False hope is nicer than no hope at all.
(Edgar Allan Poe)
The media had taken up the pest theme. The mega disaster of 1956 was still on everybody’s mind. Hence, the tone was aggressive from the start, if not outright hysterical. That didn’t bode well for a peaceful Christmastide. Hanne Zülch had already instructed her staff how to deal with press requests. Not that Franz Josef would grant any interviews – let alone him participating in press conferences or other outreach events.
Oh, he knew what was going on. He was briefed every morning and every evening. But he didn’t do anything. In Denmark, Sweden and Finland national emergency had been declared. The borders to Norway had been closed. The Russians were mobilising. – And Germany was doing nothing… That at least was what the media were propagating.
But it wasn’t true. Professor Ramsauer and the Middle Africans from Duala University had been sent to Stavanger. They were the ones who had developed the antidote that had stopped the cataclysm of 1956. – Insofar, the best had been put to work. If they couldn’t crack the problem…
Yes indeed, that seemed to be Franz Josef’s way of thinking. There was no use in mobilising the country – if no counteragent could be found one was done anyway.
(Edgar Allan Poe)
The media had taken up the pest theme. The mega disaster of 1956 was still on everybody’s mind. Hence, the tone was aggressive from the start, if not outright hysterical. That didn’t bode well for a peaceful Christmastide. Hanne Zülch had already instructed her staff how to deal with press requests. Not that Franz Josef would grant any interviews – let alone him participating in press conferences or other outreach events.
Oh, he knew what was going on. He was briefed every morning and every evening. But he didn’t do anything. In Denmark, Sweden and Finland national emergency had been declared. The borders to Norway had been closed. The Russians were mobilising. – And Germany was doing nothing… That at least was what the media were propagating.
But it wasn’t true. Professor Ramsauer and the Middle Africans from Duala University had been sent to Stavanger. They were the ones who had developed the antidote that had stopped the cataclysm of 1956. – Insofar, the best had been put to work. If they couldn’t crack the problem…
Yes indeed, that seemed to be Franz Josef’s way of thinking. There was no use in mobilising the country – if no counteragent could be found one was done anyway.