Intergalactic Summit

I do think it's important to draw a distinction here between the Matari in the Republic and those elsewhere, Graelyn. It's not the Matari who have shown their nature, it's the Republic, an entity which does not even represent a simple majority of free Minmatar.

Not to mention the Matari actually using their brains.

Oh, sorry, that wasn't a midular pun.
But with a third of matari being Republican, another third being ammatar or enslaved... you'd think the last third is sensible enough.

Good thing we hired most of them.

Rest assured most dread Lady, there are those of us who have been giving “demographics” a considerable amount of thought of late.

That's for sure. Who wants a rabid dog loose in one's own backyard?

Your desires for punitive measures against the Republic will not affect the government, the entity that actually gave the order to violate Federal space. Sanctions will only hurt the average Matari who had nothing to do with the debacle. Punishing the average person will only serve to create an "us vs them" mentality among even those who feel that what the government did was wrong. The tribes will band together behind their current leaders, as they have done historically, when they perceive their people under attack by outsiders. In short, you'll get the opposite results to what you want.

Is it in anyone's interests to isolate the Republic in this manner and create a new group of radicalized individuals who will resort to the most extreme acts in order to fight what they'll see as injustice done to their people? And what about the Amarr? How would you all feel if they decided to seize this moment to attack?

Let's not get carried away with punishments, no matter how wronged we may feel. Let's remember that the majority of Minmatar do not want war and likely do not support this government. Far better to engage these people than to push them even further away and turn them all into hate-filled potential terrorists.

Yes, people too readily forget, it is an unfortunate truth.

It does make you wonder how the Republicans can continue to be so head-fast and believe that they know what's best for all Minmatar.

Yet when an Ammatar speaks out against the actions of the Republic - it is dismissed because 'they're brainwashed'.

Funny, isn't it?

When a Minmatar pirate speaks out against the Republic - their points are dismissed because of a moral high-ground that the Republicans take.

... Hmm.

Such blindness. And to think, that my sibling pilots condemn me for chastising this decadent, unruly horde of war-mongers and their whores.

My own personal asumption regarding all this that has happened with the Ray of Matar, would only point to a internal Matar Issue... This said, all four bigger entities, have factions within them that acts in manners that will affect the entity as a whole, but in this case it have to be up to the Republic to deal with their own "politics" as a souverign entity... Exactly as The Amarr will have to deal with House Sarum if it choose to start a "reclaming"... Exactly as we need to let the State deal with its own internal social instability at moment, outside interaction will only destabilice things more

Oh, that would work too. But I do not see why they would answer less abrasively about that.



Who said that CONCORD was not included in the proposal ? A full demilitarization could be in order too, replaced with CONCORD police. That might sound rather extreme, but to extreme governments and military actions, extreme measures can be in order.

However, I agree with you that it might be harmful on the long run, antagonizing them.

When children are being punished, it is a for a reason. If they can not learn from it, further measures have to be taken. It is quite similar to classical conditioning. Of course, though, further parameters have to be taken in account when dealing with whole nations.

Embargoes could be the solution. I could support that instead.

When a child keeps poking other children with a pointy stick, the stick gets taken away, and the child sent to bed with no supper.

Jovians and the SOCT occasionally call everyone else "children".

So... it might be a good idea not to keep poking things, lest the Jovians take spaceships away from the Minmatar entirely.

Because then where would the Tribes be? Shafted. That's where.

Tell us how you really feel, child.





Please change your hairstyle. It's bad enough to see another Kat be so deluded and beyond any semblance of sanity, but to have to share the same hairstyle as well? The hairstyle doesn't even suit you.