Intergalactic Summit

Jamyl Sarum is a foe.

Amarr ideology is a foe.

You're nobody's foe, you're a follower.

Ironically it wasn't the woodchipper that brought you around to their servitude, it was their writing, they conquered you with speeches and words. The same battle of speeches and words that your kind are constantly losing and wish to be abandoned.

ie if you can't win on one battlefield, sue for another.

The pen is mightier than the sword.

If you ever doubt the effectiveness of Psy Ops, note how well it worked on you.

I believe I shall leave the childish diminution of perceived enemies into a shallow parody in your more than capable hands.

You apparently seem rather fond of presenting your interpretation of what was said as being what was actually said. Where in fact did I ever make mention of, 'Graffiti-scrawling, hedonistic, selfish, short-sighted scumbag who gets high on something unhealthy and sings bad songs about anarchy and breaking stuff'? I did not, and I feel no need to defend sentiments I did not make.

What I did outline was that Liberalism as an political ideology espousing the primacy of individual liberty either finds itself in the extremism of Anarchism and the flawed pursuit of maximum liberty with the absence of State authority or in a more moderate form as Democracy.

Liberalism then becomes inimical to the Caldari way of life for if it promotes anarchism, then such anarchists will be opposed to necessary and legitimate authority of the State and its corporations in the belief that the inherent and legitimate right of State and Corporation to force and violence as oppressive. Ignoring the fact that it is solely the State and Corporation, whom with sole legal and political access to force and violence that assure and guarantee the freedom of the citizenry against external threats and which provide the social framework of law and order for those same citizens to pursue prosperity with fairness, equality and justice.

Indeed, one needs only look towards the Gurista Cartel for one example of how rapidly liberal ideologues can descend to rebellion against lawful authority in the State and the criminality and anti-social violence it breeds -- a reason enough for pro-active measures to be taken against undesirable, subversive, liberal elements in the State either through corporate re-education to instill once more the values expected of a citizen or simply prompt liquidation before they are able to do significant harm to themselves and others.

The issue with liberal-democracy however is that it is a political system that by its very nature impedes upon the will and expression of the Caldari Volk. It is a system that premises itself upon the freedom of discussion and debate, but paradoxically as can historically be seen with Caldari colonies upon the formation of the Federation, political parties and their elected representatives will always seek to pursue their own special interests, make decisions behind closed doors, pander to selected economic interests that advantage them and generally seek to pursue their ambitions of retaining power even when they act in a manner that does not represent the desires and wishes of their constituents. As such, democracy is nothing more than a lie that the Caldari have always and must always resist if we wish to preserve our society and culture.

That should provide a short summary on my own thoughts on liberalism, and since you raised the point I do not personally have any reservations with the Black Eagles insofar as they operate domestically in the Federation. If Mentas Blaque was not responsible for continued espionage and attacks against the State, I might even consider him a friend, for at least he, unlike so many Gallenteans recognizes the manifold threats that liberalism can present to society.

To end on an unrelated note to liberalism however, to me the most effective solution to negate the "existential threats" the Federation or Empire may pose to State survival would be to invade and partition the Minmatar Republic under a strengthened State-Imperial Pact. Certainly the acquisition of a wide expanse of former Matari living space in addition to the material resources and labour forces it brings would permit an expansion of the State Navy and Army while releasing billions of Caldari citizens to maintain a permanent state of armed readiness in the event of an attack - however unlikely that may be at least on the part of the Amarr Empire.

Given such, I fail to recognize any requirements of appeasement to the Minmatar when there is such a simpler and more effective solution to the problem of ensuring the strength of the Caldari State into the future.

Yes, I tremble in my boots before a man whose sum total of strategic and tactical nous is, as has been admitted, dissertations on the IGS.

I have also not contradicted myself in any manner for I have not expressed disagreement with the annexation of territories - so long as it is not Caldari territory.

I'm disappointed such a loquacious and garrulous man as you profess to be could not conceive a better parting shot.

With that in mind, why wouldn't it not be the same for the Amarrian creed and spiritual tenets ?

Also, with that in mind and your atheist views - that are not so foreign to my own rationale on the matter of divine anthropomorphic entities - I believe that you hold similar distaste for the Maker as an irrational concept ?

Does the victim of a shooting blame the gun? Should the slave's friends' lasers have taken the punishment? Did the missile choose to impact on your hull?

I am a capsuleer, trained to pilot the most deadly machines known to man, and to obliterate my foes. I made the ultimate sacrifice to become an immortal warrior, bestriding the galaxy without fear, guilt, or mercy. I am an instrument of the Caldari State, to be wielded as the State sees fit, a bullet to be fired in the name of Caldari supremacy.

Does the bullet question the gun from which it is fired? Does the trigger question the hand that pulls it? I am a living, breathing weapon. I obey without question, and, in turn, my mind is absolved of all responsibility.

Darling please, this entire post, I can't; if you spent maybe thirty minutes out of the Mindflood, perhaps you'd be able to construct an even half-way insightful reply.

If you wish to address me with such statements, then I have a more suitable thread than this one open for such discourse.

Secondly, do know that you are wrong and this most detrite tirade of spew and drivel is worth less than the bytes of data that manifest it.

I was conquered by the Amarr and I did not make my decision.

I was consoled by the peaceful missionaries of the Amarr and I did not make my decision.

I witnessed the baleful, viperous hordes of the Minmatar and only then after years of careful contemplation was I ready to make my decision.

I am not promoting hubris. Humility and cognizance of our own limitation is one thing - and I agree, entirely positive - but grinding subservient abasement is quite another. "We are not worthy" is an unhealthy attitude, and robs us of the dignity we have earned.

Excessive pride and humiliating self-diminishment are extremes, and I'm interested in the healthy middle ground where we view obstacles with the optimistic confidence to tackle them because we think they can be overcome, but with the practical humility to recognize that we won't succeed without hard work and growth.

People die, it happens. If you hadn't been the one to pull the trigger on those idiots somebody else would have.

Well, the relation-strengthening effects of joint military campaigns are hard to deny.

Don't say things like that when I'm trying to drink something, dammit. Now I've got Quafe in my nose.