The following is an official statement by former leader of the unofficially recognised Sidosian Human Independence Party, widely condemned due to its connection with the domestic terrorist organisation S.H.I.A (Sidosian Human Independence Army). The statement was recorded in an article by The City Post on September 7th, 1937.
Sidos, in its present state, is incomparable to any nation on this planet. It is the most militarily advanced power of the middling nations, one of the most highly urbanised and lastly, the only nation to concede to cowardice in their own borders.
Human ingenuity brought Sidos its machines and its structures that defined its military as one of the most formidable, its great city as one of the hubs of international manufacturing and its people the prosperity that that same city provided. Through shortcomings we have evolved, and we can continue to rectify.
But what has Sidos’s Spirits brought us? A decentralized, primitive social structure not even comparable to that of Geverde’s Spirits. A band of warlords that claim uninhabited land as their own through birthright and petty duels. Some say noble, however the truth is that humans conceding to them at the end of such an arduous civil war has brought shame to us.
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Shame on us, who brought forth such advancement to our nation, to concede ourselves to such beings.
The events of the War of Aether and Diesel are a black stain on our nation, and we do not wish to relive another petty war over resources like many of our critics say. However, we do not wish to be friendly with Geverde either. They should not have such a standing to influence our internal politics to the degree they do now. We have come under their sphere of influence as a result of our history, and that is wrong.
We differ ourselves from other righteous rebellions, from those who wish for human rights, or Spirits who wish to claim their freedom, even those who believe that two differing existences is entirely wrong. We only care about our people and our people only.
Tolerance, let alone the coexistence the current government strives for is a mistake. Sidos can be its own nation, free of a pestilence that has been a thorn in our side throughout history.
Sidos should be able to choose its own fate. To our brothers, sisters, mothers, fathers, and friends who fell to their wrath throughout the war, we owe them everything.
- Leonard Griggs, 1937