Federation News Service/Tea with Maronida Shiir: Difference between revisions

''“Well I was friends with the Argelius dispatch reporter assigned to the Embassy and I had edited some of his pieces to be published in other services. He had been sick that week and asked me to write the piece for him. And the rest is history really.”''

''“It actually helped me write it. My style is emotional and I was outraged at the deplorable loss of life and barbaric actions by the Cardassians. People connected and responded to what I was saying, it struck a cord with them. I received hundreds, thousands of letters, comments, people on the street saying they agreed with not just what I had written, but how I had said it. Some others tried to frame it as some mishap, cross-cultural wiring crossing, non-sense really, they were trying to rationalize violence and genocide. I said ‘absolutely not’ this is a barbaric act, committed by a government with a history of barbaric acts and the blood of millions on their hands. This was not some isolated incident and the Federation council needed to wake up and realize that they were fighting a war, a real war, and people liked that.”''

'''And you’ve kept with it, some call you the voice of a generation, the oracle of public opinion.'''

'''You don’t think it’s true?'''