Another piece is, re: the poison, by Zakiri standards what was done to her was the fault of the individual who placed her in that coercive situation. The commander definitely compromised the mainline ideology's emphasis on autonomy and self-determination, by coercing someone to a promise with the implicit threat of a gun waiting if she chose not to take it. That's a different form of corruption and unethical warfare practice than we're used to in the RINCS or the real-world countries like it, but it's very tangibly a violation in terms of Zakiri cultures.
If only Dana and Thayla are taking the antidote, she might never have told anyone else. Her own soldiers don't know. She might initially fail to realize that the culture she's living in now considers what was done to her as wrong as her own, just for somewhat different reasons, and with a different view of accountability. She might never say anything to anyone except Thayla, who accepted what was done to him out of misguided loyalty to a commander who'd gone too far, and it will take a long time for him to change his mind about things, or for Dana to realize, gradually, that the Zakiri can't be understood in terms of governments and nation-states, and likely nobody else even *knew* about what was done to her.
Coming to this awareness might help her gain the understanding she needs eventually to persuade the people of Gefanna to cut ties with the Central Conference...
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Date: 2011-04-21 02:25 pm (UTC)If only Dana and Thayla are taking the antidote, she might never have told anyone else. Her own soldiers don't know. She might initially fail to realize that the culture she's living in now considers what was done to her as wrong as her own, just for somewhat different reasons, and with a different view of accountability. She might never say anything to anyone except Thayla, who accepted what was done to him out of misguided loyalty to a commander who'd gone too far, and it will take a long time for him to change his mind about things, or for Dana to realize, gradually, that the Zakiri can't be understood in terms of governments and nation-states, and likely nobody else even *knew* about what was done to her.
Coming to this awareness might help her gain the understanding she needs eventually to persuade the people of Gefanna to cut ties with the Central Conference...