I am writing this from a hotel on the outskirts of Ottawa, where we have made repeated attempts to talk with the attorney general. In terms of legislation, we are attacking Bill 97, which legalizes the immediate (and unprovoked) "euthanasia" of the undead-- or those suffering from Z. Phasmatis, who experience post-mortal activity.
The meetings have been met with difficulty. The attorney general himself has been consistently busy with other matters whenever we attempt to discuss the matter with him. And even though we have our own legal team behind us, it seems we are rarely taken very seriously.
We have also attempted to bring our concerns to the house of commons, in the hopes of passing our own act against violence against the suffers of Z. Phasmatis. Although some politicians have shown their support, they admit that they desire us to attempt to win over popular favor before attempting to pass a protective act in the house... essentially, what they are trying to tell us is that they cannot guarantee any support more than their own, and currently that is not the majority.
The problem still lies with distribution of seats... although officially liberal, far too many seats are with the conservative government, who are staunch opposers of our goals, and strong supporters of Bill 97.
I've spent all day in meetings with people both within the legal departments and in our PR groups on how to gain support for our cause, without which, we are fighting a losing battle.
I am exhausted... and hope to report again soon with some better news, but for now, it seems that the holidays will slow down our efforts.
In the meantime, our interns in the office have reported positive numbers when it comes to recent cases. It seems that our DTZP (Diplomatic Treatment of Z. Phasmatis) rate is high, with field officers reporting only a 30% casualty rate due to discriminatory hostility rate. As promising as that is, it still means that 30% of all cases end in unprovoked violence. Sufferers from Z. Phasmatis are rarely if ever hostile, and yet they are constantly met with violence.
Out of all our cases, only 4 have had reports of a sufferer of Z. Phasmatis proving violent. Not 4%... 4 CASES. Out of all our cases, that amounts to 0.003 % of sufferers who have any violent tendency.
I don't know the exact statistic for this, but I'm pretty sure that qualifies the undead as being less violent than the average human.
So I keep on fighting. At least... until I sleep. Which I must do.
Keep up the fight, people! We WILL win this, and will see peace for us and our loved ones.
God bless,
-- Shannon
