Practical Diplomacy, Friday, January 25, 2019

[sith_happened]

"In the course of your job as a diplomat, your boss, country, organization, or planet your representing will absolutely do or say something mind-bogglingly stupid," Anakin said, "and someone will ask for your opinion on it."

He glanced around the room. "And you are not allowed to say 'well, that was mind-bogglingly stupid.'" He smiled. It wasn't a very nice smile. "Your job today is to come up with what you would say if, for instance, you arrive at a meeting to discover that the leader of your organization/planet, or whatever, has been caught kicking puppies for fun, was President of a secret puppy-kicking society, and there is holo footage of it."

Well, Lana might not care because Sith, but that should give the rest of the class something to chew on.

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Re: What do you say?

[sith_happened]

"They cannot be passed off as aggressive, though that would be an interesting approach," Anakin said begrudgingly.

Re: What do you say?

[unusual_sith]

Lana nodded. She thought about it.

"In that case, my superior only ever has the best interests of their people at heart, and I am certain there is an excellent explanation for this. I will endeavour to discover what that is, and inform you."

Re: What do you say?

[sith_happened]

"Will you actually inform them?" Anakin asked.

Re: What do you say?

[unusual_sith]

"That depends," Lana said. "I'd much rather corner my superior in private and tear them a new one," possibly literally, "then find out why. A lot would depend on that. If I can't do that, I'll probably just tell them my superior is above reproach. Then get a new job before someone takes them out."

Sith politics.

Re: What do you say?

[sith_happened]

"And what if it wasn't your direct superior?" Anakin asked. "How high would you go to pursue direct confrontation?"

Re: What do you say?

[unusual_sith]

"Well, the higher up you go, the more careful you have to be," Lana said, "so it would depend how much it meant to me. Honestly, in this case it'd probably be easier just to find some puppy sympathizers and point them in the right direction."

Re: What do you say?

[sith_happened]

"Not worth spending your own political capital," Anakin agreed. "What would be a compelling reason for you to confront, say, your boss's boss's boss?"

Re: What do you say?

[unusual_sith]

At the moment, that was the Emperor, so...

"Death?" Lana suggested. "If I had nothing to lose, I would. Otherwise it would depend. I'm not really up to challenging him, thanks."