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On 5 August 2007, President Baugh clarified the situation and declared that Molossia's laws extended to New Antrim and must be followed. Travis replied by recording a video encouraging the residents of New Antrim to "Smoke 'em if you got 'em." In the same video, he taunted the President by asking "Have you got a light?" President Baugh responded to the video with a video of his own, pleading for a peaceful resolution to the crisis and asking for further talks to discuss how the interests of New Antrim can be taken into account while the laws of Molossia are respected. | On 5 August 2007, President Baugh clarified the situation and declared that Molossia's laws extended to New Antrim and must be followed. Travis replied by recording a video encouraging the residents of New Antrim to "Smoke 'em if you got 'em." In the same video, he taunted the President by asking "Have you got a light?" President Baugh responded to the video with a video of his own, pleading for a peaceful resolution to the crisis and asking for further talks to discuss how the interests of New Antrim can be taken into account while the laws of Molossia are respected. | ||
[[File:Cigar-2a.png|thumb|Grand Duke Travis interviewing a juvenile cigar roller during a break from the tobacco production line]] | [[File:Cigar-2a.png|thumb|Grand Duke Travis interviewing a juvenile cigar roller during a break from the tobacco production line]] | ||
Travis then took a different approach and recorded a video tour of New Antrim's tobacco production operation. He started by showing viewers the lone tobacco plant growing in his garden. The tour then arrived at the cigar rolling facility in a backyard shed. Two young citizens of New Antrim, [[Prince Daniel Nicholas]] and [[Prince Ashton Roman]], had been impressed into work as child laborers rolling cigars in the factory. During the video tour, they appeared to be diligently and happily rolling tobacco leaves, although President Baugh later decried the use of child labor. To express the importance of the tobacco industry to New Antrim, Travis interviewed a pipe-smoking laborer who was relaxing after a long day in the factory. The child laborer replied that he was quite happy working in the factory and it caused him no hardship. Of course, the child was too young to actually speak, but he nodded his head in agreement. | ===Retort and escalation=== | ||
Travis then took a different approach and recorded a video tour of New Antrim's tobacco production operation. He started by showing viewers the lone tobacco plant growing in his garden. The tour then arrived at the cigar rolling facility in a backyard shed. Two young citizens of New Antrim, [[Prince Daniel Nicholas]] and [[Prince Ashton Roman]], had been impressed into work as child laborers rolling cigars in the factory. | |||
During the video tour, they appeared to be diligently and happily rolling tobacco leaves, although President Baugh later decried the use of child labor. To express the importance of the tobacco industry to New Antrim, Travis interviewed a pipe-smoking laborer who was relaxing after a long day in the factory. The child laborer replied that he was quite happy working in the factory and it caused him no hardship. Of course, the child was too young to actually speak, but he nodded his head in agreement. | |||
After this exchange, the crisis came to a head and there were threats of revolution in New Antrim. | After this exchange, the crisis came to a head and there were threats of revolution in New Antrim. | ||