Intergalactic Summit

What you are proposing to do is something I support, and that is opening up a second front of the war of narratives going on here.

I am not proposing that you simply accept the story you are being told. By all means, tell a different story, propose an alternate history. This fight is one between the rioters and the KK and WYRI forces on the ground, and at the moment they control all the information.

You may instead start up a secondary fight, that of Anslo Vs. The Caldari State, if you wish, with your narrative trying to call the state loyalists fascist oppressors of the people. Good luck, but you aren't exactly known for your rhetorical accumen. I suspect that the WHG Commissar will outmatch you in that regard.

Then show me.

I'm not going to make some sweeping generalization that every single person in the Caldari State are evil fascist dogs that need to be put down. That's presumptive and falling into the same 1-side story fallacy I mentioned before.

I know the State has their own ways and customs and I'll be damned if I lie and say I hate them all. The food, the culture, and most of the people (save for Provist nut jobs) are actually great. The baseliners in the State are good and honest people. Any baseliner I've made friends with in the State have been the most loyal and trustworthy people I've met.

So no, it's not Anslo vs. The Caldari State, I won't make it that. I'm not against the State as a whole. They, like the Federation, have good and bad people, and there's too many good people in the State to justify Diana Kim level hatred against the State.

But that doesn't mean I won't call out smoke and mirror contractual/business jargon when I see it. I will make it Anslo vs. Caldari Corporate Policy. Especially when it comes to worker treatment. I've seen how they're treated, I've seen the living conditions, I've seen the working conditions and the stupid amounts of hazards workers had to go through every damn day. And if they're lucky, they get to live another day and wallow back to their shack to sleep a few hours before doing it again.

This isn't what happens on every single Mega Corporate site, but it happens. That's enough to want to ask what the other side of this story is and want to know what the real reasons for the riots are. Again, I'm not saying WHG treats their workers like this, but to not see or hear the other side in this story is enough to make someone suspicious given other situations.

I have a tendency to hope for the best but expect the worst. In this situation, I HOPE the Guard treats workers well and that the rioters were just demanding something ridiculous. But I EXPECT that this is just a needless crack down in place of meeting in the middle with the workers.

Until I see evidence otherwise, I'm standing by my opinion even if their Commissar comes in here to beat me with his well aged rhetorical stick.

Prove that they're rumors and, like I said before, I'd be happy to back off. Call my opinion a "crusade," call it "off topic," call it whatever you want, try to discredit me and deflect the issue. In the end, you're still covering up something that may be your fault entirely and the rioters are simply demanding the mistake be fixed.

Again, prove me wrong, Please prove me wrong and show that the rioters are just crazy and trying to overthrow the establishment because an officer looked at them funny or something and I will happily and publicly back down and apologize. Until then, all I see is a cover-up of what might be a case of worker reaction to abuse, whether by WHG personnel or pushing around by Heth Provists.



So, again, one side. Figures.

Mr. Anslo,

While I understand there is an old adage about the average Caldari female citizen having what may be described as greater, "Testicular fortitude," than the majority of Gallente men, I can assure you I still remain a woman.

As to the main topic at hand I shall be brief and succinct:

The dissemination of information in this IGS communique is solely predicated upon the requirements of corporate transparency as mandated by the laws and regulations of the Caldari State. It is a courtesy extended to the public in accordance to those laws and not a right or privilege to be demanded.

The laws and corporate protocols of the Caldari State, Wiyrkomi Honor Guard, Kaalakiota Corporation and Wiyrkomi Corporation have been followed and enforced as has been deemed fit and suitable for the aforementioned entities and information will be provided to the public as is deemed pertinent to those laws.

None of the entities involved in this matter are beholden to public opinion, only the laws of the Caldari State, and as the only opinion that appears to have been expressed by yourself so far can only be described as poorly constructed outrage premised on ignorance, with affections of knowledge and understanding of Caldari life in order to grant legitimacy to the casting of aspersions upon the Caldari State and the creation of conspiracies where none exist then it is with little regret that I shall relegate such opinions to the dustbin of irrelevancy, unworthy of my time.

So you start the argument to counter my valid point with an ad hominem attack? Great start.


Despite your tauting of corporate policy regarding transparency, all I see is a copious amount of CYA before what may be a rather brutal end to something that could be simply solved with the rioters. Or you could sate any potential concerns by just telling people why they rioted in the first place and, if you really are just in your actions, prove once and for all that your actions are correct.

As for your privilege statement, when you make something publicly known, you do not have the privilege to simply shrug off criticism of your actions. That's what transparency is, showing what you've done and being accountable for it.


So corporate law trumps basic human decency? Not event he Gallente ideal of treating humans decently, but the general idea of discourse and debate between two parties instead of just shooting the "disobedient undesirables?"



So not only more ad hominem attacks to ignore the issue and the simple request, but you contradict your own statement of my opinion not being worth your time by replying to it anyway? Right.

My opinion of wanting to know why the rioters were working is written off as poorly constructed, ignorant, and conspiracy theory material? I'm sorry, I didn't realize requesting to be fully informed on a situation you chose to make public was tin foil hat fodder! Oh shame on me, bad Anslo! *Anslo lightly slaps himself*

Try coming back with an actual argument and not a corporate template message laced with useless ad hominem insults to try to legitimize your actions against rioters who may be justified in their actions (but hey, we'll never know because of "corporate policy").


The burden of proof would indeed be upon me if I had just walked up to your offices one day and made these accusations out of the blue without any reason or event to trigger it.

However, you people came forward, made the event and issue public, then provide no proof that the rioters really are deserving of "swift action." You're going to get criticism and accusations. You made it public. You prove that you aren't just wiping out some innocent people.

The circumstances surrounding an internal audit have been brought forward to the public as a sign of transparency and good will.

I am only answerable to my superiors, not to a person such as yourself. You might consider it an outrage that I am unwilling and more importantly unable to publicize sensitive internal documentation in the open, but I assure you that everyone who had the pleasure to sit on an 'Internal Security 101' course would understand these circumstances.

The reason I have called your accusations baseless is that I know very well how Wiyrkomi personnel is housed, rewarded and treated. My advantage over you is that I am responsible for a sizeable amount of human assets - not just workers - and I know how Wiyrkomi treats its employees in general. You might note that employment contracts are fairly standardized and not cobbled together on a case by case basis.

If you intend to continue to claim that a citizen's existance in the State revolves around 18 hour shifts before one returns to shacks I would suggest that you look again. I am willing to bet with you that federal worlds, especially those in the peripheries, house working and living conditions far worse. Ironically, reforms brought forth by the CPD have made the disparity even bigger.

Furthermore I would like to conclude this address with the simple observation that life in the State might be different, but it is nonetheless the way the Caldari have chosen. It might be an alienating thought for yourself that people might have - without threat of violence or other outside pressure - different opinions than those housed in your part of the cluster.

Have a good day.

It should be pointed out that Wiyrkomi have acted within their rights in severing the employment contracts of the rioting personnel, who are in breach of their labour agreement. Taking up arms, acting violently towards state security personnel and seizing/vandalising Kaalakiota property are all actions the significance of which cannot have been lost on those former WHG personnel who undertook them.

Up until this point you can assume that, behind the scenes, Wiyrkomi Honor Guard personnel have been acting to attempt to intercede on the behalf of their former kirjuun in the interests of achieving the best possible outcome in this extremely difficult situation. With the severing of their contracts, the rioters are no longer Wiyrkomi Honor Guard personnel, they have become dissidents and their fate is now firmly in the hands of the Kaalakiota Home Guard.

Whilst I share the shame that their actions up until this point have brought upon the Wiyrkomi Honor Guard there is nothing more to be done for them. According to the precepts of Wayism, I shall be entering into a 72 hour period of meditation and self-reflection to help me place the shame of this event into context.

Your "very simple questions" read very much like dramatic accusations of various malversations, with no attempt made to understand or acknowledge the point of view of your opponents. This may explain why reactions towards you are somewhat dismissive; you are acting the very model of a foreigner who does not understand even the beginnings of the Caldari way.


Neither are rebels, Msr. Anslo. There are proper channels and procedures for labor disputes and grievances, and none of them involve attacking security personnel with improvised weapons as the first move.

If I'm not mistaken, the majority of WHG workers have cleared their audits and are rotating back into their old positions. The group under discussion has been kept back for further auditing, and as we see now, this may well have been for a very good reason. It is quite likely that they are hiding something; and as they felt the noose tighten, tried something extremely stupid.

If you are particularly concerned about the methods Kaalakiota will use to remove these protestors, perhaps you could try bidding on a removal contract.

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