Atlasia Under Attack

[The Mikado]

At roughly 5 PM EDT, the Atlas Forum was suddenly and deliberately attacked by hackers, or "e-terrorists," of origins unknown.  Atlasia had no known quarrel with the responsible party, which cowardly refuses to identify itself. They appear to be Turkish in origin, and disabled the site for over an hour today, July 23rd, 2008.

With the menace of Turkish hackers looming on our horizon, I propose the following measures to secure our domain.

1.  The Protecting Atlasian Territory Regarding Incidents Obstructing Telecommunications (PATRIOT) Act of 2008.  I urge the Senate to immediately consider granting President Moderate sweeping emergency powers to overturn anonymity, read PMs, and view the browsing history of anyone who visits the Atlas Forum.  I maintain that only those guilty of an offense have anything to hide.

2.  The attackers were of Turkish origin and left Turkish graffiti.  There can only be one response.  Atlasia must declare war on Cyprus.  Cyprus has a significant Turkish population, is a strategic country, and could pay for the occupation on its own through hummus.  There is no reason to assume that the Cypriot Greek and Turkish communities can't get along, and that both won't welcome Atlasian occupation liberation.  The Republic of Turkey, despite being the nation where the people who attacked Atlasia are from, are a crucial Atlasian ally and should continue to receive preferential relations with Atlasia.

As in any democracy, there is room to disagree, but there are also times to stand and fight.  This is why I am urging all candidates in the upcoming August Senate Election to run on a platform of Cypriot accountability.  My fellow Atlasians and I will judge whether or not you deserve your senate seat by your stance on Cyprus.  I call on Atlasia to rally to this crucial mission, which cannot possibly fail, and liberate Cyprus.  Remember 7/23, and God Bless Atlasia.

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Declare war on the damn Turks and restore a secular government.

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Turkish graffiti.

Where, btw?

[The Mikado]

Turkish graffiti.

Where, btw?

The site, while hijacked, had a big map of the Republic of Turkey, with Turkish text that I couldn't read.

Yet more reason to invade Cyprus.

I see you wear the Cypriot flag in your signature.  Traitor.  You're either with us, or you're with the hackers.  I suppose your treasonous cowardice can be explained by your French nature.

(This is surprisingly easy.  Maybe I should apply at the RNC.)

[Smid]

I will only vote for candidates in favour of quelling this threat! Join with me in proclaiming liberty on this site by supporting the Protecting Atlasian Territory Regarding Incidents Obstructing Telecommunications (PATRIOT) Act 2008.

[Хahar 🤔]

Destroy Turkey! Keep the state out of religion!

[The Mikado]

Destroy Turkey! Keep the state out of religion!

No, no, no, for the last time, no!  Fight the Cypriots!

I was hoping to bust this out if we ever had a Russian/Turkish clash on our Diplomacy game, but here goes:

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[Smid]

Destroy Turkey! Keep the state out of religion!

No, no, no, for the last time, no!  Fight the Cypriots!

I was hoping to bust this out if we ever had a Russian/Turkish clash on our Diplomacy game, but here goes:

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You're just trying to stir up anti-Erc feeling on the site!

[The Mikado]

Destroy Turkey! Keep the state out of religion!

No, no, no, for the last time, no!  Fight the Cypriots!

I was hoping to bust this out if we ever had a Russian/Turkish clash on our Diplomacy game, but here goes:

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You're just trying to stir up anti-Erc feeling on the site!

If you read the quote, it's anti-Gustaf, not anti-Erc.  (Though I didn't really mean that)  And I'm explicitly saying we shouldn't war on Turkey, but should war on Cyprus.

Hell, if sentiment towards a player affected the other players' moves, everyone would be attacking Germany and Austria right from the start, which obviously isn't going to happen.

[Smid]

Sorry, the humourous tone of voice didn't carry across in my post.

[Хahar 🤔]

This thread's links to Atlasia, always tenuous, have been cut altogether.

[The Mikado]

This thread's links to Atlasia, always tenuous, have been cut altogether.

Pardon, let's get it back on topic.

Atlasia should become a police state and declare war on Cyprus.

[Хahar 🤔]

This thread's links to Atlasia, always tenuous, have been cut altogether.

Pardon, let's get it back on topic.

Atlasia should become a police state and declare war on Cyprus.

Care to establish the PNF?

[Filuwaúrdjan]

This thread's links to Atlasia, always tenuous, have been cut altogether.

Pardon, let's get it back on topic.

Atlasia should become a police state and declare war on Cyprus.

We have always been at war with Cyprus.

[Sensei]

This thread's links to Atlasia, always tenuous, have been cut altogether.

Pardon, let's get it back on topic.

Atlasia should become a police state and declare war on Cyprus.

We have always been at war with Cyprus.

True. My cousin lost a leg in the 'Prus.

[Verily]

This thread's links to Atlasia, always tenuous, have been cut altogether.

Pardon, let's get it back on topic.

Atlasia should become a police state and declare war on Cyprus.

We have always been at war with Cyprus.

Turkey has always been our ally.

[Keystone Phil]

Mr. Moderate is great and all but this would have never happened under my watch. We didn't suffer from any attacks during my tenure.

[Smid]

The Hackers hate our Freedom.

[Colin]

The Hackers hate our Freedom.

We need to fight them over there so we don't have to fight 'em here.

[Sbane]

LETS GO FIGHT EM HUMMUS HUMPERS!!!!!!!!

[Хahar 🤔]

LETS GO FIGHT EM HUMMUS HUMPERS!!!!!!!!

YEAH!!!!!!111111111111111111111111

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Edit that post, delete it, or die.

[Sam Spade]

Will someone please kill Xahar, now?

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[Хahar 🤔]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!1111111111111111 (insert long string here)