She motioned to the image of Poseidon. "The important question is whether we settle a second system, or whether we continue to pour all of our emigrants into Omicron 2 Eridani. We are better off now, as a species, than we were a few years ago. We are spread through two star systems. But three systems would be better, and four even more so. All other things being equal, let us at least go for three. The challenge to the member from Vancouver Island, and to other objectors, is to show specifically why things are not equal, and not by using faulty associations."