It kind of is! Please condense a bit. From what I can gather, this option is more aggressively taking Rei's side on the issue, and trying to explain Rei's circumstances to Asuka, correct?
Explain, yes -- and trying to do so in a way Asuka draws parallels to her own life... if things had gone even worse, and forces Asuka to face the fact that Rei is a
person, somebody who
cares about Asuka, not an enemy. I'm also trying to avoid having Misato take sides against Asuka, but rather firmly taking the side which builds a bridge of understanding.
...so, Shinji's preferred side, in a sense, haha!
Okay, I'll try to condense it a bit:
[X] Write-in: Order Asuka to stand down and let Rei speak uninterrupted. If she doesn't, separate the two using the minimal amount of force you can.
-[X] Let Rei speak. If she doesn't, or can't, tell Asuka that yes, she is right to be upset, because everyone here -- INCLUDING REI -- have been wronged, and you're all here to talk this out. You won't let your wards hurt each other.
-[X] Remind Asuka that Rei was attempting to *save Asuka's life*, and that the choice was between lying to you about extremely CLASSIFIED information and leaving you to rant to the wrong person and *die for it*.
--[X] Spell it out for Asuka: Rei cares about her. She made a difficult choice and had the spine to go through with it... despite it hurting both of you.
-[X] Address the accusation of Rei being an Angel, or a doll, by pointing out that an actual Angel wouldn't care, and would not try, especially after being *repeatedly murdered* at the hands of the closest living equivalent a *mother*, at the order of her own father figure. Frankly, you would've broken long ago.
--[X] Ask Asuka what happens when someone is constantly given agony, suffocation, no human comfort except from one person as a way of manipulating them, and reminders of capital punishment if they step out of line, during their formative years? Then ask Asuka what happens if their death simply means they're cloned and their memories poorly uploaded into a new body, so there's no escape. No reason to care, because caring about anything or standing up for yourself means your "mother" thinks you're unstable and kills you.
-[X] Help Rei off the floor... and hold a unopened, chilled beer to her head where it impacted the floor. Tell her to now tell them both about the other reason she was created with Lillith's soul... and Gendo's plan for her, and humanity, once the Angels are destroyed.
I guess we can put off the military-strategic bit until the next vote, but we really cannot afford Asuka running off half-informed *again*.