Intergalactic Summit

Pilot Bloodbird,

Your understanding of the State is significant, I respect that. Allow me to touch on this point.

Being "Caldari" is not so simple as simply honoring and serving the traditions and ways of the State, this is being respectful. Being Caldari is about service and loyalty to the Caldari people. As has been expressed by others, there are many ways to serve. To expound upon the points made by Scherezad-haani and Weitong-haan (and excusing Commander Kim-haani's misunderstanding of the position of Executor in the State):

When we Caldari commit ourselves to service, we do so completely. To some, this means following and serving one's leaders with fierce loyalty, extreme dedication and unending commitment. These individuals do not possess the traits necessary to become leaders in Caldari society but our society highly honors these individuals. Their merit is built upon their service, they obtain honor and status through the worth of their actions. This means that even if elements of Caldari society were to disagree with these individuals' actions and the actions of their leaders; they would still respect their dedication and willingness to serve.

To others, this means becoming an example of what they consider to be service to the Caldari people. These individuals strive to understand the needs of the whole and of those around them, then decide on how best to meet these needs and accomplish the necessary tasks before them. This involves necessary delegation to others, sacrifice for the good of the many and committed service to community. These individuals rise to leadership positions in our society, not through opposition to current leadership but simply by the worth of their actions. In this way, an individual becomes and example to others and that example (if it contains merit and embodies the will of the Caldari) will gain a following, eventually and inevitably culminating in leadership.

The Caldari need and honor both types of individuals. Both types of individuals are "Caldari" and both types serve heiian.

Ixiris,

In science a catalyst is any substance that causes or accelerates a chemical reaction. They are prized for their ability to bring about change or precipitate a reaction necessary to achieve an end result. Singularly, a catalyst is useless and good for almost nothing, but combine it with the correct substance and the desired reaction occurs.

Interestingly, this same definition is applied on societal and governmental affairs and catalysts are looked upon in much the same way.

I wonder, can Kim construct a grammatically correct sentence that doesn't look like someone with severe brain damage or a complete lack of education wrote it?

(No.)


>talks about respect
>immediately begins throwing racist insults

Correct.


All wrong. You can't prove any of these assertions, and I dare you to prove me wrong.

Worry not, haani.
One needs much more wits or at least something greater than just empty words to make a combat officer upset.

Good eyes. He's too pretty, but props for pushing our wonderful State's penchant for xenophobia to new heights. Can't say I agree, but you're deranged so who cares!



Yes and no. By definition I suppose he is smart, very knowledgeable even, but struggles on application of said knowledge in a concise format.



What sort of business? Different products and customer bases require different styles; as a member of the State you should know that. There's always more than one way to approach any given situation, that even extends to situations that potentially involve gunfire. You're sounding like an uninformed corporate drone at present with your lack of lateral thinking.



We all lie, but touché on the respect part.



Anything that has been publicized. I personally worked with Andreus a couple of years ago to shut down a capsuleer that was embarrassing himself to the point of mental trauma. Haven't seen him in well over 4 years now, I think he wetgraved. That said, we all have our quirks. If you can't deal with them then it's your problem, not theirs.

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*cough*

Hello pot, meet Kettle.

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Seven Tribes.
One Matari People.