Intergalactic Summit

Treason is a charge invented by the winners as an excuse for hanging the losers.

So I see the Amarrian inquisition has set up shop in The State very interesting. I was actually enjoying life in the State during the time I lived there, of course The Malkalen incident made it a little difficult for me to walk outside without getting dirty looks, I even got physically assaulted at one point.

Seems that the State is coming full circle in it's wayward internal affairs. Tibus Heth will keep you in an infinite loop of self destruction until more people wise up.

Though here in the Federation we have very different ideas of treason. You can speak out against the government, but causing the deaths of millions of Gallente soldiers and the loss of a planet justifies public execution by internal combustion. I guess both are worthy of such a terrible fate in the State.

Being half Caldari myself I do appreciate Caldari values, especially that of community. However, could it be possible that staying silent in the face of poor leadership is not for the greater good? Is it good for the community to allow someone to that could hurt it to stay in power? My Gallente side is saying "certainly not".

Leadership figures in the State are continuously scrutinized in the media, one needs only look at the varied news feeds from a variety of corporate outlets that almost every decision and action by corporate leaders will be open to public discussion, analysis and speculation. The only real issue is being able to discern the expected bias from differing corporate media. This is not necessarily a bad thing, as each Megacorporate media outlet seeking to create their own messages allows for greater dialogue and information to be available to citizens to form their own views and opinions.

However, personal political views and opinions should never impact detrimentally on business operations where one is employed. Public questioning of corporate leadership can often be seen as a betrayal as such information can be manipulated by competitors to drive share prices down, create a loss in favourable public perception, and loss of market value which would risk the jobs and livelihoods of employees. As such, it is often best in situations of grossly incompetent leadership to act with dignity and decorum, gain the necessary proof of negligence in leadership and provide it in private so that the person or persons in question may see benefits of spending more time with their families or seek the services of medical professionals for the incurred stress of their occupation.

Many an aspiring Executive have often sought to use private information on those above them without realizing that advancement through defamation and slander may in fact remove some but often at the price of being seen as acting without personal integrity, professionalism or honour in their dealings.

As for the Executor, it appears he is doing a sufficient job of displaying a lack of tact and wisdom with recent decisions to offend the body corporates of the majority of CEP members that further commentary is not required by those not in a position to currently affect change.

News to us.

Which is precisely why you're very well-qualified for it.

I would certainly support you in this, Pieter. All respect, you do not strike me as "executive" material.

That said, I am curious why so few have considered the possibility that the amplification and intensification of internal divisions within the State is deliberate. The concept of 'divide and conquer' is the foundation of many military and political strategies, and has been for centuries. Whether or not people "wise up" as others have put it, is largely irrelevant. Picking off isolated opposition can be a trivial matter.

Executor Heth is a fool, not an idiot; an important distinction. However, this attempt to drive a wedge between the various opposing fronts may result in the opposite of the apparently intended effect.

/Tatiana

The Empire does not interfere in the internal affairs of its allies.

The Caldari will decide what direction the State will take. This is not anything we Amarr have any business meddling with. When the State finishes sorting out its internal difficulties, the Empress will decide how the Empire reacts.

Hopefully we will still be allies, if God wills it.

The Republic and the Federation are not our allies. They are our enemies. I hope this makes matters clear for you.

You may want to consider applying that line of reasoning for yourself, then. A group that would attack CONCORD itself whenever it suits them would certainly think little of stabbing you in the back, either.