The Wars of Inquisitance

Post by **Shyriath** » Wed May 31, 2006 10:33 pm

My friends,

Every great people requires a great cause. Some choose the path of national pride; others of religion. Yardistan, too, requires a cause. And I propose to you that this cause should be that of Inquisitance.

What, you may ask, is inquisitance? It is nothing more or less than a campaign in which the participants inquisite others. This funny little word, "inquisite", is one that has been made up to denote a particular kind of questioning, different from "inquire" in that it denotes something far less polite and, sometimes, slightly more threatening. For example:

Inquire: "Could you please tell me where the mustard is?"
Inquisite: "Could you PLEASE tell me WHERE the friggin' mustard is? HUH?!?"

For a people who question even the basic fact of government, it behooves us to question everything else as well, to be in a state of anarchy of knowledge. And this questioning must be done literally, forcefully, and with incredulity. If there is something you do not know, or believe is wrong, do not simply accept it! Turn to your neighbor, greet zir politely, and then demand to know WHY the sky never falls (not even ONCE!), even though Chicken Little SAID it would! And if zie answers, determine how the answer is wrong, especially if it sounds too logical to be true.

But note that an Inquisitance is not the same thing as an Inquisition! For an inquisition, though similarly harsh and brutal, is designed to get a particular result, or focus on a particular subject, and to terrorize a certain group of people. Not here! For the Inquisitance is not so limited. It seeks not one fact, but all knowledge; in finding it, it does not accept, but reject it! And we do not repeatedly target individuals of a group, but hit anyone we meet with one question!

I challenge you, the Yardistani people, to do this. And in this spirit, I also ask of you:

If windows are supposed to be so clear, WHY CAN WE STILL SEE OUR REFLECTIONS IN THEM, huh? Riddle me THAT!

osmose1000 · Post by **osmose1000** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 4:59 am

Why the FUCK am I even listening to you, BITCH?

Braden Indianensis · Post by **Braden Indianensis** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 5:31 am

What the HELL gives you the RIGHT to talk to Shyriath that way, MOTHERFUCKER?!

Post by **Gman Russell** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 8:47 am

ASSWIPES, shut your DAMN mouths!

Chicken-wusses....

Braden Indianensis · Post by **Braden Indianensis** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 9:21 am

*Savagely backhands Greg across the face.* That's a slap in the face, BITCH! Why the FUCK would you use that kind of FUCKING LANGUAGE?! Just like that FUCKOFF, EDWARD II! Do you know who Edward II is, HUH?! DO YOU KNOW WHO THAT IS, MOTHERFUCKER?!

Post by **Gman Russell** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 9:57 am

Mothfucker, I KNOW who that is!

...shit, I don't know...

...

maybe we should stop swearing?

Braden Indianensis · Post by **Braden Indianensis** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 10:05 am

Hell no! *Smack.*

Post by **Gman Russell** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 10:30 am

Fuck... this is really lewd. I'm glad I put that motherfucking warning on there. This is also really fucking immature. *smack*

osmose1000 · Post by **osmose1000** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 11:23 am

You fuck cows in retrospect.

Translation: Seriously, you can do better than this, Shyriath.

Ari Rahikkala · Post by **Ari Rahikkala** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 3:53 pm

Besides, inquisitance sounds like a term from electrical engineering anyway.

Post by **Shyriath** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 5:57 pm

Well, I wasn't aiming for profanity in particular.... or anything; I took the first odd thing that popped into my head and ran with it. I wanted to try something random rather than premeditated, but I suppose that's not my strong suit.

I'll see if I can come up with something better. In the meantime, does anyone have other suggestions? Shall we invade one of the other Duchies? Rebel? Invent our own religion? We could worship the almighty Iguana Sandwich with Extra Cheese...

osmose1000 · Post by **osmose1000** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 7:03 pm

I'd suggest invading another duchy and being as annoying about it as possible. Don't just make a single thread about it, actually invade, declare superiority, makes decrees, supress resistance, etc.

THAT would be a bit more satisfying.

Braden Indianensis · Post by **Braden Indianensis** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 5:18 am

Yes, with the war against Antica coming up soon, you'd make a perfect internal disruption.

osmose1000 · Post by **osmose1000** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 7:38 am

Nah, we do it just to be annoying. In fact, we might consider not doing it after all just to annoy you for ruining a planned part of your recwar. BECAUSE THAT'S HOW WE ROLL.

Braden Indianensis · Post by **Braden Indianensis** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 8:05 am

It wasn't planned. I t was spontaneous, MUTHAF*CKA!

hypatias mom · Post by **hypatias mom** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 10:03 am

Pardon me. I know I'm not Yardistani, and I am fairly new here, but whatever happened to the great and legendary Yardistani Annexation Corps? Has that institution been disbanded? And why are you just using profanity instead of acting like real Yardistani? I expected more imagination and inventiveness from you guys.

LacGlaceiLiberationLeague · Mon Jun 05, 2006 12:22 pm

*liberates Yardistani inventiveness"

Braden Indianensis · Post by **Braden Indianensis** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 1:15 pm

My apologies, baroness. I'm not even Yardistani, myself..what am I doing here? *Wanders off*

osmose1000 · Post by **osmose1000** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 5:28 pm

The fact that Yardistan is "alive," if that's what you can call it, is nothing less than pure chance and a name change. This really isn't Yardistan, as much as it's trying to be.

Maybe if this place starts acting crazy proper the YAC will rear it's head again...

Chrimigules · Post by **Chrimigules** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 6:47 pm

I haven't seen a good annexation in a while...

Post by **Shyriath** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 9:50 pm

Invasion? Hmmmmm. Right then.

Edit: The party is now in Vorpmadal. They shall be annexed into our loving embrace! Yardistani and Yardistani-minded, follow me!

hypatias mom · Post by **hypatias mom** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 10:56 pm

That's more like it!

Nick Foghorn Leghorn · Thu Jun 08, 2006 8:39 am

Yay! Yardistan is back!

osmose1000 · Post by **osmose1000** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 10:05 am

They're trying to resist. Make more threads about the Yardistani occupation and make it clear that you won't back down just because they don't like it, and maybe, just maybe, you'll get my support.

Shireroth