osafune: or that in your opinion, you would feel the government in Taijitu would deem top secret?
...No idea what that could be about.
To conclude after such a testimony that:
The above testimony clearly shows that no sensitive information was copied from Taijtu to elsewhere, and that no evidence showing Govindia was a threat to TWP security was shown to prove he was a threat
, may well sound nice and be funny, but is in no way conform to the content of the evidence presented before this Court. Our personal interpretation of Ithania's testimony is that it is that of a person with immense patience and a great heart, but a person who had absolutely no access to any relevant info about Govinida in general and his doings in TWP in particular.
To take this further: Ithania's official capacity as defense counsel of Govindia in TWP is at best blurry and doubtful. Also, evidence of the defendant copying and then e-mailing a password protected thread exists and was made available to the Senate of The West Pacific when they upheld the ban and I suppose that if the defense wants to verify this, it could be reproduced in here, in order to fully demonstrate to this Court that not even the defense of Govindia is aware what kind of information their client is feeding them and who they are in fact using as witnesses *Shakes head*.Anyhow, candidly asking the witness whether she was given or offered any top secret info on Taijitu as a means of establishing whether the defendant has ever done such a thing is precious and was given a well-deserved response:
Ithania: Oh goshums no, nothing has been offered and I'd never accept anyway.
*Smiles*.
Now, for the last beautiful piece of evidence: had you asked first, I would have advised against showing on trial the statement of a player from the region Equilism, because the latest history between the regions of Taijitu and Equilism is not one of friendship and/or support, although no open conflict has arisen.
The fact stays that I personally, am not willing to accept a testimony on the defendant from a representative of a region that has been applying a double standard in NS and has been caught up in a rather serious Intel scandal (internationally speaking). Taijitu has always been honest about its nature.
Let us look at the statement: Although I haven’t known Govindia for that long I know a good person when I meet one.
^ I would consider that an excellent example as to what capacity the witness from Equilism brings before this Court. I would however suggest that witnesses with at least a bit of expertise, resulting either from access to information, experience or acquaintance with the defendant be selected, as this is but an attempt not to appear empty-handed before the Honorable Court. There is no point to fabricate witnesses, we know our way around in NationStates for a while now. I myself have never received such a letter (as I see it is addressed to me), and and had I received it, since it is coming from the official of a region *the only region actually* who has chosen to cease any relations with Taijitu as a region because we have been honest, I would have frankly disregarded it. Naive, at best.
However, in front of such compelling arguments:
Also I don’t see any reason why he should not be trusted. He never gave me any reason to doubt his trust. Think about that for a minute. Did he really said something that made him less trustworthy?
we must bow our heads and admit that none of us are perfect. C'mon!
Post Scriptum: We wonder what due time is, since this trial should be over by now...
To spare the defense some of the trouble they have gone through, as we can imagine that it must be terribly hard to find positive statements about the defendant, we present you another exhibit, as the defense so nicely put it, "from our very own Taijituans.":
*Note: Meridianland is one of the oldest NS players that are known to Taijitu, she has supported the region from the moment of its birth and continues to do so to this day. Meridianland is a very experienced player, coming from the 'lager' of NS raiders, as opposed to Flemingovia's expertise of a famous 'defender', it is however surprising that their evaluation coincides perfectly on this topic. Of course, the opinion of the English MoRS should not be disregarded because of what shall folow.
< 07GMT > --- Interview Session with Meridianland on the topic of Govindia's baning from the region ---
< 07GMT > this interview will be logged and can be presented as testimony in the trial of Taijitu vs Govindia
< 07GMT > First of all, Milady, please state your name and position in Taijitu.
< 13meri > My name is Meridianland, I'm currently Speaker of the Senate, I also have worked as an assistant to the Minister of Security over a couple of different administrations
< 07GMT > Thank You.
< 13meri > You're welcome.
< 07GMT > Could you please tell us if you have entertained any private talks with the player known in Taijitu as Govindia?
< 07GMT > And if so,
< 07GMT > has the topic of his reason to be in Taijitu been ever discussed?
< 13meri > Yes I have, and yes it has.
< 07GMT > Can you please tell us in your own words, what was discussed?
< 13meri > Many things. He always seemed to be complaining about one thing or another going on in Taijitu. One topic that emerged that pertains to this trial is the subject of his UN nation.
< 07GMT > Please, go on.
< 13meri > At the time that we began discussing the subject, and i believe to this day, he has refused to disclose the location or identity of his UN. Since in this game, each player is allowed to have only one UN, and UNs can in many instances, particularly in military and intelligence contexts represent power, the dedication of one's UN is usually an indication of a player's loyalty.
< 13meri > He always used to ask me if i trusted him. He seemed a bit obsessed with it.
< 13meri > At first I responded that I could not trust him because of the secretness surrounding his UN.
< 07GMT > What happened after that?
< 13meri > He made it clear to me that he understood my position, but would not reveal it to me.
< 07GMT > Can you be a bit more explicit?
< 07GMT > What does that mean, for those not familiar with Intel "talk"?
< 13meri > I asked him if he was working for Taijitu, he said no, he was working for another region. I told him I could not trust his motives in the region, then.
< 13meri > is that what you're asking?
< 07GMT > Yes, thank you for clearing that up.
< 07GMT > You are a player with a huge amount of experience in that domain: Intel, undercover operations etc.
< 07GMT > What is your personal evaluation of Govindia and how do you see his banning from Taijitu?
< 13meri > I believe Govindia to be a threat to Tajitu in many areas: the military, security-wise, and socially he has repeatedly acted badly. His abysmal social behavior could very well be a strategy to undermine the region's stability.
< 13meri > I support his banning.
< 07GMT > Thank You, Milady.